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Commission Communication, Problems of enlargement. Taking stock and proposals (3 and 4 December 1982)
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"Problems of enlargement - Taking stock and proposals", dans Bulletin of the European Communities. 1983, No Supplement 8/1982, (%pp%)6-10.
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| Keywords |
economic situation, enlargement of the Community, Greece, Portugal, Spain
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| Copyright |
© European Communities
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In a communication to the European Council of December 1982, the European Commission draws up a report detailing the problems associated with the enlargement of the European Communities to include Spain and Portugal and sets out proposals that are designed to speed up the integration of these two countries into the European Economic Community (EEC).
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| Location in the digital library |
SPECIAL FILES >> Portugal and the European integration process >> 1978–1985 The negotiations and accession to the European Communities
SPECIAL FILES >> Spain and the European integration process >> 1975–1985 From the democratic transition to Spain's accession to the European Communities >> The negotiations for Spain's accession to the European Communities
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1980–1986 Enlargement to the south and the Single European Act >> Enlargement to the south >> Third enlargement: Spain and Portugal
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Problems of enlargement.Taking stock and proposals Commission communication to the European Council (Copenhagen, 3 and 4 December 1982)
Preliminary considerations
Two points must be made regarding (i) the present stage reached in the accession negotiations with Portugal and Spain, and (ii) the context in which those negotiations should be seen. So far progress has been made in the accession negotiations, which have been conducted with each of the applicant countries on the basis of its own merits, on a large number of chapters, some of which may be regarded as having been settled pending an overall agreement. Further progress must still to be made with Spain, however, in crucial chapters of the negotiations, such as the customs union for industrial products, external relations and the ECSC, and substantive negotiations have yet to be started with the two applicants on the social affairs, fisheries and agriculture chapters. It has not yet been possible to assess Spanish and Portuguese concern regarding their budgetary situation during the post-accession transitional period; concrete negotiating results have not in fact been achieved on such essential aspects of the matter as the alignment of agricultural prices and aids. Finally, the questions raised by the participation of Portugal and (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
The accession of Greece, Portugal and Spain to the European Communities (1981 and 1986)
Reservations expressed by France and other Member States
The accession of Spain and Portugal and transitional measures
Cartoon by Hanel on the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities (25 February 1984)
Cartoon by Plantu on the accession of Greece, Spain and Portugal to the European Communities (1977)
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