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https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v11i2.52
Croatia’s Answers to the European Commission Questionnaire. Social Policy
Vlada Republike Hrvatske
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In the process of the European Union accession, one of the first steps is the assessment of the potential candidate country, assessment of its capabilities and possibility to undertake all the rights and obligations that result from the membership. That assessment, which is conducted by the European Commission, is largely based on the answers to numerous and very detailed questions that impinge upon all issues of the individual country’s functioning. As it is known, based on the analysis of the answers and other relevant information, on April 20, 2004 the European Commission announced its positive opinion on the Croatian candidacy for the full membership in the EU and recommended the European Council to approve its status of a candidate and its entering into negotiations. One of numerous spheres that was analysed in that process and within which the adjustment with the EU acquis communautaire and policy will be implemented is the sphere of employment and social policy. There are eight thematic entities that EU has shown interest in and which the Government of the Republic of Croatia answered based on the questionnaire: labour law, gender equality, health and safety at work, social dialogue, public health care, employment and social policy, social protection and inclusion and suppression of discrimination. Since the document in question is a very extensive one, we are herewith including only a part of answers in the sphere of social dialogue, health status, social protection and inclusion and suppression of discrimination. The published document therefore accurately shows the direction of European social policy, but it also shows in which manner the Government of the Republic of Croatia answered individual questions i.e. how does it perceive the development in individual areas. Both will have to be subjected to critical evaluation in the process of negotiations about the association with the EU, as well as in the subsequent process of undertaking concrete obligations. The answers published here are identical to the original ones that had been published on the Ministry of European Integration web site (www.mei.hr), apart from the linguistic and editorial adjustment for the purpose of review publication.
Ključne riječi
accession process; questionnaire; answers; social policy; European Commission; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
30180
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.2.2004.
Posjeta: 3.082 *