Regular report from the Commission on Estonia's progress towards accession 1999.

Abstract

In Agenda 2000 the Commission said it would report regularly to the EuropeanCouncil on progress made by each of the candidate countries of Central and EasternEurope in preparations for membership and that it would submit its first report at theend of 1998. The European Council in Luxembourg decided that“From the end of 1998, the Commission will make regular reports to the Council,together with any necessary recommendations for opening bilateral intergovernmentalconferences, reviewing the progress of each Central and East European candidateState towards accession in the light of the Copenhagen criteria, in particular the rate atwhich it is adopting the Union acquis"..."In that context, the Commission willcontinue to follow the method adopted by Agenda 2000 in evaluating candidateStates' ability to meet the economic criteria and fulfil the obligations deriving fromaccession.