Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 533/2004 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in the title, the word ‘European’ shall be deleted; 2. in Article 1, the word ‘Croatia’ shall be deleted; 3. the following Article shall be inserted: ‘Article 1a As part of the stabilisation and association process, an Accession Partnership for Croatia shall be established. The Accession Partnership shall provide a framework covering the priorities resulting from the analysis of the situation in Croatia, on which preparations for accession must concentrate in the light of the Copenhagen criteria defined by the European Council and the progress made in implementing the stabilisation and association process, including the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part ( *1 ) , and in particular regional cooperation. ( *1 ) OJ L 26, 28.1.2005, p. 3 .’;" 4. in Article 2, the word ‘European’ shall be deleted.