2. 19 September 1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki's government includes an agreement on trade and cooperation between Poland and the European Community Created the Polish delegation carried the European Community in Brussels
3. 26 November 1991 Poland becomes a member of the Council of Europe
4. 16 December 1991 Signing of the Europe Agreement between the Polish and the European Communities
5. 22 June 1993 The European Council decides on the possibility of accession of countries in Eastern and Central Europeto European Union
6. 8 April 1994 Athens Duringthe Greek Presidency of the EU's PolishMinister of Foreign Affairs appliedofficiallyforthePolish accession tothe European Union
7. 8 August 1996 Polish Parliament adopted a law setting up the Committee for European Integration
8. 12-13 December 1997 EU summit in Luxembourg The European Commission has decided to launch a process of negotiations on EU enlargement. Date of commencement of negotiations was established on March 30, 1998.
9. 31 March 1998 Opened membership negotiations between the EU and Poland, Cyprus, theCzech Republic, Estonia, Slovenia and Hungary
10. 2 November 2001 DanutaHübner is the Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry for European Integration
11. 14 December 2002 At the Copenhagen summit Polish negotiations on theaccess to EU end.
12. 16 April 2003 In Athens, the member states and 10 candidatecountries, together with Poland sign the Accession Treaty, which forms the basis of membership in the European Union
13. 8 June 2003 EU referendum in Poland.77.5% out of voterssupporttheaccession of Poland to European Union. Voter turnout is 58.9%
14. 1 May 2004 Enlargement of theEuropean Union. Poland, togetherwithCyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia and HungaryjointheEuropean Union