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The analytical examination of the acquis, `screening', with the negotiating countries, which helped identify issues to be taken up in the negotiations, was completed in 1999. The new acquis adopted and published until the end of 2000 has been transmitted to those countries, so as to allow them to take a position on that new acquis in the context of the negotiations. As explained in last year's strategy paper, the Association committees and subcommittees are being used to explain the new acquis and to discuss its adoption and implementation. In addition, where necessary, meetings to explain the new acquis have been organised on certain chapters, such as transport, agriculture or telecommunications.
In 2002, the same procedures will apply with the following exception. To take into account that negotiations with the most advanced countries will come closer to their conclusion, the new acquis will be transmitted twice to the negotiating countries: once at the beginning of the year to cover the new acquis adopted in 2001 and a second time at the beginning of the second semester to cover the new acquis adopted during the first semester of 2002.
In the same way, with Turkey, the process of analytical examination of the acquis is being prepared in the context of the eight subcommittees set up under the Association agreement which started their work in June 2000. Since then, each subcommittee already met twice. A report to the Council on progress in preparing the process of analytical examination of the acquis, as requested by European Council of Santa Maria da Feira, is being presented by the Commission as an annex to the Regular Report on Turkey.
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