Stabilization and Association Agreement
It is practice of the European Union , with states that a member of the EU seek first a Stabilization and Association Agreement ( English Stabilization and Association Agreement , SAA ) finish. This aligns the legal and economic basis of the respective state with the standards of the European Union ( association agreement ). The aim of the SAA is to achieve the necessary stability in the intergovernmental relationship, which is the prerequisite for the start of accession talks. The aim of the agreement is to avoid “unpleasant surprises” such as economic shocks with regard to future market integration with the European internal market or economic or political setbacks in the associated states.
background
In the framework of the Stabilization and Association Agreement, guidelines are set which the states must achieve within a certain time frame. The future candidate countries can also set individual quotas or reliefs for product exports to the EU, as well as from the EU. Usually, a customs union with the EU is quickly established. For this reason, the SAA is also referred to as the preliminary stage of actual EU accession.
In 2001 Croatia and Macedonia were among the first candidate countries to sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. An agreement was signed with Albania in 2006 and , on March 15, 2007, with Montenegro . Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia both signed in mid-2008. However, Serbia's negotiations were suspended in May 2006 due to a lack of cooperation (with regard to the extradition of Mladić to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague ) and only resumed a year later. The signature of the agreement by the Serbian President Boris Tadić finally took place (subject to conditions) on April 29, 2008. The signing with Bosnia took place on June 16, 2008 after the Balkan state implemented the police reform required by the EU in April 2008. A signature is not to be equated with the entry into force of the SAA. Because only after the entry into force is there a contractual relationship with all rights, obligations and financial transfers between the EU and the potential accession candidate.
The acceding countries in 2004 concluded a so-called Europe Agreement with the EU , an instrument that has since been replaced by the Stabilization and Association Agreement.
The Stability Pact was transformed into the Cooperation Council for Southeast Europe in 2008 .
Aim and purpose
The aim and purpose of the Stabilization and Association Agreement is a contractual relationship between the states that aspire to membership in the European Union and the EU itself. This contractual relationship reflects an EU accession perspective and is thus intended to serve as a catalyst for the necessary changes. In order to enable or accelerate changes on the part of the applicant state, there is also financial support from the EU ( CARDS program) in addition to the accession perspective .
content
- Political dialogue
- Free trade
- Free movement of capital, labor and services
- Adaptation of the legal and economic cadre to the acquis communautaire
- Jurisprudence and internal affairs (cooperation with the war crimes tribunal)
- Regional cooperation
Current Stabilization and Association Process
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 Croatia
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 North Macedonia
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 Albania
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 Montenegro 1
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
 Serbia 1
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 Kosovo(UNSCR 1244) 2 |
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| Start of the SAA negotiations | 11/24/2000 | 5.4.2000 | January 31, 2003 | 10/10/2005 | 11/25/2005 | 10/10/2005 | 10/28/2013 |
| SAA initialized | May 14, 2001 | 11/24/2000 | February 28, 2006 | 03/15/2007 | December 4, 2007 | 7/11/2007 | July 25, 2014 |
| SAA signed | October 29, 2001 | 9.4.2001 | June 12, 2006 | 10/15/2007 | June 16, 2008 | April 29, 2008 | 10/27/2015 |
| Ratified by: | |||||||
| SAA state | January 30, 2002 | April 27, 2001 | 11/9/2006 | 11/13/2007 | 02/26/2009 | 9.9.2008 | November 2nd, 2015 |
 Belgium
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12/17/2003 | 12/29/2003 | 10/22/2008 | 29.3.2010 | 29.3.2010 | March 20, 2012 | - |
 Bulgaria
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later joined the EU | May 30, 2008 | 13.3.2009 | July 16, 2010 | - | ||
 Denmark
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8.5.2002 | April 10, 2002 | April 24, 2008 | June 25, 2008 | May 26, 2009 | 4.3.2011 | - |
 Germany
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10/18/2002 | June 20, 2002 | February 19, 2009 | May 15, 2009 | August 14, 2009 | February 24, 2012 | - |
 Estonia
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later joined the EU | 10/17/2007 | 11/22/2007 | 9/11/2008 | August 19, 2010 | - | |
 Finland
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6.1.2004 | 6.1.2004 | 11/29/2007 | March 18, 2009 | 7.4.2009 | 10/21/2011 | - |
 France
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4.6.2003 | 4.6.2003 | February 12, 2009 | 7/30/2009 | February 10, 2011 | January 16, 2012 | - |
 Greece
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August 27, 2003 | August 27, 2003 | 02/26/2009 | 4.3.2010 | September 20, 2010 | March 10, 2011 | - |
 Ireland
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6.5.2002 | 6.5.2002 | June 11, 2007 | 4.6.2009 | 4.6.2009 | 29.9.2011 | - |
 Italy
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10/6/2004 | 10/30/2003 | 7.1.2008 | October 13, 2009 | 9/8/2010 | 6.1.2011 | - |
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Croatia
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later joined the EU | - | |||||
 Latvia
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later joined the EU | 12/19/2006 | 10/17/2008 | 11/12/2009 | May 30, 2011 | - | |
 Lithuania
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later joined the EU | May 17, 2007 | 4.3.2009 | 4.5.2009 | 06/26/2013 | - | |
 Luxembourg
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1.8.2003 | 7/28/2003 | 4.7.2007 | June 11, 2009 | 12/22/2010 | January 21, 2011 | - |
 Malta
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later joined the EU | April 21, 2008 | 12/11/2008 | 7.1.2010 | 6.7.2010 | - | |
 Netherlands
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April 30, 2004 | 9.9.2002 | 12/10/2007 | January 29, 2009 | 09/30/2009 | February 27, 2012 | - |
 Austria
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03/15/2002 | 9/6/2002 | May 21, 2008 | 4.7.2008 | 4.9.2009 | 13.1.2011 | - |
 Poland
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later joined the EU | April 14, 2007 | 6.2.2009 | 7.4.2010 | 13.1.2012 | - | |
 Portugal
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July 14, 2003 | July 14, 2003 | July 11, 2008 | 23.9.2008 | June 29, 2009 | 4.3.2011 | - |
 Romania
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later joined the EU | January 15, 2009 | 8.1.2010 | May 22, 2012 | - | ||
 Sweden
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March 27, 2003 | June 25, 2002 | March 21, 2007 | March 11, 2009 | September 14, 2009 | April 15, 2011 | - |
 Slovakia
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later joined the EU | July 20, 2007 | July 29, 2008 | March 17, 2009 | 11/11/2010 | - | |
 Slovenia
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later joined the EU | January 18, 2007 | 7.2.2008 | 3/10/2009 | December 7, 2010 | - | |
 Spain
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October 4, 2002 | October 4, 2002 | 3.5.2007 | March 12, 2009 | June 15, 2010 | June 21, 2010 | - |
 Czech Republic
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later joined the EU | 7.5.2008 | February 19, 2009 | July 23, 2009 | January 28, 2011 | - | |
 Hungary
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later joined the EU | April 23, 2007 | May 14, 2008 | 10/22/2008 | 11/16/2010 | - | |
 United Kingdom
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3.9.2004 | 12/17/2002 | 10/16/2007 | January 12, 2010 | April 20, 2010 | August 11, 2011 | - |
 Cyprus
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later joined the EU | May 30, 2008 | 11/20/2008 | 2.7.2009 | 11/26/2010 | - | |
 European Union
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12/21/2004 | February 25, 2004 | 02/26/2009 | 29.3.2010 | April 30, 2015 | July 22, 2013 | February 12, 2015 |
| Entry into force of the SAA | 1.2.2005 | 1.4.2004 | 1.4.2009 | 1.5.2010 | 1.6.2015 | 1.9.2013 | 1.4.2016 |
| EU accession (SAA ended) | 1.7.2013 | ||||||
literature
- Hanna Marwedel: The Stabilization and Association Agreement between the EU and the Western Balkans , LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-11458-7
Web links
- "The Stabilization and Association Process" [sic] (European Commission)
- "Stabilization and Association Process: Western Balkans" (areas of activity of the EU)
Individual evidence
- ^ Council of the European Union: SAA ratification details Croatia
- ^ Council of the European Union: SAA ratification details Macedonia
- ^ Council of the European Union: SAA ratification details Albania
- ^ Council of the European Union: SAA ratification details Montenegro
- ^ Council of the European Union: SAA ratification details Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ^ Council of the European Union: SAA ratification details Serbia
- ↑ Review . The book belongs to the series 'Law in East Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe / CIS'. Reading sample
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