Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)

The European Council of 17 June 2010, in its conclusions, noted that Iceland meets the political criteria set by the Copenhagen European Council in 1993 and welcomed the opinion of the Commission on Iceland's application for membership of the EU. On those grounds, the European Council decided to open negotiations with Iceland. Iceland is therefore a candidate country.

The European Council of 16-17 December 2010 endorsed the Council's conclusions of 14 December 2010 on enlargement and agreed to give Montenegro the status of candidate country.

The Commission therefore proposes to the Council and the Parliament to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) with a view to transferring Iceland and Montenegro from the list of potential candidate countries (Annex II) to the list of candidate countries (Annex I).

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