EU ACQUIS
The EU Acquis had a total of 31 chapters in the fifth wave of enlargement. For Turkey and Croatia, the number of chapters for accession negotiations has been increased to 35. The comparative table below displays the 31 chapters in the fifth enlargement process and the 35 chapters for Turkey and all other candidate countries.
In the Negotiating Framework for Turkey and all other candidate countries, which were published on the 29th June 2005, it was announced that the negotiations would be conducted in 35 chapters. This change is not due to an increase in the number of negotiating chapters, but rather due to the fact the Union guided by the experiences gained in the fifth wave of enlargement has created new chapters by splitting some of the old ones and merging others. For instance, “Trans-European Networks” which was under the “Energy” chapter was made into a separate chapter. On the contrary, the “Industrial Policy” and “SMEs”, which used to be two different chapters, have become a single chapter renamed as Enterprise and Industrial Policy. Also, since “Agricultural Policy” covers an extensive area and lengthy negotiations, veterinary and phytosanitary policy heading has been removed and combined with Food Safety under the Consumer and Health Protection to have a new chapter, namely “Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy”. The European Commission aims at facilitating the negotiation process by making such modifications in the chapters.
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Fifth wave of Enlargement |
Turkey-Croatia |
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1. Free movement of goods |
1. Free movement of goods |
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2. Freedom of movement for workers |
2. Freedom of movement for workers |
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3. Freedom to provide services |
3. Right of establishment and freedom to provide services |
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4. Free movement of capital |
4. Free movement of capital |
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5. Company law |
5. Public procurement |
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6. Competition Policy |
6. Company law |
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7. Agriculture |
7. Intellectual property law |
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8. Fisheries |
8. Competition Policy |
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9. Transport Policy |
9. Financial Services |
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10. Taxation |
10. Information society and media |
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11. Economic and Monetary Union |
11. Agriculture and Rural Development |
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12. Statistics |
12. Food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy |
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13. Social Policy and Employment |
13. Fisheries |
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14. Energy |
14. Transport Policy |
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15. Industrial Policy |
15. Energy |
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16. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
16. Taxation |
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17. Science & Research |
17. Economic and Monetary Policy |
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18. Education & Culture |
18. Statistics |
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19. Telecommunications and Information Technologies |
19. Social Policy and Employment |
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20. Culture and Audio-visual policy |
20. Enterprise and Industrial Policy |
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21. Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments |
21. Trans-European Networks |
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22. Environment |
22. Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments |
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23. Consumer and Health Protection |
23. Judiciary and Fundamental Rights |
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24. Cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs |
24. Justice, Freedom and Security |
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25. Customs Union |
25. Science & Research |
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26. External Relations |
26. Education & Culture |
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27. Common Foreign and Security Policy |
27. Environment |
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28. Financial Control |
28. Consumer and Health Protection |
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29. Financial and Budgetary Provisions |
29. Customs Union |
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30. Institutions |
30. External Relations |
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31. Other Issues |
31. Foreign Security and Defence Policy |
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32. Financial Control |
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33. Financial and Budgetary Provisions |
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34. Institutions |
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35. Other Issues |