European Commission - Enlargement - Pre-accession strategy
The pre-accession strategy sets out a framework for each candidate country’s* accession process. The pre-accession strategy presents procedures and priorities; it lays down the instruments on which the process is based:
- Bilateral agreements between the European Union and the candidate countries;
- Accession partnerships*; European partnerships*;
- Participation in EU programmes, agencies and committees*;
- Pre-accession assistance*;
- Political dialogue;
- Evaluation from the Commission ("monitoring");
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