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Abstract
Agriculture remained a key sector of Romania in the framework of the
pre accession period to the European Union. Thus, around of 41% of the employed
population worked in the primary sector which represent approximately 14% of the
Romanian GDP. The Copenhagen Summit Decisions, the Annual Report of EC of
October 1999 on the Romanian’s Progress towards Accession as well as the general
provisions of the EU Agenda 2000 Framework and the bilateral phase of the acquis
screening reached the same conclusions as those of the National Strategy for the
economical development of Romania presented to the European Union in March this
year, meaning the need for Romania to create a functional market oriented economy,
consistent with the principles, norms, mechanisms, institutions, and policies of
European Union. The convergence foreseen in this respect is based on an evaluation
of resources and opportunities of domestic and international context, and respond as
laid down by the updated National Programme for the Adoption of the Acquis to the
double requirement of finalisation of a market oriented economy and of preparation
for the accession to the European Union, for using the historical chance offered by
the decision of the European Council in Helsinki of December 1999 to open the
negotiation of accession for Romania. In this given context, we will present in this
paper the priority of harmonisation of the legislation concerning the SAPARD
Programme measures, between 1999 and 2004.