EUROPEAN UNION|European construction|enlargement of the Union
- idirbheartaíocht aontachais Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- caibidlíocht aontachais Tagairt Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- accession negotiations
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- Sainmhíniú negotiations with a candidate member country launched when EU governments, meeting in the European Council, have unanimously agreed upon accession Tagairt COM-Terminology Coordination, based on:"Accession negotiations", Eur-Lex Glossary of summaries, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/accession_negotiations.html [16.11.2015]
- Nóta Negotiations take place in intergovernmental conferences between the governments of the EU countries and that of the candidate country. They help candidate countries to prepare for EU membership as well as allow the EU to prepare itself for enlargement in terms of absorption capacity.On a practical level, the body of EU legislation (the 'acquis') is divided into 35 chapters (by policy). The Council decides unanimously whether to open each chapter.When negotiations on all chapters are completed, the terms and conditions - including possible safeguard clauses and transitional arrangements - are incorporated in an accession treaty. This treaty needs the European Parliament's consent and the Council's unanimous approval. All contracting states then ratify it in line with their own constitutional rules. Reference: "Accession negotiations", Eur-Lex Glossary of summaries, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/accession_negotiations.html [16.11.2015]