The committee is a joint body consisting of officials of the European Commission, EU member-states and representatives of the Croatian government.
The Croatian side at the Brussels session was led by Croatian Chief Negotiator with the EU, Vladimir Drobnjak, while the EU delegation was led by Pierre Mirel, the director of the Directorate-General for Enlargement.
The committee adopted a joint declaration emphasising that the committee's first meeting marked a new stage of more intensive relations between Zagreb and Brussels.
The two sides also exchanged views on the latest developments regarding political and economic and criteria which Croatia should meet for its entry to the EU and Croatia's progress on that path.
The European Commission encouraged Croatia to persist in its efforts, and stressed the importance of the cooperation with the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal.
The committee also noted progress Croatia had made in the fields of refugee returns, rights of ethnic minorities and regional cooperation, adding that Croatia was expected to continue with the progress.
The Croatian delegation presented a strategy and an action plan for the reform of its judiciary. The headway was noticed in the reform of land offices and land books.
Regarding the economic criteria, it was agreed that Croatia should consider the issues pertaining a deficit of the state, a deficit on the current account, and its external debt as well as other structural problems which could hamper the country's strong development.
The commission called on Croatia to continue working on structural problems, the privatisation process and restructuring of companies.