[PDF] Top 20 Regular reports from the Commission on progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries. Composite paper. COM (98) 712 final, 17 December 1998

... The importance not only of incorporating Community legislation into national legislation, but as well of ensuring its· effective application through appropriate administrative and judici[r] ... See full document

... of progress in meeting the political and acquis criteria focuses on that which has been accomplished since the Opinion, the economic assessment is based on a longer term evaluation of Romania’s economic ...of ... See full document

... March 1998 the accession process was formally launched by a meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen EU Member States, the ten Central and East European applicant states and ...specific ... See full document

... The employment offered by SMEs, up to now mainly in manufacturing and services, will be critical to absorb workers losing their job due to restructuring. The traditionally important agri-food business faces considerable ... See full document

... In Turkey there is a de jure and de facto difference in the treatment accorded to minorities officially recognised under the Lausanne Treaty and those outside its scope. The Turkish authorities do not recognise the ... See full document

... State Commission on control of energy resources prices and energy ...This Commission adjusted new energy prices quoted by the supplier of energy resources, which cover reasonable expenses of energy ... See full document

... March 1998 the accession process was formally launched by a meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen EU Member States, the ten Central and East European applicant states and ...specific ... See full document

... There are some promising signs that enterprise restructuring, which has proceeded slowly in Slovenia until now, is picking up. The overall profitability of Slovene commercial enterprises is improving. In 1997, the ... See full document

... make progress; it can be regarded as a market economy and should be able to cope with competitive pressure in the ...significant progress, but cannot yet be regarded as fully satisfying either criteria ... See full document

... March 1998 the accession process was formally launched by a meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen EU Member States, the ten Central and East European applicant states and ...specific ... See full document

... March 1998 the accession process was formally launched by a meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen EU Member States, the ten Central and East European applicant states and ...specific ... See full document

... Capital account liberalisation will introduce competition into Cyprus’ protected domestic commercial banking sector and it will consequently have to go hand in hand with an extensive adjustment of the Cypriot financial ... See full document

... March 1998 the accession process was formally launched by a meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the fifteen EU Member States, the ten Central and East European applicant states and ...specific ... See full document

... Apart from bank privatisation, a number of measures implemented during 1997 and 1998 will help the development of Hungarian financial ...of 1998, branches of foreign credit institutions are allowed ... See full document

... individual accession negotiation .... Each of the four parts covers several sectors, following the structure of the Commission’s regular ...the Accession Partnership priorities and the ... See full document

... the progress made in the candidate countries is based on the same objective accession criteria as defined by the European Councils in Copenhagen and Madrid and as used for the 1997 Opinions ... See full document

... in 1998, the number of people seeking asylum in Hungary has continued to grow in significant ...travellers from the airport were incorporated into the Asylum ... See full document

... investments from and to the ...the Commission for Protection of ...addition, progress was made in the field of product pricing by adopting ... See full document

... The banking sector is well developed and strong. This year, the central bank granted a licence to a new bank. As a result, there are six banks in Estonia and a branch of a foreign bank. The three largest domestic banks ... See full document

... Border control is gradually improving, and a major step forward was made with the adoption of the Border Management Strategy. However a number of challenges remain. Border management is still strongest and most efficient ... See full document