Since April 1998, an analytical assessment ('screening') of various sections of the acquis communautaire has been under way, leading to substantial negotiations, as a result of which it has been possible to close 12 out of 32 negotiating chapters. A further revision of the programme, incorporating the recommendations in the Commission report, was put before the Slovenian parliament for approval in late 1999. The Slovenian government adopted the new version of the national programme, drawn up in accordance with the Commission's comments and incorporating the objectives for the period 1999 to 2002, on, and presented it to the Commission on 31 May. Although the programme set out the measures needed to reach the targets laid down in the accession partnership, it was limited to short-term objectives. Slovenia presented its national programme for adoption of the acquis (NPAA) in March 1998. Accession negotiations have been under way since 30 March 1998.Īs in the case of the other applicant countries, a special accession partnership has also been adopted for Slovenia. In view of its economic development and its capacity for adopting the acquis communautaire, Slovenia is regarded as being one of the applicant countries likely to qualify first for admission to the European Union. It submitted its membership application on 10 June 1996 and on the same day signed a Europe Agreement with the European Union which entered into force on 1 February 1999 and now forms the legal basis for EU-Slovenia relations. Slovenia is one of the smallest of the applicant countries seeking membership of the European Union, having a population of two million and a territory about two-thirds the size of Belgium.
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