Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for the adaptation of the following agreements in view of the enlargement of the EU to Croatia: the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014, the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons and t

The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union was signed on 9 December 2011.

The European Union and its Member States have concluded agreements on the European Economic Area with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014, on free movement of persons with Switzerland, and on a cooperation and customs union with San Marino.

These agreements need to be adapted to include Croatia as a contracting party upon its accession to the European Union. The terms of the adaptation are to be negotiated between the current contracting parties and the acceding country. The negotiations should be initiated in a timely fashion, in order to ensure that the instruments for the adaptation of these agreements will enter into force on the date of accession of Croatia to the EU.

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