Please note, although not expected to change dramatically, the application process for joining the network is currently under review.

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In the short run, Croats will see few changes on the day they join the EU. But the process of joining has already transformed the country.

BBC: Croatia: From isolation to EU membership

So we moved along all the lines starting from encryption and intellectual property, and ending with state borders and other things like synchronized character of changing the Russian legislation as -- in the process of joining the WTO.

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