It is up to the Council and the Commission to negotiate with the applicant countries and to set the date of accession, but MEPs monitor the procedure until the very day of the accession to make sure that all the conditions for membership of the EU are met.
Is faoin gComhairle agus faoin gCoimisiún atá sé ag dul i mbun caibidlíochta leis na tíortha iarrthacha agus dáta a shocrú don aontachas, ach déanann na Feisirí Eorpacha faireachán ar an nós imeachta go dtí lá an aontachais féin lena chinntiú go gcomhlíontar na coinníollacha go léir a bhíonn ag gabháil le bheith mar Bhallstát den AE.