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	EUROPA - Glossary - Accession of new Member States to the European Union
		Accession of new Member States to the European Union is governed by Article 49 of the EU Treaty.
		The conditions and date of accession, any transition periods required and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the Union is founded must be agreed in the form of an accession treaty between the candidate country and the Member States.
		To give due form to the accession, this treaty is ratified by all the Member States and the candidate country in accordance with their own constitutional rules.
	europa.eu /scadplus/glossary/member_states_accession_en.htm (256 words)

	European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Supporters of the European Union argue that the growth of the EU is a force for peace and democracy.
		The earliest EU treaty was the Treaty of Paris of 1951 (took effect in 1952) which established the European Coal and Steel Community between an original group of six European countries.
		If it is ratified, the proposed new Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe would abolish the three-pillar structure and, with it, the distinction between the European Union and the European Community, bringing all the Community's activities under the auspices of the European Union and transferring the Community's legal personality to the Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Union (6496 words)

	How does accession to the European Union work?
		In March 1998, the European Union formally launched negotiations on accession with 12 countries, 10 of which joined the EU on 1 May 2005: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus.
		In order to assist the countries that have applied to become members of the European Union to carry out the reforms required for membership and to equip themselves to benefit from EU funds on accession, the Union provides financial assistance as part of its Pre-Accession Strategy.
		Accession negotiations lasted 8 years in the case of Spain and Portugal, whereas Austria joined the EU six years after filing its application in 1989.
	www.delukr.ec.europa.eu /page35005.html (692 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/European Union
		The Union was established under that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992.
		The first such treaty was the Treaty of Paris of 1951 (took effect in 1952) which established the European Coal and Steel Community between an original group of six European countries.
		The law ratifying Romania's Accession Treaty to the European Union was passed on 30 April 2005, at Victoria Palace, the headquarters of the Romanian Government.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/European_Union (4509 words)

	A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --T--
		The Treaty of Amsterdam, agreed in 1997 and ratified in 1998, was intended as a sequel to the Maastricht Treaty, with the emphasis on institutional reform to facilitate enlargement and address the EU's 'democratic deficit'.
		Given the furore which the Maastricht Treaty caused in 1992 and the extent of the subsequent alterations and additions made at Amsterdam, it is convenient to refer to the original Treaty as Maastricht, leaving the name Treaty on European Union to denote the consolidated and amended version, incorporating the Treaty of Rome.
		Europe's seminal Treaty, signed in 1957 and second of the three founding Treaties to be concluded (the first was the 1951 Treaty of Paris; the third, also signed in 1957, was the Euratom Treaty), the Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (later to become the European Community).
	www.euro-know.org /dictionary/t.html (4298 words)

	Bilateral Investment Treaties with European Union Accession States
		We are pleased that on September 2 the European Commission endorsed a political Understanding preserving U.S. bilateral investment treaties with eight countries that are acceding, or are candidates for accession, to the European Union (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria and Romania).
		The United States supports European Union enlargement and is pleased that we have reached an Understanding that both maintains a positive investment environment in the accession states and furthers the objective of assuring compatibility between the obligations of U.S. bilateral investment treaties and the obligations of membership in the European Union.
		Although the European Union, like the United States, has a strong policy favoring the free movement of capital and, thus, potential conflict with the bilateral investment treaties in this area is largely theoretical, we look forward to consulting with the Commission and the other participants on how best to carry this discussion forward.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/prs/ps/2003/23841.htm (394 words)

	European Union Accession Project
		In the process of enlargement, accession negotiations between the European Commission and applicant country are undertaken to determine conditions under which each country will join the European Union.
		The accession of new member states provide an opportunity to revise the Annexes of the Directives and add species that are in need of special conservation measures (to Annex I) or that can be hunted in certain member states (to Annex II).
		Most of the accession countries still hold vast areas of extensively managed farmland that is hugely important for birds and other wildlife, therefore the arrival of the CAP could have a devastating effect on them.
	www.birdlife.org /action/change/europe/eu_accession (1827 words)

	NYU Law - Library, European Union Research
		Bulletin of the European Union (formerly Bulletin of the European Communities) is useful for tracking the legislative process and gathering citations to documents, but it is slow to be published.
		Treaty on European Union, 1997 O.J. Treaty Establishing the European Community, 2002 O.J. Consolidated Versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community/European Union.
		Accession treaties admit new countries to the EU and are generally published with related documents.
	www.law.nyu.edu /library/euguide.html (6314 words)

	EU - European Union - Accession - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
		The group is comprised of experienced professionals from a number of EU countries who are versed in both European Commission law and the domestic laws of the individual EU member states.
		New member states adopt and implement a body of EU legislation comprising more than 20,000 separate treaties, regulations and Directives passed by the European institutions, as well as decisions handed down by the European Court of Justice.
		The European Commission’s Internal Market Strategy 2003-2006 declares that one of the EU's goals is to become the world’s most competitive economy by the year 2010.
	www.deloitte.com /dtt/section_node/0,2332,sid=18634,00.html (412 words)

	EUROPA - Audiovisual Service - 50th Anniversary of the Treaties of Rome
		After the Messina Conference of 1 and 2 June 1955, where the Foreign Affairs Ministers of the six Member States affirmed their willingness to create a unified Europe, the Treaties of Rome were signed in the Capitol, Rome, on 25 March 1957, bringing about the EEC and Euratom.
		16 April 2003 – Accession Treaties of the 8 Eastern European countries, Malta and Cyprus
		Congress of the Dutch European movement - 1968
	ec.europa.eu /avservices/50/index_en.cfm (290 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| EU candidates sign entry treaty
		Bulgaria and Romania have signed European Union accession treaties, paving the way for them to join the bloc in January 2007.
		The treaties contain a safeguard clause delaying entry for a year if either country fails to meet EU standards.
		At the signing ceremony on Monday, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said it had been a "demanding and challenging voyage" and the EU set high standards for new members.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4480677.stm (408 words)

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