When EU member-countries during the German EU presidency in 2007 start a debate on constitutional matters, which may include an agreement on the admission of new members, Croatia would like to be an observer at those talks and be integrated in a new document which would result from those talks and which could be completed by the end of 2008, Drobnjak said.
The agreement on which the EU is based, the Nice accord, is designed for a maximum of 27 member-countries and this figure will be reached with the admission of Romania and Bulgaria. To admit Croatia, the EU will need a new institutional agreement.
The existing framework can be expanded to admit Croatia as the 28th member. Speaking in legal terms, a special institutional agreement could be adopted by integrating it into Croatia's charter on admission to the EU, Drobnjak said.
He described the process of negotiation between Croatia and the EU as good, stating that the country enjoyed support among EU member-countries for its entry, once it successfully completed the negotiations and met all conditions.
Croatia's entry is more a technical issue than a political one, Drobnjak concluded.