THE ACTORS AND ROLES IN THE PROCESS OF EU NEGOTIATION PROCESS

Abstract

The Negotiation Process is a period of time when the candidate countries of the European Union regulate their national legislation in conformity with the Union Acquis for the full membership of European Union. In this study, the aforementioned process will be discussed and the actions which the candidate country should perform to be a full member will be presented within a framework. During the screening procedures which exist in the first stage of the negotiation process and are important in determining the level of the national legislations in the candidate countries in terms of the union acquis of EU, the national legislation of the related candidate country is analyzed to the letter. The Intergovernmental Conference which plays a key role in initiating this process is separately discussed. After the completion of the survey process at the second stage, it was aimed to prepare the Negotiation Position Documents to draw a framework for the activities of the candidate country in terms of the conformity with the Union Acquis and submit the Documents of Negotiation Position to the Presidency of the Consultancy of the European Union. At the fourth stage, the negotiations will be opened and the conformity of national legislations in the candidate countries in terms of the Union Acquis will be explained in three different stages such as transmitting the legislation, application of the legislation and execution. At the fifth stage, the way negotiations are completed, and the way final conclusion is achieved within this framework will be discussed. At the final stage, the ultimate stage of the membership will be explained through discussing the process of preparing and approving the agreements which conditions of participation of the candidate country to the association after the completion of the negotiations