Third workshop on harmonising the national legislation with the EU acquis held

‘Harmonising national legislation with the laws of the European Union (EU) is a continuous process which does not end once a country has become a member of the EU’, it was said at the Ministry of Justice staff training which the Ministry had organised with the help of the EU for Justice – Support for Chapter 23 Project. It was also said that candidate countries needed to keep up with the EU in developing mechanisms for legislation impact assessments, and in that respect organise a series of workshops and evaluations aimed at increasing the trainees’ understanding of the national legislation and harmonisation impact assessment. 

This is precisely the purpose of the two-day workshop which will be held on 9−10 July at the Judicial Academy. Specifically, the workshop serves to increase the ability, the knowledge and the skills of the Ministry staff to draft and complete the impact assessment forms.

This workshop will mark the end of a series of three workshops on Chapter 23 of the acquis, from which the participants will have gained knowledge about and the skills to draft opinions and harmonisation tables, legislation impact assessments in terms of harmonisation of the national legislation with the EU acquis.