•  Secondly, the potential Member States must subscribe to the objectives of European integration. This means, among other things, that they must adopt and implement all European legislation and rules, in other words the Acquis Communautaire. Exceptions, such as those made in the past for the British and the Danes with regard to participation in EMU, will not be allowed.
•  Finally, the Copenhagen criteria also encompass an economic test: the accession countries must have a functioning market economy and be capable of coping with market forces within the EU.