Overview

• The European Commission formally confirmed the end of bilateral screening of Ukrainian legislation against EU law and will circulate screening reports to capitals to inform benchmark-setting.
• Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos said technical preparations are moving at record pace and voiced confidence in advancing toward opening the first cluster, with options to be discussed around today’s leaders’ meeting in Copenhagen.
• Financial Times reported that EU institutions are considering procedural adjustments to start technical work on clusters for Ukraine and Moldova despite Hungary’s veto, a step that would not replace the need for unanimous political decisions.
• Ukraine is drafting a National Program for Adoption of the Acquis to lay out a detailed timetable for implementing EU rules with input from experts, business and lawmakers.
• Officials said the screening spanned about 15 months with 34 bilateral meetings and over 700 presentations, including Chapter 22 work on a NUTS‑UA territorial classification and a regional development geo‑information system.