implementation of the acquis

At the same time, attention was focused on the implementation of the acquis communautaire by the candidate countries.

It is a condition for strengthening the rule of law and the proper implementation of the acquis.

During accession negotiations, the Commission gave clear priority to implementation of the acquis communautaire.

The challenge will then be to identify what assistance they will need for the implementation of the acquis .

Macedonia is part of the Energy Community and is also advancing with implementation of the acquis.

It needs to be very clear that delays in transposition or implementation of the acquis cannot simply be resolved by transitional periods.

As was stated by Mr Swoboda, in the future much more attention should be paid to further transfers and effective implementation of the acquis communautaire.

Latvia has made real progress in its citizenship laws, with the economy, in administration and in preparing for the implementation of the acquis .

It used Sapard as a sort of training programme for the candidate countries' administrations and as a test balloon for implementation of the acquis.

We will definitely come back to this and I hope that together we will be able to improve the implementation of the acquis communautaire on the environment.

Only by ensuring the correct implementation of the acquis communautaire in its entirety can the goals of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme possibly be achieved.

Most candidates seem to be making sufficient progress, but some of them have serious problems, particularly in the field of corruption, implementation of the acquis, administrative capacity and independent financial control.

Bulgaria and Romania have for the past ten years already been going through a quite specific process covering individual aspects such as the implementation of the acquis communautaire and other such things.

Its main objectives are the implementation of sustainable regulatory and institutional frameworks and in furthering the correct implementation of the acquis communautaire in the area of financial reporting.

The controls on internal borders will only be abolished if the EU confirms that the applicant country can fully guarantee effective implementation of the acquis communautaire of the EU in this matter.

The Commission will ensure that specific projects undertaken by consumer organisations and aiming to accelerate the effective implementation of the acquis communautaire on consumer protection in the new Member States can be eligible for a financial contribution of 75%.

I therefore believe that a two-phase approach is required: the first stage being the acceptance of the acquis upon joining the Union, and the second stage being full implementation of the acquis, with borders being lifted as soon as circumstances allow.

This resolution will contribute to the speedy implementation of the acquis communautaire as it applies to the SIS in Slovakia and the other Visegrad Four countries, as well as in the Baltic States and Slovenia.

Furthermore, the accession partnership for each country is supplemented by a national programme concerning the implementation of the acquis communautaire in which details are given on the way in which the country is intending to adopt the acquis communautaire .

The Council has also taken a positive view of the Commission's proposal to centre Phare around an accession perspective by setting two priority objectives: the strengthening of administrative and judicial capacity and investment linked to the resumption and implementation of the acquis .

Furthermore, during these six months, the Commission will submit the action plan on compliance with the third criterion for enlargement. This is the so-called Madrid criterion regarding effective implementation of the acquis by each of the candidate countries, a crucially important issue at this stage in the negotiations.

In addition to the conclusions concerning Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, we issue a stern reminder to the negotiating countries and in particular to the Czech Republic and Slovenia that they need to speed up their adoption and implementation of the acquis .

Another weakness we have identified is inadequate preparation for implementation of the acquis in a number of crucial areas, namely customs services, taxation, veterinary and plant-health controls, the institutions managing and supervising agricultural policy and, lastly, the departments in charge of managing and controlling the Structural Funds.

Ironically, the people who are most critical of enlargement and of the capacity of the candidate countries to implement the acquis communautaire are often the very people who refuse to allow the Commission to have sufficient staffing levels to implement and monitor the implementation of the acquis communautaire.

The key input from administrations of EU Member States to effect longer-term change is in the core team of long-term seconded EU experts, practitioners in the implementation of the acquis, to administrations of new Member States, acceding, candidate or potential candidate country.