What about the Acquis communautaire ?
The entire body of European laws is known as the acquis communautaire.
This includes all the treaties, regulations and directives passed by the European institutions as well as judgements laid down by the Court of Justice.
The term is most often used in connection with preparations by the 12 candidate countries to join the union.
They must adopt, implement and enforce all the acquis to be allowed to join the EU.
As well as changing national laws, this often means they must set up or change the necessary administrative or judicial bodies which oversee the legislation.
For enlargement negotiations, the acquis have been divided into 31 chapters, each of which must be 'closed' by the candidates.
Here some important international standards and rules. Please click on the facsimiles, so that you activate a hyperlink to the original text:
| Contracts for Phare, Ispa &Sapard |
Practical Guide to Phare, Ispa & Sapard contract procedures
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| Services, supplies and works contracts with third countries |
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| Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of
water intended for human consumption
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Quality
of water intended for human
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Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban wastewater treatment
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Urban
waste water treatment
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Council
Directive 76/160/EEC
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Bathing
water quality
Brüssel,
den 25. Oktober 2002 Kommission schlägt modernisierte und vereinfachte Regeln für saubere Badegewässer in der gesamten EU vor |
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Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture |
Directive 86/278/EEC
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Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances
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Directive 80/68/EWG |
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17 December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution |
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FIDIC publishes conditions of contract for: - EPC/ Turnkey Projects Plant and Design Build Contract (updates Yellow Book and Orange Book) The Short Form - Construction Contract (updates the Red Book) - Works of Civil Engineering Construction (The Red Book) - Electrical & Mechanical Works (The Yellow Book) - Design-Build and Turnkey (The Orange Book)
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| Construction | 
FIDIC-Bookshop |
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| Plant & DB | 
FIDIC-Bookshop |
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| EPC / Turnkey | 
FIDIC-Bookshop |
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| Short Form | 
FIDIC-Bookshop |
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| EBRD
Tender Auswertung |
Procurement
of Goods or Works
1997 European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development Standard
Tender Evaluation Format |
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Procurement of Goods / Trial Edition Supply and Installation of Plant and Equipment Prequalifications Guidance Note
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| Water
Resources Law
WHG - Germany |
