By Mail Foreign Service PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 26 March 2013 | UPDATED: 02:35 EST, 27 March 2013 'Excellent example to other candidates': European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele said Croatia had met the EU's expectations The European Commission gave Croatia a clean bill of health yesterday, meaning the Baltic country will join the EU from July. Marking the end of Zagreb’s decade-long effort to join mainstream Europe, European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said Croatia had met expectations. 'Croatia has fulfilled all the conditions for joining ... I think it is an excellent example to other candidate countries,' Mr Fuele told a Croatian government session where he presented the final monitoring report.
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Croatia will be the bloc's first new member since 2007 and joins July 1
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Accession treaty must still be ratified by all current 27 EU members
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But Commission warns laws must be updated to deal with organised crime
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