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| EU-Bulgaria Relations |
Bulgaria submitted its application for EU membership in December 1995. In 1997 the Commission published its Opinion (Avis) on Bulgaria’s Application for Membership of the European Union. The Commission presented its first regular report on Bulgaria's progress towards accession in November 1998. The second report, released in 1999, recommended to open formal negotiations.
Following the Helsinki European Council’s decision in December 1999, accession negotiations were opened in February 2000 and Bulgaria provisionally closed all remaining chapters on 15 June 2004 on the occasion of a meeting of the Accession Conference at Ministerial level in Luxembourg. The Brussels European Council of 17 December 2004 confirmed the conclusion of accession negotiations with Bulgaria and accordingly looked forward to welcoming it as a member from January 2007. The report on the result of the accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania provides a detailed overview of the outcome of the negotiations.
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