Screening

Acquis Communautaire is the entire body of the European Community legislation and all the regulations and directives passed by the Council of Ministers. It is divided into 31 Chapters, each one focusing on a specific topic.

The screening process begins prior to opening of accession negotiations and continues parallel to them afterwards.

The initial pre-negotiations screening the European Commission aims to increase the understanding of the candidate-state of the EU legislation. It also proposes ways for its implementation into the candidate's legislation and focuses on problematic areas.

After negotiations are opened the process of screening continues integrating further parts of the Acquis and reassessing on a regular basis the degree to which the applicant country is successful in implementing the Acquis.

One of the major goal of the screening process is to ensure that not only is the new the legislation of the candidate country implemented but also that it is successfully enforced.

Chapers of the Acquis Communautaire

Chapter 1	Free movements of goods
Chapter 2	Freedom of movements for persons
Chapter 3	Freedom to provide services
Chapter 4	Free movement of capital
Chapter 5	Company law
Chapter 6	Competition policy
Chapter 7	Agriculture
Chapter 8	Fisheries
Chapter 9	Transport policy
Chapter 10	Taxation
Chapter 11	Economic and Monetary Union
Chapter 12	Statistic
Chapter 13	Social policy and employment
Chapter 14	Energy
Chapter 15	Industrial policy
Chapter 16	Small- and medium size undertakings
Chapter 17	Science and research
Chapter 18	Education and training
Chapter 19	Telecommunications and information technologies
Chapter 20	Cultural and audio-visual policy
Chapter 21	Regional policy and coordination of structural instuments
Chapter 22	Environment
Chapter 23	Consumers and health protection
Chapter 24	Cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs
Chapter 25	Customs union
Chapter 26	External relations
Chapter 27	Common foreign and security policy
Chapter 28	Financial control
Chapter 29	Financial and budgetary provisions
Chapter 30	Institutions
Chapter 31	Others