It is very important that Croatia should pay particular attention to completing its preparations in time so that that is reflected in the final monitoring report which the Commission will present in the spring of 2013, Fuele told the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee after the Commission adopted a so-called enlargement package.

The enlargement package includes a comprehensive monitoring report on Croatia, progress reports on seven candidate countries and potential candidates, and a feasibility study for Kosovo.

The ten actions cited by Fuele relate to areas covered by three policy chapters -- Competition Policy, Judiciary and Fundamental Rights, and Justice, Freedom and Security.

Those are: sign the privatisation contract for Brodosplit and take the necessary decisions to find a viable solution for the shipyards 3. Maj and Brodotrogir in order to complete the restructuring of the Croatian shipbuilding industry; implement short-term measures elaborated in September 2012 for increasing the efficiency of the judiciary and reducing the court backlog; adopt the new enforcement legislation in order to ensure the execution of court decisions and reduce the backlog of enforcement cases; establish the Conflict of Interest Commission so that it starts its regular working activities; adopt the new law on access to information in order to strengthen the legal and administrative framework in the area of access to information; complete the adoption of related by-laws to ensure the implementation of the police law; complete the construction of border crossing points at the Neum corridor; achieve the established recruitment target for border police for 2012; finalise and adopt the migration strategy clearly defining measures for the integration of the most vulnerable groups of migrants; and increase the capacity to translate and review the acquis such that this task can be completed in time for accession.