When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Austrian variety of the German language — limited to 23 agricultural terms — was " protected " in Protocol No 10, regarding the use of specific Austrian terms of the German language in the framework of the European Union, which forms part of the Austrian EU accession treaty.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.

With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union on January 1, 2007, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU.

Other complications continued to stall the EU negotiating process, most notably Slovenia's blockade of Croatia's EU accession in 2008 – 2009.

In late 2009, Kosor signed an agreement with Borut Pahor, the premier of Slovenia, that allowed the EU accession to proceed.

By the time EU accession negotiations were completed on 30 June 2010, Croatian legislation was fully harmonised with the Community acquis.

* full cooperation with the Hague Tribunal and the beginning of accession negotiations with the EU in October 2005

In December 2004, the EU leaders announced that accession negotiations with Croatia would start on March 17, 2005 provided that Croatian government cooperates fully with the ICTY.

This has been the main condition demanded by EU foreign ministers for accession negotiations.

Cyprus's legislation was aligned with EU norms in the period leading up to EU accession in 2004.

The flag was used widely in a 2007 European March in Minsk as protesters rallied in support of democracy and accession to the EU.

The Unity Party and Socialist People's Party ( Greens ) were against accession to the European Union, but only the Unity Party has withdrawal from the EU as a policy.

The Independence Party and Centre Party were against accession to the EU, but only the Independence Party still wants Estonia to withdraw from the European Union.

The FDP advocates the accession of Turkey to the EU, although this would require Turkey to fulfil all criteria.

On 26 March 2004, following the decision of the Speaker of the Parliament, Marek Borowski, to found a new dissenting party, the Social Democracy of Poland, Leszek Miller decided to resign from the position of Prime Minister on 2 May 2004, a day after Poland ’ s accession to the EU.

On 17 December 2005, EU Presidency conclusions listed the Republic of Macedonia as an accession candidate.

It was expected that the EU would announce in late 2006 the date for commencement of EU accession negotiations.

As an EU candidate country, in the accession process the Republic of Macedonia builds internal legal mechanisms, instruments and capacities for harmonization with the EU Acquis in this area and for making active contribution to the development of CFSP and ESDP.

The first Dzurinda government made numerous political and economic reforms that enabled Slovakia to enter the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), close virtually all chapters in European Union ( EU ) negotiations, and make itself a strong candidate for accession to North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ).

Invited to begin accession negotiations with the European Union in November 1998, Slovenia has achieve two of its primary foreign policy goals: membership in the EU and NATO.

Jamaica is a beneficiary of the Lome Conventions, through which the European Union ( EU ) grants trade preferences to selected states in Asia, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and has played a leading role in the negotiations of the successor agreement in Fiji in 2000.

We therefore support the commencement of negotiations between Libya and the EU on a framework agreement which should cover a range of issues including political, social, economic, commercial and cultural relations between the EU and Libya.

* Fulfilling the required criteria and their presentation for the purpose of ensuring that the EU will bring a decision on a date for start of EU membership negotiations.

The role of the European Union is to present, explain and implement EU policies, analyze and report on the political, social, and economic situation in Nepal, and to conducts negotiations in accordance with a given mandate.

In the negotiations starting in the late 80s preceding the two countries ' entries to the European Economic Area and later the European Union, they insisted on exemptions from the EU rules citing environmental concerns and the transportation needs of the logging industry.

A series of large privatizations, the stability fostered by the start of Turkey ’ s EU accession negotiations, strong and stable growth, and structural changes in the banking, retail, and telecommunications sectors have all contributed to the rise in foreign investment.

Since October 2005, Turkey has formally started accession negotiations with the EU and these will be based on the acquis communautaire.

EU accession negotiations were concluded late in 2002 and a referendum on membership in 2003 saw 90. 86 % casting a valid vote of which 53. 65 % were " yes " votes.

It initiated the negotiations for Sweden's accession to the European Union ( though the work to prepare the ground, at home and versus the EEC / EU, had already started during the final year of the Social Democratic government.

As a result, Slovakia under his rule became partially isolated from the West and the pace of EU and NATO accession negotiations was much slower than in the case of neighboring countries, although Mečiar supported both EU and NATO membership for his country and submitted Slovakia's applications to both organisations.

From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Ischinger was Director of the Policy Planning Staff ; from 1995 to 1998, as Director General for Political Affairs ( Political Director ), Mr. Ischinger participated in a number of international negotiating processes, including the Bosnia Peace Talks at Dayton, OH, the negotiations concerning the NATO-Russia Founding Act, as well as the negotiations on EU and NATO enlargement and on the Kosovo crisis.

In 2007, Ischinger was the European Union Representative in the Troika negotiations on the future of Kosovo which led to the declaration of independence of Kosovo and to the recognition of Kosovo by most EU member countries, by the United States, and a number of other countries, in February, 2008.

The 1991 Council Directive 91 / 477 / EEC started the process of creating a new common legal system for gun owners in the EU, and introduced the European Firearms Pass for owners carrying firearms from one member state to another.

During the process, the European Commission has warned several EU member states over non-compliance with the EU nature directives ( Habitats and Birds Directive ), in particular in relation with the insufficiency of the Natura 2000 network, e. g. the European Commission started an infringement procedure against Poland in April 2006.

Portugal had started to gain some political allies firstly in the EU, and after that in other places of the world to pressure Indonesia.

Especially the 45 ft pallet-wide high-cube shortsea container has gained wider acceptance as these containers can replace the 13. 6 m swap bodies that are common for truck transport in Europe – the EU has started a standardization for pallet wide containerization in the EILU ( European Intermodal Loading Unit ) initiative.

The government took some limited steps towards the liberalisation of the market, started a privatisation program through management employee buyouts and sought to further relations with the Euro-Atlantic structures ( the EEC / EU and the NATO ).

In winter 2001-2002 Adria started flying in the EU market on the Vienna-Frankfurt route.

The research and predator control by the Freira Conservation Project and the national park which started in 1986 was expanded in 2001 with additional EU funding.

Llewellyn also provides the voice of News Anchor Perry Flynn for PlayStation Home TV, a programme that started in December 2009 and aires in the Home Theatre of the EU Version of PlayStation Home, which is a 3D community for PlayStation 3.

Export to the EU and United States was postponed, but the company has recently started EU sales.

Participation in EU programmes started in 2004, with the aim to foster territorial cooperation among CEI countries – with particular attention to the involvement of non-EU CEI Member States in EU funded projects-and to expand existing experience in CEI ’ s priority areas.

Emission trading has started in the EU in January 2005.

The first phase of the EU ETS system started before then, and is expected to continue in a third phase afterwards, and may co-ordinate with whatever is internationally agreed at but there is general uncertainty as to what will be agreed in Post – Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions.

Countries of the EU started implementing the land use aspects of SEA first, some took longer to adopt the directive than others, but the implementation of the directive can now be seen as completed.

The Anti-capitalist March against the EU summit started at Götaplatsen at 10. 30 am June 15.

In Sarajevo's Ilidža suburb many construction projects which could be considered large by even EU standards have been started.

Tempus is a program for cooperation in Higher Education started between EU member states and partner countries.