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MAXCAP Resources

Enlarged view: Maxcap

MAXCAP resources compile relevant primary and secondary information concerning previous and current enlargements and relations with the EU neighbours.

It contains links to treaty texts, institutional documents, EU- and country-level databases, studies, progress reports, etc. The website is continuously updated with new documents on EU integration capacity in the context of enlargement and the neighbourhood. To facilitate access to the compiled documents, MAXCAP sources are integrated in the folders below.

General resources

external page Application of EU law
Information about the Commission's activities regarding monitoring national implementation of EU legislation

external page Annual reports on national implementation of EU law
The Commission's annual reports (1998 - 2011) recording member states' implementation progress and infringement cases opened against non-compliance

external page EUR-Lex: Access to European Union Law
A database containing texts to EU legislation, as well as references to implementation measures reported by member states' national authorities regarding EU directives

external page Implementation - Database of quantitative (statistical) studies of transposition, implementation and compliance with EU law
A database containing information about existing academic quantitative research on the application of EU law in the member states

external page Compliance - Database of case studies of transposition, implementation and compliance with EU law
A new database reviewing the qualitative literature on EU compliance and implementation
 

Policy-specific resources

external page Study on the implementation of the Information Society Directive (2001/29/EC)
Country reports regarding the level of compliance with the Directive including an overview of the European legislative history, an overview of the national laws and a brief overview of relevant literature and case law regarding the Directive.

external page EC Consumer Law Compendium
Access information on eight consumer law directives, their transposition into the laws of 27 EU Member States, including case-law, bibliography and a comparative study

external page Single Market Scoreboard
Performance overviews for all Member States regarding Single Market policies, including the results that have been achieved, the feedback received and conclusions drawn, providing a basis for future action

external page Internal Market Scoreboards
Links to documents and statistics regarding current and previous editions of the Single Market Scoreboard

external page European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
An international non-profit association of the environmental authorities of the European Union Member States, acceding and candidate countries of the EU, EEA and EFTA countries, information on best practices, EU and country-specific projects
 

Implementation of non-discrimination directives
external page European Anti-Discrimination Legal Network
external page Non-Discrimination in the European Union: (part II)
external page Non-Discrimination in the European Union: (part II)
external page Non-Discrimination in the European Union: (part III)

Country-Level Indices

external page Freedom House: ‘Freedom in the World Index’
Indicators: political rights, civil liberties

external page Center for Systemic Peace: ‘Polity IV data series’
Indicators: executive recruitment, constraints on executive authority, political competition

external page The Economist, Intelligence Unit: ‘Democracy Index’
Indicators: electoral process and pluralism, functioning of government, political participation, political culture, civil liberties

external page Political Risk Services Group: ‘International Country Risk Guide. Bureaucratic Quality
Indicators: expertise of government, autonomy of bureaucracy, recruitment and training, policy formulation, administrative functions

external page World Bank: ‘Worldwide Governance Indicators
Indicators: quality of public services, the civil service and policy formulation and implementation, degree of independence of the civil service from political pressures, credibility of government's commitment to policies

external page Bertelsmann Stiftung: ‘Transformation Index BTI’
Indicators: political and economic transformation, management of transformation

external page Democracy Ranking Association: ‘Democracy Ranking
Indicators: political system, gender, economy, knowledge, health, environment

external page The European Policies Initiative Catch Up Index
Indicators: countries' level of convergence or divergence along four categories: economy, quality of life, democracy and governance
 

Documents, reports, policy initiatives, etc

external page Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the Principles, Priorities and Conditions Contained in the European Partnership with BiH and Repealing Decision 2006/55/EC’, 2008/211/EC’, Official Journal of the EU, L80, 19 March 2008

external page European Commission (2005) ‘Guide to the Main Administrative Structures Required for Implementing the Acquis’, Informal Working Document For Guidance Only

external page Metreveli, E. and Kulick, J. (2009) Country case study: Georgia Social Relations and Governance in Javakheti

external page Marina Skrabalo, GONG Research Centre: “Transparency in retrospect: preliminary lessons from Croatia's EU accession process”, Discussion paper commissioned by the Greens / EFA in the European Parliament, Zagreb, November 8, 2012

external page Maja Bozic, Relja Bozic, European Movement Serbia: Civil society in the European integration process – from constructive dialogue to successful negotiations, October 2012, Belgrade

external page European Policy Institute: Use of EU funds in Macedonia: Efficiency, Impact, and Absorption Capacity, Case studies, October 2012

external page Parliamentary Challenges in the EU Accession Process

European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

Key documents

external page The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
The ENPI was launched in January 2007, pioneering principles such as “joint ownership” are promoted through the ENP, and an innovative funding mechanism.

external page European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)
From 2014, the ENPI will be replaced by the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), an increasingly policy-driven instrument, which will provide for increased differentiation, more flexibility, stricter conditionality and incentives for best performers.

external page Communication for a Partnership for Democracy and Shared Prosperity with the Southern Mediterranean

external page ENP Country Action Plans
The ENP action plans (or Association Agendas for Eastern partner countries) set out the partner country's agenda for political and economic reforms, with short and medium-term priorities of 3 to 5 years reflect the country's needs and capacities, as well as its and the EU’s interests.

external page Progress reports (2006 -2013)
Annual reports assessing the progress made towards the objectives of the Action Plans and the Association Agendas

external page EuroMed Portal
Portal for news and information about EU cooperation with its Southern Neighbours

external page EuroEast Portal
Portal for news and information about EU cooperation with its Eastern Neighbours

 

Country pages summarizing the EU's involvement in the region, policy initiatives, links to specific documents

EU relations with the Western Balkans

Key documents

external page 2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper

external page 2006 Enlargement Strategy Paper
Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2006 – 2007 including annexed special report on the EU's capacity to integrate new members

external page 2012 Enlargement Strategy Paper
Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2012-2013 with increased emphasis on rule of law areas

external page EU External Action: The Western Balkans
General information about the EU relations with the Western Balkans with links to EU Delegations in individual countries

external page Progress reports
Database with reports, strategy papers and conclusions regarding candidate countries' progress to EU membership

Countries

Country profile pages with general information about membership status and additional links to country-specific information

EU-Turkey relations

Key documents

external page The 1963 Ankara Treaty
Agreement Creating An Association Between The Republic of Turkey and the European Economic Community (Ankara Agreement, 1963)

external page Additional Protocol (1970)

external page Customs Union Decision (1/95)

Key European Council presidency conclusions on Turkey’s accession to the EU

The European Commission’s Progress Reports on Turkey from 1998 to 2012

EU Accession Partnership Documents with Turkey from 2001 to 2008

Government and civil society organizations active on EU enlargement

  • TESEV
    A major civil society organization that is actively following the accession process and the EU’s impact on Turkish social and political development

 

ENP Countries

Standard Eurobarometer Surveys:

Information about EU citizens' awareness of enlargement, general support for EU membership and support for individual candidates, trust in EU institutions, attitudes towards the EU crisis-management strategy (2008 - 2012)

Special Eurobarometer Surveys:

Information about societal attitudes towards EU neighboring countries, awareness of and interest in relations and politics with EU neighbors

Flash Eurobarometer Surveys:

Information about EU citizens’ views regarding the effect of the integration of 10 Central and Eastern European countries on the 27 Member States of the enlarged union, EU citizens’ views about important factors regarding further enlargements

Other surveys:

external page Central and Eastern Eurobarometers (1990-1997)
Annual surveys monitoring economic and political changes, as well as attitudes towards Europe and the European Union in up to 20 countries of the region

external page European Social Survey Data – Rounds 1-5 (2002-2010), Round 6 (released in Oct. 2013)
Public attitudes and values within Europe, interest in politics, trust in politicians, trust in the European Parliament, immigration, citizenship and sociopolitical issues

external page World Values Survey – Rounds 1-5
Attitudes and values, confidence in the European Union, national identity

external page Gallup Balkan-Monitor
Views of the Balkans residents on living standards, happiness and attitudes towards the EU, employment opportunities, feelings about living abroad and the performance of their governments

Country-specific surveys:

Reports, documents, policy initiatives, etc:

In Mind Marketing Research (2003) ‘Poll of Citizens of the Republic of Latvia on Integration of Latvia into the European Union’, Report 4–7 September, Riga.

Commission of the European Communities (1978) ‘General considerations on the problems of enlargement’. COM (78) 120 final, 18 April.

EU institutions

external page Press Releases Database
The database contains all press releases issued by the Commission, including press releases of some of the other European institutions: e.g., the Council of the European Union.

external page European Parliament's 'Think Tank' pages
An online platform that brings together all sources of EP expertise: Parliament studies, library briefings, impact assessment andEuropean added value papers, STOA and economic dialogue documentation, surveys on public opinion and EU fact sheets

EU-wide statistical information

external page The European Election and Referendum Database
The database provides information about results from parliamentary elections, European Parliament elections, presidential elections, as well as EU-related referendums since 1990 for a total of 35 European countries.

external page EUROSTAT database
Statistical data on socioeconomic and structural factors within countries and country regions

external page Eurostat (2013) Key Figures on Enlargement Countries
Statistical data on demography, education, social conditions, labour force, national accounts, finance, international trade, agriculture, energy, industry and services, transport in the enlargement countries in comparison with the EU (2001-2011)

EU member states' statistical agencies

Enlargement-related EU documents:

external page Brussels European Council, 16-17 December 2004

external page Copenhagen European Council, 12-13 December 2002

external page Helsinki European Council, 10-11 December 1999

external page Commission of the European Communities (1978) ‘General considerations on the problems of enlargement’. COM (78) 120 final, 18 April.

 

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