Background The Accession Treaty
4.The Accession Treaty, signed by the Member States of the EU and the Republic of Croatia on 9 December 2011, provides for the accession of Croatia to the European Union on 1 July 2013. The Treaty falls into four parts:
5.The text of the Accession Treaty was deposited in the Libraries of the House on 2 February 2012 to accompany the statement relating to the Treaty which was laid before Parliament under section 5 of the EU Act 2011.