Legislation on Bulgaria and Romania since accepted in the Eurpean Union

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  • Bulgaria and Romania oficially accepted in the EU

    This entitles Bulgarian and Romanian nationals to free movement around the whole European Union.
    Permission to work is not required in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

  • The European Commission critisises levels of corruption

    European Commission calls on Bulgaria and Romania to do more to combat corruption.

  • EU threatens to withhold farm aid from Romania

    EU threatens to withhold farm aid if Romania does not reform its agricultural payments system.

  • European Commission report on anti-graft drives

    The interim report says Bulgaria and Romania have failed to show convincing results in their anti-graft drives.

  • European Union freezes infrastructure subsidies for Bulgaria

    The reason is the high levels of corruption in the traffic agency.

  • European Commission suspends EU aid for Bulgaria

    The European Commission suspends EU aid worth hundreds of millions of euros after series of reports criticise Bulgarian government for failing to take effective action against corruption and organised crime.

  • Half of the frozen aid for Bulgaria is permanantly stopped

    European Commission permanently strips Bulgaria of half of the aid frozen in July over what it says is the government's failure to tackle corruption and organised crime.

  • EU shows concern over Bulgarian national statistics

    EU expresses concern over reliability of Bulgarian national statistics and says these may have to be subjected to EU scrutiny.

  • EU calls on urgent action to tackle crime and corruption

    EU calls on Bulgaria and Romania to take urgent action to tackle crime and corruption.

  • France and Germany blocking from joining Schengen

    France and Germany block Bulgaria and Romania from joining Schengen passport-free zone.

  • The Netherlands plans to delay desicions about Schengen

    The Netherlands plans to delay until next year any decision on whether to let Bulgaria and Romania join Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, despite a European Parliament vote to let the two countries into Schengen.

  • Work permission requirements drop

    Bulgarian and Romanian nationals will have the right to work without work permission in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
    Romanian nationals will have the right to work without work permission in Spain.