The two main conditions the country was asked to fulfil ahead of the negotiations were to bring into force six remaining pieces of legislation -- which Ankara did on 1 June -- and to sign a protocol extending its customs agreement with the Union to the 10 new EU member states.
Dva glavna uvjeta čije je ispunjene zatraženo od Turske prije otpočinjanja pregovora su stupanje na snagu preostalih šest zakona -- što je Ankara učinila 1.lipnja -- i potpisivanje protokola o proširenju carinskog sporazuma s Unijom na deset novih zemalja članica EU.