Even those countries that are not yet members have adopted large parts of the acquis communitaire as a means of ensuring access to western European markets for their products.
The Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats is working towards consistent compliance with the acquis communitaire and all the documents that uphold the values of European civilisation and protect the freedom and personal integrity of each individual.
We can distinguish two strands in EU biodiversity policy: the implementation of international agreements signed by the Member States, such as the CBD (see Appendix S1 for details), and the environmental legislation contained in the acquis communitaire.
Stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities; A functioning market economy, able to cope with EU market forces; The ability to meet the obligations of membership, including keeping to the aims of political, economic and monetary union; The adoption and implementation of the acquis communautaire - the body of EU law.
There is a risk that the changes resulting from the implementation of the Community acquis will further accentuate the social tensions in the candidate countries.
The purpose of this report is precisely to highlight the major shortcomings encountered in the implementation of the Schengen acquis.
The full and timely implementation of the entire waste "acquis", including the significant improvements introduced by the recently adopted revision of EU waste legislation, by competent authorities in the Member States, is a critical first step.
ROMANIA Romania joined the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2007 following a pre-accession period which saw many reforms in the fields of justice, public administration, trafficking in human beings, child protection and other areas linked to the EU's acquis communitaire.
In fact, Eastern Europe has already implemented many aspects of the acquis communautaire.
In cases where the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement calls for a change to the acquis, Parliament, like the Council, must be able to exercise its legislative prerogative.
But often one side or the other will seek a temporary modification of the acquis, a "transition period".
