The EU Council's Ad Hoc Working Party on Drafting the Accession Treaty with Montenegro is scheduled to meet on 1 July 2026 at 10:00 in Brussels to finalise technical adaptations for five chapters of the EU acquis, according to a notice of meeting and provisional agenda published by the Council on 26 June 2026. The meeting, to be held at the Justus Lipsius Building, will cover adaptations for Chapter 12 (Food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy), Chapter 23 (Judiciary and fundamental rights), Chapter 24 (Justice, freedom and security), Chapter 29 (Customs union), and Chapter 31 (Foreign, security and defence policy), all based on the acquis as of July 2013. The agenda also includes any other business (AOB) following the main items. The working party's work is a procedural step in drafting the accession treaty, which will ultimately require approval by the Council, the European Parliament, and ratification by all EU member states and Montenegro. No prior coverage of this specific meeting exists in the available record. The meeting is expected to produce technical recommendations that will feed into the broader accession negotiations, which have been ongoing since Montenegro opened negotiations in 2012. The document references specific working papers (WK 7521/26, WK 8452/26, WK 8454/26, WK 8455/26, WK 9369/26) that will be discussed. The outcome of the meeting will be reported to the relevant Council preparatory bodies.
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