The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer and a copyright notice . For their preparations for Membership, the candidate countries will need, inter alia , to develop national programmes for the adoption of the pre-accession strategy, the joint assessment of economic policy priorities, the Pact against Organized Crime and the Internal Market Road Maps .
Institutional coordination needs to be improved and legal procedures simplified.
Major efforts are needed in strengthening institutions and practices in the fields of customs, such as the free movement of goods and services, competition and intellectual property. The fight against corruption must be intensified. Of course, the Accession Partnerships highlight also individual aspects in all applicant countries.