Applying the Community acquis within three years ? The countries that are in the process of negotiating their accession to the EU or which will begin negotiating in two weeks should be careful not to slip into a sort of trap that could imprison them for an undertemined period.
Very logically and legitimately, the EU has specified that accessions are not linked to the conclusion of negotiations, but to the evidence provided by the applicant countries of their actual capacity to implement the...