Eighth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro

The eighth meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro at ministerial level was held on 13 December 2016 in Brussels to open negotiations on Chapter 11 - Agriculture and rural development and Chapter 19 - Social policy and employment. In addition, the Conference confirmed at ministerial level the opening of Chapter 12 - Food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, and of Chapter 13 - Fisheries, which were considered at the Accession Conference with Montenegro at Deputy Level, held in Brussels on 30 June 2016.

With today's Conference, out of a total of 35 negotiation chapters, 26 chapters have now been opened for negotiations of which 2 chapters have already been provisionally closed. Further Accession Conferences will be planned, as appropriate, in order to take the process forward in the first half of 2017. The accession negotiations were launched in June 2012.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: General Affairs Council, 13 December 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/general-affairs-council-13-december-2016/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Accession conference with Montenegro: Talks opened on chapters 12 and 13 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-accession-conference-with-montenegro-talks-opened-on-chapters-12-and-13/

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