Republic of Turkey pre-accession economic programme 2006

Abstract

In the framework of Pre-Accession Fiscal Surveillance Procedure, Turkey that acquired candidate statute after the Helsinki summit in December 1999 has prepared Pre-Accession Economic Programme (PEP) in line with the European Union (EU) procedures and has submitted it to the European Commission since 2001. The sixth PEP prepared in 2006 for 2007-2009 period set forth economic policies and the works related with structural reforms necessary for the completion of candidacy period successfully.1By the official commencement of the negotiations with the EU on 3 October 2005, Turkey entered into an important phase in the membership process. In this context, screening procedure in 35 chapters were started towards ensuring the harmonization of Turkey’s legislations with the Community acquis, and the explanatory and detailed meetings were concluded as of the end of October 2006.