Seventh meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Council between the European Union and Croatia, Brussels, 19 April 2011 – Joint Press Release

The SA Council welcomed the significant progress made in this final stage of the accession negotiations with Croatia. In this light, the SA Council commended Croatia
for the considerable efforts it has made over the past year, and the good progress made, in particular in meeting the benchmarks set in the negotiations. This allowed
the provisional closure of 11 chapters in 2010. Overall, at this stage, out of 35 chapters, the Accession Conference was able to provisionally close 30, including the 2 chapters provisionally closed today (19.4.2011) at the EU-Croatia Accession Conference prior to this meeting.