Assessment of the 10 years’ Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania

Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This study took stock of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) agreed between the European Commission and Bulgaria and Romania in 2007. It reviewed the progress made regarding judicial reform, combatting corruption, and organised crime (in Bulgaria’s case), looked at the measures adopted in response to the 2017 European Commission recommendations [Bulgaria / Romania], and examined how the CVM had performed overall. The report included recommendations on the future of the CVM.

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European Commission: Strategy: Justice and fundamental rights: Effective justice: Rule of law: Assistance to Bulgaria and Romania under the CVM https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/justice-and-fundamental-rights/effective-justice/rule-law/assistance-bulgaria-and-romania-under-cvm_en

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, January 2018: Assessment of the 10 years’ Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/603813/IPOL_STU(2018)603813_EN.pdf

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