Treaty of Accession 2011

Croatia submitted its application to join the European Union on 21 February 2003, became an official candidate on 18 June 2004, and started accession negotiations on 3 October 2005.

On 24 June 2011, the European Council called for the finishing of negotiations by the end of the month, and signing of the Treaty of Accession by the end of the year. Negotiations were subsequently closed on 30 June 2011, and on 14 September 2011 the accession treaty was finalised and made public. On 12 October 2011 the European Commission delivered a favourable opinion on the accession of Croatia to the European Union. As a result, on 1 December 2011 the European Parliament gave assent to the application of Croatia to become member of the European Union. The parliament voted in favour with 564 positive votes, 38 negative votes and 32 abstentions.

The treaty was signed on 9 December 2011 in Brussels and entered into force on 1 July 2013, having been ratified by Croatia and the European Union's 27 member states.

The full official name of the treaty is:

Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Republic of Croatia concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

The treaty, which is 250 pages long, provides for amendments to the treaties to add Croatian representatives into EU institutions (including transitional provisions before new elections take place) and outlines Croatia's various financial contributions. The document does not include a monitoring mechanism of Croatia by the European Commission to ensure continued reform, as was the case with Bulgaria and Romania. Two protocols promised to states during the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, one making several guarantees to Ireland and another granting an opt-out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights to the Czech Republic, were planned to be ratified alongside the accession treaty,^{[3][4][5][6][7]} but both were ultimately delayed.

In addition to the Treaty of Accession, a Final Act was signed. The Final Act registers the results of the accession negotiations, including declarations made by the parties. It also laid down arrangements for the period between signing and entry into force of the treaty.

The treaty required ratification by all EU member states and Croatia, conforming to their respective constitutional provisions, and deposition of the ratification instruments with the Government of Italy by 30 June 2013 to come into force on 1 July 2013.^[8] This process was completed on 21 June 2013.^[9]

Summary

Ratification of the Treaty of Accession is summarized in the table below.

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Signatory	Conclusion date	Institution			AB	Deposited[Note 1]	Ref.
Croatia	22 January 2012	Referendum	67%	33%	-	4 April 2012	[10]
	9 March 2012	Parliament	136	0	0		[11]
	28 March 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[12]
Austria	6 July 2012	Federal Council	53	2	0	8 August 2012	[13][14]
	4 July 2012	National Council	152	7	0		[15][16]
	9 July 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[17][18]
Belgium	13 December 2012	Senate	60	0	0	14 June 2013	[19]
	24 January 2013	Chamber of Representatives	121	0	1		[19]
	17 February 2013	Royal Assent	Granted				[19]
	30 January 2013	Walloon Parliament (regional) (community)	66	0	0		[20]
			64	0	0		[20]
	22 October 2012	German-speaking Community	19	2	0		[21]
	23 January 2013	French Community	76	0	0		[22]
	22 December 2012	Brussels Regional Parliament	76	2	1		[23]
	22 February 2013	Brussels United Assembly [Note 2] (FR language) (NL language)	68	0	0		[25]
			13	0	2		[25]
	27 February 2013	Flemish Parliament (regional) (community)	107	0	0		[26]
			112	0	0		[26]
	24 May 2013	COCOF Assembly	51	0	0		[27]
Bulgaria	17 February 2012	National Assembly	180	0	0	19 April 2012	[28]
	28 February 2012	Presidential Promulgation	Granted				[29]
Cyprus	3 May 2012	House of Representatives	56	0	0	11 June 2012	[30]
	18 May 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[31]
Czech Republic	25 April 2012	Senate	59	0	0	4 July 2012	[32]
	8 June 2012	Chamber of Deputies	151	0	13		[33]
	26 June 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[34]
Denmark	2 May 2013	Parliament	113	0	0	29 May 2013	[35]
	8 May 2013	Royal Assent	Granted				[36]
Estonia	12 September 2012	Assembly	75	0	0	24 October 2012	[37]
	18 September 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[38]
Finland	18 December 2012	Parliament	131	34	0	6 May 2013	[39]
	15 March 2013	Presidential Assent	Granted				[40]
incl. Åland[Note 3]	3 May 2013	Parliament	Passed				[42]
France	15 January 2013	Senate	Passed			20 March 2013	[43]
	17 January 2013	National Assembly	Passed				[44]
	28 January 2013	Presidential Assent	Granted				[45]
Germany	7 June 2013	Federal Council	69	0	0	21 June 2013	[46][47]
	16 May 2013	Federal Diet	583	0	6		[48]
	14 June 2013	Presidential Assent	Granted				[49]
Greece	30 October 2012	Parliament	283	12	5	27 December 2012	[50]
	5 November 2012	Presidential Promulgation	Granted				[51]
Hungary	13 February 2012	National Assembly	334	0	5	22 March 2012	[52]
	14 February 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[53]
Ireland	27 June 2012	Senate	Passed			8 October 2012	[54]
	19 June 2012	House of Representatives	Passed				[55]
	3 July 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[56]
Italy	28 February 2012	Senate	216	2	22	10 April 2012	[57]
	15 February 2012	Chamber of Deputies	483	2	30		[58]
	29 February 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[59]
Latvia	22 March 2012	Parliament	79	0	0	6 June 2012	[60]
	2 April 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[61]
Lithuania	26 April 2012	Parliament	87	2	6	20 June 2012	[62]
	8 May 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[63]
Luxembourg	9 October 2012	Chamber of Deputies	59	0	0	17 January 2013	[64]
	29 November 2012	Grand Ducal Promulgation	Granted				[65]
Malta	5 March 2012	House of Representatives	69	0	0	2 April 2012	[66]
Netherlands	16 April 2013	Senate	58	12	0	31 May 2013	[67]
	5 February 2013	House of Representatives	115	31	0		[68]
	18 April 2013	Royal Promulgation	Granted				[69]
Poland	4 October 2012	Senate	76	0	0	12 February 2013	[70]
	14 September 2012	House of Representatives	431	0	1		[71]
	19 December 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[72]
Portugal	21 September 2012	National Assembly	206	0	24	19 December 2012	[73]
	14 November 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[74]
Romania	26 June 2012	Parliament	378	0	0	2 August 2012	[75]
	2 July 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[76]
Slovakia	1 February 2012	National Council	145	0	0	19 March 2012	[77]
	17 February 2012	Presidential Assent	Granted				[78]
Slovenia	2 April 2013	National Assembly	82	0	0	18 June 2013	[79]
	10 April 2013	Presidential Assent	Granted				[80]
Spain	24 October 2012	Senate	266	0	0	8 January 2013	[81]
	11 October 2012	Congress of Deputies	282	0	0		[82]
	30 October 2012	Royal Assent	Granted				[83]
Sweden	7 November 2012	Parliament	280	20	0	8 January 2013	[84]
United Kingdom	27 November 2012	House of Commons	Passed			20 May 2013	[85]
	21 January 2013	House of Lords	Passed				[85]
	31 January 2013	Royal Assent	Granted				[85]
incl. Gibraltar[Note 4]		Parliament
European Union	1 December 2011	Parliament	564	38	32	—	[87]
	5 December 2011	Council Assent	Granted				[88]

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Slovenian position

In July and September 2012, officials of the Slovenian Parliament and the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that they would not ratify Croatia's Treaty of Accession until an agreement was reached on how to handle the debt of Slovenian bank Ljubljanska banka, which went bankrupt during the breakup of Yugoslavia, to its Croatian customers.^[89] In February 2013, representatives of all major parties in Slovenia agreed to approve Croatia's accession after experts and foreign ministers from both countries reached a compromise deal.^[90] The Prime Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia signed a memorandum outlining the settlement on 11 March, with Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia, saying that ratification of the accession treaty would occur "within 30 days" of the signing of the memorandum.^[91][92] On 2 April 2013, the Slovenian Parliament gave its consent to Croatia's accession.^[93]

• 2012 Croatian European Union membership referendum

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