Agenda 2000

European Commission Secretariat-General

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

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• Hungría
• Droit et juridique

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
• Nombre de lectures: 21
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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AGENDA
CommissioUSI·!n opinion ·
on Hungary's application
for membership
of the European Union
European Commission
Supplement 6/97 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 6/97
Commission opinion
on Hungary's application
for membership
of the European Union
Document drawn up on the basis of COM(97) 2001 final
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1997
ISBN 92-828-1259-6
© European Communities, 1997
Reproduction is authorized, provided the source is acknowledged
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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 Hungary 10
Historical and geopolitical context 1
Hungary's position concerning the European Union1
Contractual relations
The pre-accession strategy2
Trade relations3
General evaluation
B. Criteria for membership 15
1. Political criteria
1.1. Democracy and the rule of law
Parliament and legislative powers: structure
Functioning of Parliament6
The executive: structure
Functioning of the executive
The judiciary: structure 1
Functioning of the judiciary7
1.2. Human rights and the protection of minorities
Civil and political rights8
Economic, social and cultural rights
Minority rights and the protection of minorities 19
1.3. General evaluation 20
S. 6/97 3 2. Economie criteria 20
2.1. The economic situation
Background
Liberalization2
Stabilization of the economy
Structural change4
Financial sector 25
Economic and social development
2.2. The economy in the perspective of membership6
Introduction
The existence of a functioning market economy7
The capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces 2
Prospects and priorities9
2.3. General evaluation 30
3. Ability to assume the obligations of membership
3.1. Internal market without frontiers
The four freedoms1
— General framework
— Free movement of goods3
— Freet of capital 35
— Free movement of services6
— Freet of persons7
— General evaluation8
Competition9
3.2. Innovation 41
Information society
Education, training and youth
Research and technological development2
Telecommunications
Audio-visual4
4 S. 6/97 3.3. Economie and fiscal affairs 45
Economie and monetary union
Taxation6
Statistics8
3.4. Sectoral policies9
Industry 4
Agriculture 52
Fisheries5
Energy
Transport7
Small and medium-sized enterprises9
3.5. Economic and social cohesion 60
Employment and social affairs
Regional policy and cohesion1
3.6. Quality of life and environment2
Environment 6
Consumer protection3
3.7. Justice and home affairs4
3.8. External policies 66
Trade and international economic relations
Development7
Customs8
Common foreign and security policy 69
3.9. Financial questions 70
Financial control0
Budgetary implications1
4. Administrative capacity to apply the acquis2
4.1. Administrative structures2
5. 6/97 5 4.2. Administrative and judicial capacity 72
4.3. General evaluation6
C. Summary and conclusion7
Annex 81
Composition of Parliament3
Single market: White Paper measures4
Statistical data6
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