PRESS RELEASES

  • Fifth meeting of the Accession Conference with Iceland at Ministerial level - Six new chapters opened, one more chapter provisionally closed, substantial progress achieved - Brussels, 18 December 2012 
  • Third meeting of the Accession Conference with Iceland at deputy level, Brussels, 24 October 2012 
  • Accession Conference with Iceland: three new chapters opened, progress confirmed, Brussels, 22 June 2012 
  • Second meeting of the Accession Conference with Iceland at Deputy level - Brussels, 30 March 2012 
  • Third meeting of the Accession Conference with Iceland at Ministerial level - Brussels, 12 December 2011
  • First meeting of the Accession Conference with Iceland at Deputy level, Brussels, 19 October 2011
  • Second meeting of the Accession Conference with Iceland at Ministerial level, Brussels, 27 June 2011
  • First meeting of the Accession Conference at Ministerial level with Iceland: Opening of accession negotiations, Brussels, 27 July 2010
  • Council conclusions on opening of negotiations with Iceland, Brussels, 26 July 2010   

 

  • Pre-accession assistance for Iceland
    (3017th Council meeting Transport, Telecommunications and Energy, Brussels, 31 May 2010)

 

  • "The Council adopted a regulation including Iceland in the list of eligible countries for EU preaccession assistance (12/10). EU pre-accession assistance provides for assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries in their progressive alignment with standards and policies of the European Union with a view to membership.
    Following Iceland's application for membership of the European Union on 16 July 2009, the Council invited the Commission to submit to the Council its opinion on Iceland's application. The Commission submitted its opinion on 24 February 2010. The Council is studying the issue in order to decide whether to grant candidate status to Iceland and to open accession negotiations."