Agenda-Shaping Powers, EU Enlargement and Danish Council Presidency - "From Copenhagen to Copenhagen"

• Autorzy: Søren Riishøj
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

At the European Union summit in Copenhagen eight "post-communist" countries received invitations to join Western Europe's "exclusive club" in mid 2004. However the question is, whether the assimilation of thousands of pages of EU law means that the acceding countries had also adopted the aquis communautaire at the time of accession. As noted by Alan Mayhew [Mayhew, 2000], after EU accession there will be some years during which the EU rules and norms ("aquis") will not be implemented perfectly by the new EU member states (as in the case of previous enlargements and also in the EU-15, not to forget). However, this was felt by the present EU countries to be a rather small cost compared to that of delaying enlargement beyond 2004. According to the decisions taken in Copenhagen, the EU Commission may limit the rights of the accession countries, e.g. voting rights and financial support in cases of serious flaws in the assimilation of national laws and rules to the aquis communautaire. Not to forget, due to the enlargement of the union, European integration faces two major challenges: the issue of EU institutional reform and the issue of how far the union's borders should extend. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Integrated Management System; ISO 9001; ISO 14001; Factor analysis; Research results

PL

Zintegrowane systemy zarządzania; Normy ISO 9001; Normy ISO 14001; Analiza czynnikowa; Wyniki badań

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2004
• Numer: Vol. 6
• Strony: 11--24

Twórcy

autor

Søren Riishøj

• University of South Denmark, Denmark

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