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PART 2 SUMMARY OF THE OPINION OF THE
COMMITTEE
The report of the "three wise men"
on the institutional implications of enlargement
PART 5 THE ISSUES: WITNESSES' EVIDENCE AND THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE
Should there be a timetable for negotiations? Has the EU modified its policies enough to be ready to accept new members? Has the EU made adequate financial provision for enlargement? Can EU institutional reform take place in time? Will the first wave CEE applicants achieve their target dates? Will transition periods be needed? What will happen if the first wave applicants' target dates are not achieved?
Could perceptions and attitudes delay
the accession process? Appendix 1—Membership of Sub-Committee A
Appendix 4—Map
and table of information about applicant countries
Map showing Candidate Countries
NOTE: Pages of the Report are numbered in bold type,
pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in
the text of the Report are as follows: (Q) refers to a question in oral evidence.
(p) refers to a page of written evidence.
ORAL EVIDENCE
Mr Andrzej Ananicz, Secretary of State, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland
Dr Péter Gottfried, State Secretary for EU
Integration, Republic of Hungary
Mr Franco Juri, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Republic of Slovenia
Republic of Estonia
Keith Vaz MP, Minister of State for Europe, Foreign
& Commonwealth Office
Mr Nikolaus van der Pas, Director General, DG Enlargement,
European Commission
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