Commissioner Bolkestein echoed this important need: "If Candidate Countries join befo
re they are ready, there is a real risk that the Internal Market will be undermined. This is in nobody's interest, least of all that of the Candidate Countries. Hence the need to step up effective practical preparations and confidence-building". The Internal Market must also keep pace with international developme
nts in the light of globalisation. Priority actions here focus both on the need to incorporate internationally agreed rules into our legal fr
...[+++]amework - for example, in areas such as accounting standards - and on opportunities to export our Internal Market rules beyond the EU - for example, through the Mediterranean Partnership (MEDA) programme.
Dans ce domaine, les actions prioritaires portent à la fois sur la nécessité d'intégrer les règles convenues au niveau international dans notre cadre juridique - par exemple en matière de normes comptables - et sur les possibilités d'exporter nos règles du marché intérieur en dehors de l'UE - grâce au programme de partenariat Euro-méditerranéen (MEDA), par exemple.