[PDF] Top 20 Regular report from the Commission on Cyprus' progress towards accession 2001. SEC (2001) 1745 final, 13 November 2001

... of Cyprus is substantially in line with the concepts and principles of EC industrial ...in Cyprus is limited, although the government holds equity in some ...productivity. Cyprus’ industrial policy ... See full document

... withdrew from an inter-bank agreement that regulates interest rates to set up its own daily interest rates, causing interest margins to ...resulting from the interconnectedness of the financial ... See full document

... shift towards inflation targeting as soon as inflationary pressures have come down ...October 2001, annualised treasury bill yields were still around ... See full document

... last Regular Report, only four big privatisations have taken place so far: Prazske vodovody a kanalizace (operations, but not infrastructure), Komercni Banka, Ceske Radiokommunikace and Ceska Pojistovna ... See full document

... April 2001. This constitutes an important step towards a more coherent and Schengen-compatible border security with the creation of a more unified, specially trained and nation-wide border police ... See full document

... in 2001, trade in agricultural land has decreased in terms of total size, but leasing of land has seen a sharp increase in 2002, although the share of idle agricultural land is estimated to have remained stable at ... See full document

... the Commission Delegation in Ankara has continued to bear ...in 2001 to establish a decentralised implementation system in Turkey, the Commission has accredited the agencies forming part of the ... See full document

... Privatisation accelerated but the authorities’ agenda remains unfinished, especially in the energy sector. The number of companies in state ownership decreased from 1673 at end-2001 to 1342 in mid-2003 ... See full document

... the Cyprus Academy of Public Administration ...till 2001 are divided into three ...of accession for the civil service organised by the CAPA in conjunction with the National Centre of Public ... See full document

... and 2001, the economy grew by an average ...varied from high positive to negative growth rates resulting in a period average of ...in 2001. The slowdown in import expansion to 4% in 2001, ... See full document

... However, there are still serious economic imbalances with high inflation and a widening current account deficit, in a difficult social environment. The still fragile macroeconomic environment, the uncertain legal ... See full document

... any progress on enterprise sector financial discipline will require that the authorities continue to increase prices further as envisaged under the new IMF ... See full document

... this progress, it seems necessary to employ additional human resources in this area to implement effectively the said legislative ...funds from the Commission to Hungary and towards regional ... See full document

... Market Commission and the Stata Data Inspectorate started to function, even though further improvements of the legislative basis of the latter will be ...step towards meeting requirements of competition ... See full document

... and from the EC budget, administrative capacity should be strengthened in the context of the relevant policy areas described elsewhere in this report such as Financial Control, Customs, Taxation, Regional ... See full document

... good progress in both adopting and implementing the ...market, progress has been made in free movement of goods in aligning public procurement legislation and adopting standards although there is still a ... See full document

... The Ministry for Environment, through its Environment Protection Department (EPD), is responsible for the drafting and implementation of most of the legislation related to the acquis. Besides the EPD, which has a total ... See full document

... million from Phare, 186.6 million from SAPARD, and between €312 and €385 million from ...after accession and is supported by a limited number of measures (investment or grant schemes) with a ... See full document

... laundering. Progress was also made on the implementation of readmission and expulsion ...considerable progress in aligning its asylum legislation, however the remaining shortcomings need to be addressed to ... See full document

... In tandem with rising imports due to domestic demand, trade and current account deficits have been rising and external vulnerability has, despite some improvements, remained significant. The current account deficit has ... See full document