Meaning of acquis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ellipsis of acquis communautaire.
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2. The accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the total body of European Union law.
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3. The accumulated legislation and decisions of any international community.
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Examples

“Despite the clarity with which this principle has been reiterated, most applicants believe⟳ that their own⟳ circumstances are unique and deserve⟳ an equality of respect⟳, even when this might challenge⟳ a principle of at least part of the acquis. The UK, for example, believed that its wider trading links merited special consideration. The realisation that such consideration would not be forthcoming was particularly humiliating, given that the UK had been invited to participate⟳ in forming the acquis in 1955–57.”

“[T]he process⟳ of absorption of the EU Internal Market acquis by the new EU member states (Hungary and Estonia, e.g. completed their alignment wih the Internal Market acquis within three years) is not feasible for the Moldovan economy, at least in the following three to five years.”

“In general, the existing acquis communautaire was adhered to as closely as possible in the drafting of the PEICL [Principles of European Insurance Contract Law]. Exceptions were made where shortcomings could be identified. Therefore, a number⟳ of directives, for example the insurance acquis, have⟳ been taken into account in the PEICL.”

“It is a remarkable story of how the EU has managed to create⟳ an entire acquis that ensures that the whole of Europe speaks about consumer contract using the same terminology and policy framework.”

“Acquis is a French term meaning "that which has been agreed". In the context of the Tripartite Free Trade⟳ Agreement (TFTA) means that the negotiations should start⟳ from the point⟳ at which […] the COMESA, EAC and SADC trade⟳ negotiations have⟳ reached. Tariff negotiations and the exchange⟳ of tariff concessions would be among Member/Partner States of the Tripartite FTA that have⟳ no preferential arrangements in place⟳ between them. This will both preserve⟳ the acquis and build⟳ on it.”

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