council decis decemb principl prioriti intermedi object condit contain access partnership slovak republ ec council european union regard treati establish european commun regard council regul ec march assist applic state framework pre access strategi establish access partnership articl thereof regard propos commiss luxembourg european council state access partnership instrument kei featur enhanc pre access strategi regul ec set council decid qualifi major propos commiss principl prioriti intermedi object condit contain individu access partnership submit applic state subsequ signific adjust applic commun assist condit fulfil essenti element respect commit contain europ agreement progress fulfil copenhagen criteria essenti element lack council act qualifi major propos commiss step regard pre access assist luxembourg european council decid implement access partnership progress adopt acqui examin europ agreement bodi commiss regular report present object analysi slovak republ prepar membership identifi number prioriti area work order prepar membership slovak republ updat nation programm adopt acqui programm set timet achiev prioriti intermedi object establish access partnership decid articl accord articl regul ec principl prioriti intermedi object condit contain access partnership slovak republ set annex hereto form integr part decis articl implement access partnership examin europ agreement bodi council bodi commiss report regularli articl decis effect dai public offici journal european commun brussel decemb council presid halonen oj annex slovakia access partnership object purpos access partnership set singl framework prioriti area work identifi commiss regular report progress made slovakia membership european union financi mean slovakia implement prioriti condit appli assist access partnership basi number polici instrument candid state prepar membership includ inter alia revis nation programm adopt acqui joint assess medium term econom polici prioriti pact organis crime nation develop plan sector plan particip structur fund membership implement ispa sapard access instrument natur prepar implement specif procedur integr part partnership prioriti compat principl main prioriti area identifi candid state relat abil oblig meet copenhagen criteria state membership requir candid state achiev stabil institut guarante democraci rule law human right respect protect minor exist function market economi capac cope competit pressur market forc union abil oblig membership includ adher aim polit econom monetari union meet madrid european council stress candid state adjust administr structur ensur harmoni oper commun polici access luxembourg stress incorpor acqui legisl suffici ensur appli prioriti intermedi object commiss regular report highlight extent effort made area candid state prepar access situat requir definit intermedi stage term prioriti accompani precis object set collabor state concern achiev condit degre assist progress negoti state open negoti prioriti intermedi object revis access partnership at divid group short medium term list short term select basi realist expect slovakia complet substanti forward end prioriti list medium term expect year complet work begin progress made meet prioriti access partnership assess regular report assess formul prioriti current partnership slovakia submit revis version nation programm adopt acqui npaa set timet achiev prioriti intermedi object base access partnership administr structur financi resourc access partnership prioriti area slovakia membership prepar slovakia address issu identifi regular report import slovakia fulfil commit legisl approxim implement acqui accord commit made europ agreement screen exercis negoti process recal incorpor acqui legisl suffici ensur appli standard appli union area list credibl effect implement enforc acqui draw analysi commiss regular report short medium term prioriti intermedi object identifi slovakia short term polit criteria improv situat roma strengthen implement includ provis financi support nation local level measur aim notabl fight discrimin includ public administr foster employ opportun increas access educ provid adequ financi support econom criteria restor macroeconom stabil promot competit market driven enterpris restructur energi intens heavi industri support transpar financi sector reform includ privatis major bank insur compani bad debt recoveri mechan measur stimul domest foreign invest includ small medium size enterpris simplif legal administr procedur improv bankruptci procedur streamlin implement intern market public procur set public procur offic establish surveil oversight complaint procedur intellectu industri properti right align enforc trademark copyright neighbour right legisl reinforc administr capac fight counterfeit strengthen border control free movement good implement law technic requir product conform assess start align approach direct continu align sector cover product specif legisl adopt basic legisl chemic sector acceler adopt european union standard set independ standardis accredit structur free movement capit align law direct invest area restrict progress relax restrict institut investor financi servic strengthen coordin supervisori institut procedur competit implement state aid law provid adequ resourc state aid monitor author complet prepar state aid inventori continu annual state aid report telecommun adopt telecommun law establish independ nation regulatori author complet separ regulatori ownership function audiovisu complet align legisl taxat align taxabl scope excis duti rate level miner oil scope applic reduc vat rate develop timet legisl align excis duti ensur tax measur compli principl code conduct busi taxat custom strengthen border control agricultur continu align veterinari phytosanitari legisl upgrad inspect arrang futur extern border establish vineyard regist energi prepar decommiss plan implement govern decis close bohunic nuclear reactor implement energi strategi attent energi effici revis energi demand forecast basi realist growth energi intens scenario continu ensur high level nuclear safeti bohunic mochovc nuclear power plant employ social affair enforc occup safeti health legisl support social partner capac build effort develop implement acqui notabl bipartit social dialogu prepar nation employ strategi view particip european employ strategi includ launch joint employ review environ develop comprehens realist approxim strategi acceler transposit enforc framework legisl area water qualiti wast manag integr pollut prevent control natur protect air qualiti develop plan financ invest base direct specif implement programm estim cost align realist sourc public privat financ year year water sector air sector wast manag industri pollut control complet transposit enforc environment impact assess direct justic home affair improv fight organis crime illeg migrat introduct visa sticker enabl full particip schengen inform system ratifi european convent monei launder european crimin law convent corrupt oecd convent briberi align penal code acqui area fight organis crime fraud improv asylum legisl abolit hour deadlin establish independ bodi instanc asylum procedur ratifi european convent monei launder strengthen capac deal monei launder reinforc administr judici capac includ manag control european union fund adopt civil servic law start implement public administr reform strategi phare ispa sapard develop nation develop plan rural develop plan adopt legal administr budgetari framework audit manual audit trail programm manag ispa sapard includ introduct environment impact assess european union compat public procur rule project financ commun fund establish function pai agenc sapard complet legisl framework intern extern financi control set central organis govern harmonis intern audit control function set intern audit control unit spend centr introduc quot function independ quot nation intern control auditor central decentralis level quot ant quot financi control strengthen independ judiciari amend constitut regard appoint probationari system judg medium term polit criteria continu implement minor languag legisl protect minor languag field educ cultur media includ adopt legisl strengthen polici budgetari mean nation local level continu improv situat roma notabl fight discrimin increas access educ employ econom criteria promot competit privat sector includ small medium size enterpris complet privatis process deregul remain administ price rent establish annual fiscal surveil procedur aim bring report monitor control public financ specif fiscal posit line european union procedur continu reform social secur financ intern market data protect complet align free movement good complet adopt en standard complet align sector legisl upgrad european union level surveil conform assess structur implement structur sector cover product specif legisl free movement capit align law acquisit european union nation real estat free movement servic complet align implement direct bank insur invest servic secur market free movement person complet align mutual recognit diploma competit complet legisl align reinforc anti trust state aid author procedur improv transpar flow data coordin train level administr telecommun strengthen independ nation regulatori author taxat full align tax acqui includ commun transit vat regim review exist law ensur compat code conduct busi taxat strengthen administr capac control procedur includ administr cooper mutual assist consum protect continu align strengthen market surveil enforc author custom reinforc custom administr increas handl capac custom border post respect appli excis duti agricultur reinforc common agricultur polici manag mechan administr structur monitor agricultur market implement structur rural develop measur set bodi control mechan continu restructur agrifood sector reinforc food control administr complet system anim identif implement qualiti control system hazard analysi critic control point anim wast treatment modernis meat dairi plant residu zoonosi control programm complet inspect system futur extern border energi improv energi effici prepar intern energi market notabl electr ga direct includ adapt energi price cost level establish regul align oil stock requir complet safeti upgrad programm bohunic mochovc nuclear power plant prepar implement plan licens work decomiss bohunic nuclear power plant strengthen regulatori structur nuclear safeti radiat protect transport align road transport market access safeti rule rule danger good taxat aviat air safeti air traffic manag rail inland waterwai technic requir vessel employ social affair transpos implement european union legisl field occup health safeti includ framework direct labour law equal treatment women men public health reinforc relat administr structur requir coordin social secur establish independ guarante fund employe case employ insolv econom social cohes develop nation polici econom social cohes prepar implement region develop programm commun initi improv administr structur clarifi respons region polici issu organis budgetari system procedur structur fund standard includ apprais evalu environ continu finalis transposit implement framework legisl remain sector legisl reinforc monitor implement control capac ministri region district level reinforc environment inspector integr sustain develop principl definit implement sector polici justic home affair upgrad law enforc bodi judiciari staff number train equip border control illeg immigr enabl full particip schengen inform system continu fight organis crime traffick women children drug traffick corrupt ensur coordin law enforc bodi continu progress align visa legisl practic european union reinforc administr judici capac includ manag control european union fund strengthen suprem audit offic financi control intern audit function provis adequ staff train equip strengthen statist capac program phare alloc period total eur million agreement european council berlin march financi assist applic state period compris support pre access measur agricultur rural develop pre access instrument sapard council regul ec oj structur instrument ispa council regul ec oj give prioriti measur similar cohes fund pre access period nation alloc slovakia fund part particip commun programm includ research technolog develop framework programm oj addit slovakia access fund multi state programm directli relat acqui joint financ applic state systemat requir invest project commiss work european invest bank intern financi institut european bank reconstruct develop world bank view facilit financ project relat pre access prioriti condition commun assist financ project pre access instrument phare ispa sapard condit respect slovakia commit europ agreement step satisfi copenhagen criteria progress meet specif prioriti access partnership failur respect gener condit lead decis council suspens financi assist basi articl regul ec monitor implement access partnership monitor framework europ agreement underlin european council luxembourg import institut europ agreement continu framework adopt acqui examin accord procedur irrespect negoti open relev section access partnership discuss subcommitte associ committe discuss develop progress problem meet prioriti intermedi object specif issu refer subcommitte phare manag committe ensur financ decis pre access instrument phare ispa sapard compat access partnership laid coordin regul council regul ec oj access partnership continu amend accord articl regul ec phare action plan coordin aid poland hungari ispa instrument structur polici pre access sapard special access programm agricultur rural develop