translate English to French: Stressing the growing difficulty experienced by the candidate countries in adopting the Community acquis, the Committee considered that those countries needed close relations between the various levels of authority and that their administrative capacity needed to be strengthened.
Soulignant la difficulté croissante que subissent les pays candidats à l'adhésion lors de l'adoption de l'acquis communautaire, le Comité estime nécessaire d'établir des relations serrées entre les différents niveaux de pouvoir de ces pays et d'approfondir leurs capacités administratives.