Chronology of Romania-EU relations

Aminah_Khan · Posted: 26/04/2008 19:03 Post subject: Chronology of Romania-EU relations

February 1, 1993: Signing of the Agreement for Romaniaâ€™s Association to the European Union (European Agreement)
February 1, 1995: Coming in force of the EU Association Agreement (European Agreement)
June 1995: Romania presents the official application for EU membership
July 1997: The European Commission presents the "Opinion on Romaniaâ€™s official application for membership"
November 1998: The European Commission presents the first Report on Romaniaâ€™s progress towards the fulfillment of accession criteria
December 1999: The European Council in Helsinki decides to open accession negotiations with Romania (alongside six other candidate states)
February 2000: The Romania-EU Intergovernmental Conference. The negotiation process of Romaniaâ€™s accession to the European Union is launched officially
December 2002: The European Council in Copenhagen expresses support for the objective of Romaniaâ€™s EU accession in 2007
June 2003: The European Council in Thessaloniki expresses support for the close of Romaniaâ€™s accession negotiations in 2004
December 2003: The European Council in Brussels establishes the schedule for Romaniaâ€™s accession to the European Union â€“ completion of negotiations in 2004, signing of the Accession Treaty as soon as possible in 2005 and effective accession to the European Union in January 2007. In its conclusions, the European Council asserts that Romania and Bulgariaâ€™s accession represents the common goal of the European Union with 25 members. For the first time, a document of the European Council states the objective of signing the Common accession Treaty with Romania and Bulgaria in 2005, as well as the European Unionâ€™s support for this plan.
June 2004:The European Council in Brussels reconfirms Romaniaâ€™s accession schedule in the intervals marked by the 2004-2005-2007 milestones
October 2004: On October 6, 2004, the European Commission presents the annual report on Romania for 2004, as well as the Strategy Document concerning the perspectives of the enlargement process. The documents assert the firm support of the European Commission for the close of accession negotiations with Romania (and Bulgaria) by the end of 2004.
December 14, 2004: Concluding of accession negotiations from the technical point of view within the Ministerial Accession Conference
December 2004: The Brussels European Council (16-17 December 2004) confirms the conclusion of accession negotiations with Romania and reaffirms the accession timetable: April 2005 â€“ Signing the Accession Treaty;
1st January 2007 â€“ EU accession.
April 13, 2005: Romania receives the Assent of the European Parliament for the signing of the Accession Treaty. According to the procedure (art. 49 TEU), the European democratic forum has voted on 13th April in the plenary session, on the basis of the Progress Report initiated by the EP rapporteur for Romania, Pierre Moscovici. The result of the vote in plenary was: assent â€“ 497 votes for, 93 against and 71 abstentions. Moscovici report: 564 vote for, 59 against and 41 abstentions.
April 25, 2005: Signing in Luxemburg of the Accession Treaty to the European Union of Romania and Bulgaria,
June 16-17, 2005: First European Council in which Romania participates in her new capacity as observer
June 21, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by Slovakia
September 26, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by Hungary
September 29, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by Slovenia
October 25, 2005: European Commission issues the Comprehensive Monitoring Report on Romania, together with the Composite Paper for Romania and Bulgaria. The documents confirm the important progress in the internal preparation and indicate the measures to be undertaken in order to enable accession on the 1st January 2007
October 27, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by the Republic of Cyprus
November 2, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by Greece
November 16, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by Estonia
December 6, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty by the Czech Republic
December 14, 2005: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Spain
January 24, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Malta
January 26, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Latvia
February 16, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by United Kingdom
March 8, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Portugal
March 30, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Poland
May 9, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Sweden
May 11, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Austria
May 16, 2006: European Commission issues the Monitoring Report on Romania and Bulgaria.
June 13, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by the Netherlands
June 19, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Finland
June 21, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Ireland
June 29, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Luxemburg
September 26, 2006: European Commission issues its last Monitoring Report on Romania and Bulgaria, confirming January 1st 2007 as the accession date for the two countries.
October 3, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by France
October 13, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Belgium
March 30, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Lithuania
November 21, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Denmark
November 24, 2006: Ratification of the Accession Treaty to the EU by Germany
December 2006: The European Council of 14-15 December in Brussells confirms the accession of Romania to the EU on 1st January 2007
January 1, 2007: Romania becomes full-fledged Member of the European Union