Alignment is advanced in certain areas, such as free movement of goods, anti-trust policy and State aid, energy, economic and monetary policy, enterprise and industrial policy, consumer protection, statistics, Trans-European Networks, and science and research.

strengthening cooperation in the area of economic cooperation, notably economic policy dialogue; business cooperation; taxation; customs; competition policy; information society; science and technology; energy; transport; maritime transport policy; and consumer policy;

Second assessment of progress made in implementing the Broad Economic Policy Guidelinesproviding input for the 2005 Spring Report | This Communication reviews progress made in implementing the EU’s medium-term economic policy strategy as set out in the 2003-05 Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (BEPGs).[1] Having been adopted in 2003 and updated in 2004[2] to take account of the Union’s enlargement, the guidelines focus on the contribution that economic policies can make ...[+++]to the Lisbon strategy, both through the pursuit of sound macro-economic policies and vigorous economic reform.

If it continues its efforts, Croatia should not have major difficulties in applying the acquis in the medium term in the following fields: Economic and Monetary Union; Statistics; Industrial policy; Small and medium-sized enterprises; Science and research; Education and training; Culture and audio-visual policy; External relations; Common foreign and security policy; Financial and budgetary provisions.

The pre-JEP strategy and the definition of projects: Tempus II activities were introduced during the 1994-95 academic year; in order to give preference to the implementation of European Tempus (Tacis) projects which are currently viable, the Commission undertook preliminry action in 1993-94 by financing pre-JEPs lasting a year; these focused on the preparatory mobility of staff between universities in view of further cooperation at the institutional level; the support provided for these projects was to focus on the following priority subject areas: humanities and social sciences; political science and economics ...[+++]; modern European languages; improvement of university management; given the main objectives of the Tacis programme, the Commission decided that special attention would also be paid to projects relating to agriculture, energy and transport.

The pre-JEP strategy and the definition of projects: Tempus II activities were introduced during the 1994-95 academic year; in order to give preference to the implementation of European Tempus (Tacis) projects which are currently viable, the Commission undertook preliminry action in 1993-94 by financing pre-JEPs lasting a year; these focused on the preparatory mobility of staff between universities in view of further cooperation at the institutional level; the support provided for these projects was to focus on the following priority subject areas: humanities and social sciences; political science and economics ...[+++]; modern European languages; improvement of university management; given the main objectives of the Tacis programme, the Commission decided that special attention would also be paid to projects relating to agriculture, energy and transport.