Agenda 2000

European Commission Secretariat-General

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Commission opinion on Estonia's application for membership of the European Union
Construction of Europe

Sujets

• Estonia
• Droit et juridique

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
• Nombre de lectures: 23
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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AGENDA
WBSB,
Commission opinion
on Estonia's application
for membership
of the European Union
European Commission
Supplement 11/97 Supplements 1997
1/97 The Commission's programme for 1997
Presentation to the European Parliament by President Jacques Santer
Resolution of thent on the programme for 1997
2/97 Green Paper on commerce
3/97 The first action plan for innovation in Europe
4/97 Partnership for a new organization of work — Green Paper
5/97 Agenda 2000 — For a stronger and wider Union
6/97 Commission opinion on Hungary's application for membership
of the European Union
7/97 Commission opinion on Poland's application for membership
of the European Union
8/97 Commission opinion on Romania's application for membership
of the European Union
9/97 Commission opinion on Slovakia's application for membership
of the European Union
10/97 Commission opinion on Latvia's application for membership
of the European Union
11/97 Commission opinion on Estonia's application for membership
of the European Union
12/97 Commission opinion on Lithuania's application for membership
of the European Union
13/97 Commission opinion on Bulgaria's application for membership
of the European Union
14/97 Commission opinion on the Czech Republic's application for membership
of the European Union
15/97 Commission opinion on Slovenia's application for membership
of the European Union Bulletin
of the European Union
Supplement 11/97
Commission opinion
on Estonia's application
for membership
of the European Union
Document drawn up an the basis of COM(97) 2006 final
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1997
ISBN 92-828-1281-2
© European Communities, 1997
Reproduction is authorized, provided the source is acknowledged
Printed in Germany
PRINTED ON WHITE CHLORINE-FREE PAPER Contents
A. Introduction 9
a) Preface
The application for membership
The context of the opinion
The contents of the opinion
b) Relations between the European Union and Estonia 10
Historical and geopolitical context 1
Estonia's position concerning the European Union
Contractual relations1
The pre-accession strategy
Trade relations2
General evaluation
B. Criteria for membership 13
1. Political criteria
1.1 Democracy and the rule of law
Parliament and legislative powers: structure
Functioning of Parliament4
The executive: structure
Functioning of the executive 1
The judiciary: structure
Functioning of the judiciary5
1.2 Human rights and protection of minorities 1
Civil and political rights
Economic, social and cultural rights6
Minority rights and the protection of minorities
S. 11/97 1.3 General evaluation 17
2. Economie criteria8
2.1 The economie situation
Background
Liberalization 20
Stabilization of the Economy
Structural change2
Financial sector3
Economic and social development 24
2.2 The Economy in the perspective of membership
Introduction
The existence of a functioning market economy5
The capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces 26
Prospects and priorities 27
2.3 General evaluation8
3. Ability to assume the obligations of membership9
3.1 Internal market without frontiers
The four freedoms
— General framework 30
— Free movement of goods1
— Freet of capital3
— Free movement of services
— Freet of persons5
— General evaluation 36
Competition7
3.2 Innovation8
Information society
Education, training and youth
Research and technological development9
Telecommunications 40
Audio-visual1
4 S. 11/97 3.3 Economie and fiscal affairs 42
Economie and monetary union
Taxation3
Statistics5
3.4 Sectoral policies
Industry 4
Agriculture7
Fisheries 50
Energy1
Transport2
Small and medium-sized enterprises3
3.5 Economic and social cohesion4
Employment and social affairs 5
Regional policy and cohesion5
3.6 Quality of life and environment6
Environment
Consumer protection8
3.7 Justice and home affairs 59
3.8 External policies 61
Trade and international economic relations
Development2
Customs
Common foreign and security policy3
3.9 Financial questions4
Financial control
Budgetary implications 6
4. Administrative capacity to apply the acquis5
4.1 Administrative structures
S. 11/97 4.2 Administrative and judicial capacity 66
4.3 General evaluation9
C. Summary and conclusion 71
Annex5
Composition of Parliament7
Single market: White Paper measures8
Statistical data 80
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