Agreements reached at
The following overview summarises the results of Estonia’s accession
negotiations with the European Union – all transitional measures, derogations
and other exceptions are grouped by negotiation chapters. All following
agreements are based on European Union law – the acquis communautaire adopted
and enforced until 1 November 2002. Legislative acts with no transitional
measures or other exceptions agreed upon will be adopted in full and
implemented upon accession to the European Union.
Legislative acts adopted after 1 November 2002 were not subject to these
negotiations.
Estonia is ready to adopt in full and implement the acquis with no
transitional measures in the chapters of Company Law; Competition Policy;
Economic and Monetary Union; Statistics; Social Policy and Employment;
Industrial Policy; Small and Medium-sized Enterprises; Science and Research;
Education and Training; Telecommunications and Information Technologies;
Culture and Audiovisual Policy; Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural
Instruments; Consumer and Health Protection; Cooperation in the Fields of
Justice and Home Affairs; Customs Union; External Relations; Common Foreign and
Security Policy; Financial Control; Financial and Budgetary Provisions;
Institutions as well as Other issues. However, the following overview includes
also the chapters of EMU and Justice and Home Affairs, as accession to the
European Monetary Union and the full implementation of the Schengen regime does
not take place upon accession but in due course when the relevant conditions
have been met and decisions taken.