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Commission Opinion on Iceland's application for membership of the European Union

Following Iceland's application for accession to the European Union in July 2009, the European Commission has published its opinion on the country's ability to assume the obligations of EU membership and on the opening of accession negotiations, subject to a unanimous decision by the Council of the European Union.

Commission Opinion on Iceland's application for membership of the European Union
  • Opinion pdf - 34 KB [34 KB] Deutsch (de) français (fr)
  • Analytical Report pdf - 385 KB [385 KB]

Press material

  • Press conference of Commissioner Štefan Füle: Audio Download
  • Press release: Commission delivers opinion on Iceland's accession bid
  • Memo: Key findings of the Commission's Opinion on Iceland

Further Reading

  • What is the Commission's "Opinion", what are the next steps pdf - 14 KB [14 KB] .
  • Iceland's Country Profile on EUROPA
  • Good to know about EU Enlargement pdf - 3 MB [3 MB] български (bg) čeština (cs) dansk (da) Deutsch (de) eesti keel (et) ελληνικά (el) español (es) français (fr) latviešu valoda (lv) magyar (hu) Nederlands (nl) polski (pl) português (pt) română (ro) slovenčina (sk) slovenščina (sl) suomi (fi) svenska (sv) Good to know about EU Enlargement
  • Brochure explaining EU policy on enlargement for the general public pdf - 6 MB [6 MB] български (bg) čeština (cs) dansk (da) Deutsch (de) eesti keel (et) ελληνικά (el) español (es) français (fr) italiano (it) latviešu valoda (lv) lietuvių kalba (lt) magyar (hu) Malti (mt) Nederlands (nl) polski (pl) português (pt) română (ro) slovenčina (sk) slovenščina (sl) suomi (fi) svenska (sv) Brochure explaining EU policy on enlargement for the general public
  • Five years of an enlarged EU Five years of an enlarged EU
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