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Embracing European Law: Compliance with EU Directives in Central and Eastern Europe
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Abstract
Accession to the European Union (EU) demands the adoption of a vast body of legislation. This paper analyses compliance with EU directives in eight post-communist countries during the Eastern enlargement and tries to account for the puzzling embrace of EU law in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing o... view more
Accession to the European Union (EU) demands the adoption of a vast body of legislation. This paper analyses compliance with EU directives in eight post-communist countries during the Eastern enlargement and tries to account for the puzzling embrace of EU law in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on a new data set tracking the transposition of a sample of 119 directives, the paper finds effects of both political preferences and government capacity on the likelihood of timely transposition. Furthermore, important sectoral differences are uncovered, with trade-related legislation having a better chance and environmental legislation having a significantly worse chance of being incorporated into national legal systems on time. Beyond the conditionality of the accession process, the paper unveils a complex causal structure behind the ups and downs in transposition performance.... view less
Keywords
implementation
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
European Politics
Free Keywords
Central and Eastern Europe; compliance; Enlargement; transposition;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 379-402
Journal
European Union Politics, 9 (2008) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116508093490
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)