Commission Report 2002 (Hungary)

2002 Regular Report on Hungary's Progress towards Accession

COM(2002) 700 final

Date: Brussels, 9.10.2002
SEC(2002) 1404

• Contents
• A. Introduction
  • a) Preface
  • b) Relations between the European Union and Hungary
    • Recent developments under the Europe Agreement, including bilateral trade
    • Accession Partnership
    • Action Plan for reinforcing administrative and judicial capacity
    • National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis
    • Community Assistance
    • Twinning
    • Negotiations
  
  
• Criteria for membership
  • 1. Political criteria
    • Introduction
    • Recent developments
    • 1.1. Democracy and the rule of law
      • The parliament
      • The executive
      • The judicial system
      • Anti-Corruption measures
    • 1.2. Human rights and the protection of minorities
      • Civil and political rights
      • Economic, social and cultural rights
      • Minority rights and the protection of minorities
    • 1.3. General evaluation
  • 2. Economic criteria
    • 2.1. Introduction
    • 2.2. Summary of economic developments since 1997
    • 2.3. Assessment in terms of the Copenhagen criteria
      • The existence of a functioning market economy
      • The capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union
    • 2.4. General evaluation
  • 3. Ability to assume the obligations of membership
    • Introduction
    • 3.1. The chapters of the acquis
      • Chapter 1: Free movement of goods
      • Chapter 2: Free movement of persons
      • Chapter 3: Freedom to provide services
      • Chapter 4: Free movement of capital
      • Chapter 5: Company law
      • Chapter 6: Competition policy
      • Chapter 7: Agriculture
      • Chapter 8: Fisheries
      • Chapter 9: Transport policy
      • Chapter 10: Taxation
      • Chapter 11: Economic and Monetary Union
      • Chapter 12: Statistics
      • Chapter 13: Social policy and employment
      • Chapter 14: Energy
      • Chapter 15: Industrial policy
      • Chapter 16: Small and medium -sized enterprises
      • Chapter 17: Science and research
      • Chapter 18: Education and training
      • Chapter 19: Telecommunications and information technologies
      • Chapter 20: Culture and audio-visual policy
      • Chapter 21: Regional policy and co-ordination of structural instruments
      • Chapter 22: Environment
      • Chapter 23: Consumers and health protection
      • Chapter 24: co-operation in the field of justice and home affairs
      • Chapter 25: Customs union
      • Chapter 26: External relations
      • Chapter 27: Common Foreign and Security Policy
      • Chapter 28: Financial control
      • Chapter 29: Financial and budgetary provisions
    • 3.2. Translation of the acquis into the national languages
    • 3.3. General evaluation
  
  
• C. Conclusion
• D. Accession Partnership and Action Plan for strengthening
  • Political criteria
  • Economic criteria
  • Ability to assume the obligations of membership
    • Chapter 1: Free movement of goods
    • Chapter 2: Free movement of persons
    • Chapter 4: Free movement of capital
    • Chapter 5: Company law
    • Chapter 6: Competition
    • Chapter 7: Agriculture
    • Chapter 9: Transport Policy
    • Chapter 10: Taxation
    • Chapter 13: Social policy
    • Chapter 14: Energy
    • Chapter 19: Telecommunications and information technologies
    • Chapter 20: Culture and audio-visual policy
    • Chapter 21: Regional policy and co-ordination of structural instruments
    • Chapter 22: Environment
    • Chapter 24: Co-Operation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs
    • Chapter 25: Customs Union
    • Chapter 28: Financial Control
  
  
• Annexes
• Annexes
  • Human Rights Conventions ratified by the Candidate Countries, 15 September 2002
  • Statistical data
    • Basic data
    • National accounts
    • Inflation rate
    • Balance of payments
    • Public finance
    • Financial indicators
    • External trade
    • Demography
    • Labour marke
    • Infrastructure
    • Industry and agriculture
    • Standard of living
    • Methodological Notes
      • Inflation rate
      • Finance
      • External trade
      • Demography
      • Labour force
      • Infrastructure
      • Industry and agriculture
      • Standard of living
      • Sources
  
  
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