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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9949

28 July 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iceland
Accession procedure opened, Commission is preparing opinion - No preferential treatment over Balkan countries

Brussels, 27/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The procedure for Iceland's becoming part of the European Union opened on Monday 27 July, when the General Affairs Council asked the European Commission to prepare its “opinion” on the Icelandic candidacy, in line with the procedure laid down by Article 49 of the EU Treaty. Once the Commission opinion is ready, member states will decide initially whether they wish to make Iceland an “applicant country”. Then, should they decide to do so, and no...

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