East EU Enlargement

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East EU Enlargement
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90s

• EU
• What to do with post-communist countries of the
  Central and Eastern Europe?????
• Interest to join
• Alternatives ? NATO
• June 1993 Summit at Copenhagen

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Copenhagen Criterias

• Fundamental criterias for enlargement
• Stable democracy (stable democratic
  institutions, human rights)
• Functiong market orientad economy
• Ability to meet requirements of the EU
  membership
• Administrative capacity (Madrid)

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EU

• December 1994 Summit at Essen
• Strategy of pre-accession period
• June 1995 Summit at Cannes
• White Paper on Enlargement

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EU getting ready for enlargement

• Agenda 2000 (1996-2000)
• institutional change (Treaty of Nice debate on
  future of EU)
• budgetary reform (Summit in Berlin) transfers to
  new members under 10
• Communication Strategy for Enlargement (May
  2000)
• Public Opinion

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CZECH INTEGRATIONINTO THE EU

• CR (CSFR) BACK TO EUROPE!
• Different approach
• CSFR X Poland, Hungary (PHARE)

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CZECH INTEGRATION INTO THE EU

• Membership Application X European Treaty
  (European Agreement)
• December 1991 - European Treaty CSFR EC Future
  accession
• (Free Trade Area)
• MS Parliaments approval
• 1-1-1993 CSFR split to CR and SR
• .Interim Agreement trade part of ET
• October 4, 1993 ET CR-EC
• Validity since 3-1-1995

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CZECH INTEGRATION INTO THE EU

• Institutions of Accession
• Special assistance regimes
• Accession Partnership
• Twining

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CZECH INTEGRATION INTO THE EU

• 1-23-1996 at ICG at Torino CR submitted
• Aplication
• 1996 Questionaire, E.Com.Report on CR
• 1997 Approximation of legislation harmonisation
  of Law
• ? Compatibility of the Czech legislation with
• Acquis Communautaire (Common body of the EU
  Law)
• ? Legal Analyses
• SCREENING legal analyses 31 chapters of all
  the legislation

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CR Documents

• Possition Documents
• National Programme
• Strategy on Accession

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BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS

• Luxemburg group CR, Hungary, Poland,
• Slovenia, Estonia,
  Cyprus
• Helsinki group LI, LA, BG, Rom..
• 1998 - 13 countries applied,
• 2002 Copenhagen 10 finished negotiations
• Croatia (Feb-21-03)

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Dividing agendainto 31 chapters

• In every chapter - 3 parts
• 1. changes without problems
• 2. changes require time and money
• a. witin the capacity of the candidate
• b. needs to help from the EU
• 3. changes are hardly acceptible
• Negotiations on 2b 3

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List of exceptions, transitional periods and
limits for the CR

• Permanent exceptions from the EU Law
• Lower consumer tax on "Slivovice" made "at home"
• Companies with turnover under 35,000 Euro need
  not to be registered as VAT Payers
• Czech vine producers are not obliged to distil
  leftovers from vine production

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Transitional periods (1)

• Capital 10 (73) years for the acquisition of
  real estate which forms the agricultural land
  fund, forests by the EU citizens
• Capital 7 years for the acquisition of secondary
  residence by the EU citizens

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Transitional periods (2)

• Taxes reduced rate of value added tax applied on
  supply of heat energy and on construction works
  in the field of housing (until end of 2007)
• Taxes lower level of excise duty rates on
  cigarettes (until end of 2007)

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Transitional periods (3)

• Energy creation of emergency stocks of crude oil
  and petroleum until 31 December 2005
• Energy to open the gas market step by step -
  starting from 1 January 2005

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Transitional periods (4)

• State aid to steel industry within limits of
  agreed restructuring programs, limits of
  production and productivity increase (2006)

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Transitional periods (5)

• Energy creation of emergency stocks of crude oil
  and petroleum until 31 December 2005
• Energy to open the gas market step by step -
  starting from 1 January 2005

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Transitional periods (6)

• Environment Waste management achievement of the
  target values for recovery and recycling of
  packaging (2005)
• Environment Water quality the implementation of
  the requirement to construct waste water
  treatment plants for municipalities in the 2
  000-10 000 p.e. category) 2010 
• Environment Industrial pollution and risk
  management implementation on integrated
  pollution prevention and control for 2 plants
  (2007)

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Transitional periods (6)

• Public health protection to improve hygienic
  conditions in meat and milk production
  establishments. (2007)
• Animal welfare to adjust the technologies in
  laying hen production operations (size of cages)

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EU Transitional periods

• free movement of Czech labor force 232 set
  bilaterally
• step by step growth of direct payments to Czech
  farmers from the EU budget (in 2013 100 of
  present EU level)

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EU Transitional periods (2)

• limit of 120 Euros/cap for regional development
  until 2006 from the EU budget
• Limit to "cabotage" of Czech road transport
  companies (2-5 years)

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Thats all folks.......

• Thanks
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