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Economy and Finance

Pre-accession economic programmes

Pre-accession economic programmes help candidate countries for EU membership prepare to participate in the EU’s economic and monetary union. They aim at outlining the appropriate medium-term financial policy framework needed for EU accession.

Establishing policy frameworks

Pre-accession economic programmes help countries that are candidates for EU membership prepare to participate in the economic and fiscal governance and policy coordination procedures of the EU’s economic and monetary union.

The objective of pre-accession economic programmes is to outline the appropriate medium-term financial policy framework needed for EU accession.

The programmes help countries develop the institutional and analytical capacity needed to participate in the EU's economic and monetary union, particularly in the areas of economic and fiscal governance and policy coordination.

Iceland

Programme 2011

Programme 2012

Programme 2013

Following its decision to put accession negotiations on hold and to reconsider its application for EU membership, Iceland did not submit a PEP in 2014 and was not covered in the 2014 Commission assessment.

Republic of North Macedonia

Programme 2006

Programme 2007

Programme 2008/2009

Programme 2010

Programme 2011

Programme 2012

Programme 2013

Programme 2014

Montenegro

Montenegro officially became a candidate for EU membership with the European Council decision of 17 December 2010. Montenegro then submitted an economic and fiscal programme covering the period 2011-13, which is assessed together with the PEPs of the other 4 candidate countries.

Programme 2011

Programme 2012

Programme 2013

Programme 2014

Serbia

Serbia officially became a candidate for EU membership with the European Council decision of 1-2 March 2012. The economic and fiscal programme it had submitted earlier that year was therefore assessed together with the PEPs of the other 5 candidate countries presented at the same time.

As from 2013 Serbia has submitted a PEP.

Programme 2012

Programme 2013

Programme 2014

Turkey

Programme 2004

Programme 2005

Programme 2006

Programme 2007

Programme 2008/2009

Programme 2010

Programme 2011

Programme 2012

Programme 2013

Programme 2014

Commission assessments

Assessment 2004 Enlargement Paper 24

Assessment 2005 Enlargement Paper 27

Assessment 2006 Occasional Paper 31

Assessment 2007 Occasional Paper 39

Assessment 2008/2009 Occasional Paper 55

Assessment 2010 Occasional Paper 69

Assessment 2011 Occasional Paper 80

Assessment 2012 Occasional Paper 98

Assessment 2013 Occasional Paper 157

Assessment 2014 Occasional Paper 194