These are the conclusions of the Committee's discussion in Brussels on Monday.
I would like to stress that no-one has questioned Croatia's preparedness to enter the EU on 1 July this year, the parliamentary rapporteur on Croatia, Libor Roucek, said during the discussion of a draft resolution on Croatia on which the Committee will vote on Tuesday.
After that, the draft will be sent for debate and voting at a plenary session of the European Parliament.
Romanian MEP Monica Macovei had proposed an amendment seeking the introduction of monitoring even after Croatia joins the EU, but the proposal was not seconded by any other MEP.
Several MEP's assessed that her proposal was inappropriate, stressing that the EP had approved Croatia's accession treaty in December 2011 and that resolved issues cannot be raised any more.
Croatian observers to the EP said that monitoring after accession would question the entire negotiations process with Croatia which was led according to new rules, specifically to avoid mistakes that had been made in negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania which entered the EU without being fully prepared.
Macovei said post-accession monitoring was in the interest of Croatian citizens and that it should not be seen as a punishment. She said the Conflict of Interest Commission was not operational yet, as it had been appointed about ten days ago, and that political appointments in ministries and state companies' supervisory boards were more numerous than under the previous government. She said it was necessary to monitor the implementation of the law on financing of political parties and measures against corruption and organised crime.
Croatian observer Jozo Rados said Croatia had managed to carry out a democratic transformation of society and strengthen its institutions through the accession negotiations. He said Slovenian MEP Ivo Vajgl's amendment should not be included in the resolution.
Vajgl had condemned some statements and actions by the Catholic Church in Croatia as not improving European standards or honouring different minorities. He had said that some Church dignitaries regularly and openly called for intolerance towards LGBT persons.
Roucek agreed that the amendment should not be included in the resolution, saying also that Ljubljanska Banka was a bilateral issue that should in no way have anything to do with the accession process.
MEPs submitted 62 amendments to Roucek's report, including the call on the member countries that have not ratified Croatia's accession treaty to do so, Slovenian MEPs' proposal to put greater emphasis on Croatia's obligation to solve bilateral issues with its neighbours, the position that the bill on strategic investments is not in accordance with European standards, condemnations of Catholic dignitaries' statement against the LGBT community, and the call for post-accession monitoring.
In agreement with representatives of all political groups, Roucek managed to condense most amendments into six compromise amendments to be voted on tomorrow. One of these amendments calls for encouragement of investigative journalism as vital in uncovering corruption and organised crime.