Negotiation Progress
| Acquis chapter | EC Assessment At Start | Current Situation | Screening Started | Screening Completed | Chapter Frozen | Chapter Unfrozen | Chapter Opened | Chapter Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Free Movement of Goods | Further efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 16 January 2006 | 24 February 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 2. Freedom of Movement For Workers | Very hard to adopt | Considerable efforts needed | 19 July 2006 | 11 September 2006 | 8 December 2009 | – | – | – |
| 3. Right of Establishment For Companies & Freedom To Provide Services | Very hard to adopt | Alignment at early stage | 21 November 2005 | 20 December 2005 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 4. Free Movement of Capital | Further efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 25 November 2005 | 22 December 2005 | – | – | 19 December 2008 | – |
| 5. Public Procurement | Totally incompatible with acquis | Further efforts needed | 7 November 2005 | 28 November 2005 | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Company Law | Considerable efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 21 June 2006 | 20 July 2006 | – | – | 17 June 2008 | – |
| 7. Intellectual Property Law | Further efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 6 February 2006 | 3 March 2006 | – | – | 17 June 2008 | – |
| 8. Competition Policy | Very hard to adopt | Further efforts needed | 8 November 2005 | 2 December 2005 | – | – | – | – |
| 9. Financial Services | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 29 March 2006 | 3 May 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 10. Information Society & Media | Further efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 12 June 2006 | 14 July 2006 | – | – | 19 December 2008 | – |
| 11. Agriculture & Rural Development | Very hard to adopt | Further efforts needed | 5 December 2005 | 26 January 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 12. Food Safety, Veterinary & Phytosanitary Policy | Very hard to adopt | Further efforts needed | 9 March 2006 | 28 April 2006 | – | – | 30 June 2010 | – |
| 13. Fisheries | Very hard to adopt | Further efforts needed | 24 February 2006 | 31 March 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 14. Transport Policy | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 26 June 2006 | 28 September 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 15. Energy | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 15 May 2006 | 16 June 2006 | 8 December 2009 | – | – | – |
| 16. Taxation | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 6 June 2006 | 12 July 2006 | – | – | 30 June 2009 | – |
| 17. Economic & Monetary Policy | Considerable efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 16 February 2006 | 23 March 2006 | 25 June 2007 | – | – | – |
| 18. Statistics | Considerable efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 19 June 2006 | 18 July 2006 | – | – | 25 June 2007 | – |
| 19. Social Policy & Employment | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 8 February 2006 | 22 March 2006 | – | – | – | – |
| 20. Enterprise & Industrial Policy | No major difficulties expected | Alignment Complete | 27 March 2006 | 5 May 2006 | – | – | 29 March 2007 | – |
| 21. Trans-European Networks | Considerable efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 30 June 2006 | 29 September 2006 | – | – | 19 December 2007 | – |
| 22. Regional Policy & Coordination of Structural Instruments | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 11 September 2006 | 10 October 2006 | 25 June 2007 | – | – | – |
| 23. Judiciary & Fundamental Rights | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 7 September 2006 | 13 October 2006 | 8 December 2009 | – | – | – |
| 24. Justice, Freedom & Security | Considerable efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 23 January 2006 | 15 February 2006 | 8 December 2009 | – | – | – |
| 25. Science & Research | No major difficulties expected | Generally aligned with the acquis | 20 October 2005 | 14 November 2005 | – | – | 12 June 2006 | 12 June 2006 |
| 26. Education & Culture | Further efforts needed | Further efforts needed | 26 October 2005 | 16 November 2005 | 8 December 2009 | – | – | – |
| 27. Environment | Totally incompatible with acquis | Considerable efforts needed | 3 April 2006 | 2 June 2006 | – | – | 21 December 2009 | – |
| 28. Consumer & Health Protection | Further efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 8 June 2006 | 11 July 2006 | – | – | 19 December 2007 | – |
| 29. Customs Union | No major difficulties expected | Generally aligned with the acquis | 31 January 2006 | 14 March 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 30. External Relations | No major difficulties expected | Generally aligned with the acquis | 10 July 2006 | 13 September 2006 | 11 December 2006 | – | – | – |
| 31. Foreign, Security & Defence Policy | Further efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 14 September 2006 | 6 October 2006 | 8 December 2009 | – | – | – |
| 32. Financial Control | Further efforts needed | Generally aligned with the acquis | 18 May 2006 | 30 June 2006 | – | – | 26 July 2007 | – |
| 33. Financial & Budgetary Provisions | No major difficulties expected | Further efforts needed | 6 September 2006 | 4 October 2006 | 25 June 2007 | – | – | – |
| 34. Institutions | Nothing to adopt | Nothing to adopt | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35. Other Issues | Nothing to adopt | Nothing to adopt | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Progress | 33 out of 33 | 33 out of 33 | 17 out of 33 | 0 out of 17 | 13 out of 35 | 1 out of 35 |
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