 Lithuania became the first state to request to join the enhanced co-operation on divorce law in June 2012, and their participation was approved by the Commission on 21 November 2012.The provisions of the agreement applied to Lithuania as of 22 May 2014.Greece submitted a request to participate in the regulation in October 2013, and the Commission granted their approval on 27 January 2014 making it the 16th country to join the regulation, which applied to Greece as of 29 July 2015.