- Pre-accession Strategy
- Accession Negotiations
- Screening
- Review Procedure
ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS
The accession negotiations take the form of bilateral intergovernmental conferences between the representatives of the European Union and the applicant country.
The purpose of the accession negotiations is to set the conditions under which each of the candidate-members will join the European Union.
Accession negotiations with Cyprys, the Czeck Republik, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia were opened on March 31, 1998. These six countries are referred to as the First Wave of candidate members.
Accession negotiations with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania and the Slovak Republik were opened on March 31, 1998. These six countries are referred to as the Second wave of candidate members.
