Chairman Ivica Racan told the press after a closed-door session the committee unanimously adopted the draft resolution and that he expected parliament to do the same.
The resolution will highlight Croatia's wish to wrap up the negotiations in time to enable its citizens to vote in the 2009 elections for the European Parliament.
The document is also expected to include Croatia's requests to obtain during negotiations exemptions and transition periods for areas of special importance for Croatia, such as shipbuilding and agriculture.
The chief of the Croatian delegation in the negotiations, Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, said the comparing of Croatian and EU laws, known as the screening process, would begin on October 20 with the science and research chapter. She added the screening of seven chapters would be opened by the end of the year and that the start dates had been set.
The minister said the screening consisted of two stages. In the first the European Commission will explain the mandatory legislation that needs to be adopted, while the second is the bilateral stage which will evaluate the progress in legislation adjustment, establish what else needs to be done and what will be negotiated.
Grabar-Kitarovic said the seven chapters to be opened this year included more difficult areas such as agriculture and rural development. She added the intention was to open difficult chapters at the start due to estimates that their adjustment and effective negotiations on them would take more time.
Both Racan and Grabar-Kitarovic said Croatia's intention and wish was to join the EU by 2009, but with the protection of national interests.
Croatia's chief negotiator Vladimir Drobnjak said more than 1,000 people would be engaged in the negotiations. He added each of the 35 task forces would number 25-70 people, depending on a chapter's difficulty, and that having many people was deliberate so the negotiations could be transparent, expert, educational and didactic.