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Key documents

General

• Enlargement two years later: an economic evaluation - 3 May 2006 - 860 kb
• Impact of Enlargement on free movement of workers, Commission's Report of 8 February 2006
• Commission's Communication on the Western Balkans - 27 January 2006
• Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans - 2006 Brochure [4 MB]

Candidate Countries and Potential Candidates

• Strategic Papers
  • 2006 Enlargement Strategy Paper
  • 2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper
  • Commission Opinion on the application from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for membership of the EU - 9 November 2005
  • Analytical Report for the Opinion on the application from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for EU membership – 9 November 2005 [743 KB]
  • 2004 Enlargement Strategy Paper
  • Recommendation of the European Commission on Turkey’s progress towards accession – 6 October 2004
  • Commission Staff working Paper: issues arising from Turkey's membership perspective – 6 October 2004 [441 KB]
  • Communication from the Commission - Civil Society Dialogue between the EU and Candidate Countries – 29 June 2005
    
    
• Regular/Progress Reports for each country you will find in Candidate Countries and Potential Candidates' key documents
  • Croatia
  • The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  • Turkey
  • Albania
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia
  • Kosovo issues
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  Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP)
  To find the SAP Reports and Stabilisation and Association Agreements (SAA) for each country, look in the Key Documents section of each Candidate Country and Potential Candidate.
  To know more about the SAP please see the SAP Background documents

Financial Assistance

• Instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA)
• Programming of IPA
• IPA - New Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 - 254 kb of 17 July 2006 establishing IPA
• PHARE
  • Phare Legislation, Annual Reports & General Reports on Pre-accession Assistance
  • Phare Institution building (TAIEX) - 2005 TAIEX Activity Report [5 MB]
• Transition Facility - Financial Assistance for Post-accession countries
  • Transition Facility Programming and Implementation Guide, C (2003)4884 [75 KB]

See also Transition Facility - National Programmes, Multi-beneficiary Programmes: Financing Proposals and Project Fiches.

• CARDS - Western Balkans Financial Instrument
  • Reports and publications about CARDS.
• Financial Instrument for Turkey
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 2500/2001 of 17 December 2001 concerning pre-accession financial assistance for Turkey
  • Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 2500/2001 of 17 December 2001

Turkish Cypriot Community issues

• Documents concerning Turkish Cypriot community issues

Other EU Institutions' Documents

• European Parliament Resolution on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania - P6_TA(2006)0262
• European Parliament Resolution on the Commission's 2005 Enlargement Strategy paper - P6_TA(2006)0096

• European Parliament Resolution on the opening of negotiations with Turkey - P6_TA(2005)0350
  

For more documents, consult the website of European Parliament,  European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions

Documents concerning the Enlargement Process with the fifth enlargement countries:

• Key documents about the fifth Enlargement with CZECH REPUBLIC, CYPRUS, ESTONIA, HUNGARY, LATVIA, LITHUANIA, MALTA, POLAND, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA