EU Accession Timeline
Montenegro
2024

The EU confirmed that Montenegro has met the interim benchmarks for chapters 23 and 24
2020

Negotiation opened on chapter 8 competition policy and all chapters opened
2018

Negotiation opened on two chapters
17- economic and monetary policy and 27- environment and climate change
2017

Negotiation opened on 4 chapters
1 - free movement of goods, chapter 22 - regional policy, 2- freedom of movement for workers, 3- right of establishment and freedom to provide services

Chapter 30 provisionally closed
2016

Negotiations opened on 4 chapters
11 - agriculture and rural development, 19 - social policy and employment, 12 – food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy and 13 – fisheries
2015

Negotiations opened on 6 chapters
16 – taxation, 30 – external relations, 9 – financial services and 21 – tens, 14 – transport policy and 15 – energy
2014

Negotiations opened on 9 chapters
7 – intellectual property rights, 10 – information society and media, 4 – free movement of capitals, 31 – foreign, security and defence policy 32 – financial control, 18 – statistics, 28 – consumer and health protection, 29 – customs union, 33 – financial and budgetary provisions
2013

Chapters on rule of law opened
23 – judiciary and fundamental rights, 24 – justice, freedom and security, 5 - public procurement, 6 - company law and chapter 20 - enterprise and industrial policy

Chapter 26 education and culture provisionally closed
2012

Accession negotiations with Montenegro start

Accession conference and chapter 25 science and research provisionally closed
2010

Council confirms candidate status
2008
