Agenda 2000

European Commission Secretariat-General

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

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• Letonia
• Droit et juridique

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
• Nombre de lectures: 22
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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AGENDA
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Commission opinion
on Latvia's application
for membership
of the European Union
European Commission
Supplement 10/97 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 10/97
Commission opinion
on Latvia's application
for membership
of the European Union
Document drawn up on the basis of COM(97) 2005 final
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1997
ISBN 92-828-1292-8
© 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 9
b) Relations between the European Union and Latvia 10
Historical and geopolitical context
Latvia's position concerning the European Union
Contractual relations 11
The pre-accession strategy
Trade relations2
General evaluation
B. Criteria for membership5
1. Political criteria
1.1 Democracy and the rule of law 1
Parliament and legislative powers: structure
Functioning of Parliament6
The executive: structure
Functioning of the executive
The judiciary: structure7
Functioning of the judiciary
1.2 Human rights and the protection of minorities 1
Civil and political rights 18
Economic, social and cultural rights
Minority rights and the protection of minorities9
S. 10/97 1.3 General evaluation 20
2. Economie criteria1
2.1 The economie situation1
Background1
Liberalization 22
Stabilization of the economy3
Structural change4
Financial sector6
Economic and social development7
2.2 The economy in the perspective of membership 27
Introduction 27
The existence of a functioning market economy8
The capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces9
Prospects and priorities 30
2.3 General evaluation0
3. Ability to assume the obligations of membership0
3.1 Internal market without frontiers1
The four freedoms1
— General framework 31
— Free movement of goods3
— Freet of capital5
— Free movement of services6
— Freet of persons7
— General evaluation 39
Competition9
3.2 Innovation 41
Information society1
Education, training and youth1
Research and technological development2
Telecommunications2
Audio-visual 44
4 S. 10/97 3.3 Economie and fiscal affairs 44
Economie and monetary union
Taxation6
Statistics7
3.4 Sectoral policies8
Industry 4
Agriculture 50
Fisheries3
Energy4
Transport5
Small and medium-sized enterprises6
3.5 Economic and social cohesion7
Employment and social affairs 5
Regional policy and cohesion8
3.6 Quality of life and environment9
Environment
Consumer protection 60
3.7 Justice and home affairs1
3.8 External policies3
Trade and international economic relations
Development4
Customs5
Common foreign and security policy 66
3.9 Financial questions
Financial control
Budgetary implications7
4. Administrative capacity to apply the acquis8
4.1 Administrative structures 6
S. 10/97 4.2 Administrative and judicial capacity 68
4.3 General evaluation 71
C. Summary and conclusion3
Annex7
Composition of Parliament9
Single market: White Paper measures 80
Statistical data2
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