Accession

Under the terms of its WTO accession agreement with the U.S., Vietnam is to remain a non-market economy under U.S. law for up to 12 years after its accession or until it meets U.S. criteria for a market economy designation.

Ashley, p. 271. It was repealed upon the accession of James II by a Tory-dominated House of Commons but upon the accession of William III a new Act was passed that prohibited the importation of French goods.

Brooke, p. 156; Simms and Riotte, p. 58 Although his accession was at first welcomed by politicians of all parties,For example, the letters of Horace Walpole written at the time of the accession defended George but Walpole's later memoirs were hostile.

Floudas, Demetrius Andreas; citation The Greek government have linked progress on this issue to the Republic of Macedonia's accession to the European Union and NATO (for more on this, see Accession of Macedonia to the European Union ).

Once the general council or ministerial conference approves of the terms of accession, the applicant's parliament must ratify the Protocol of Accession before it can become a member.

Thiele saw this as evidence that the northern kingdom was measuring the years by a non-accession system (first partial year of reign was counted as year one), whereas the southern kingdom was using the accession method (it was counted as year zero).

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.

Australia – as a country committed to improving its relations with Timor-Leste – has stated its strong support for ASEAN accession.

Both Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna, who is in charge of European integration, were optimistic on the future accession in comments on Saturday.

BRUSSELS — The coffee break that saved Ukraine’s EU accession bid had been planned all along.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement this week: "Following his Majesty’s Accession, the King is pleased to announce further military appointments for working members of the Royal Family.

But he noted that “the EU accession path is a marathon, not a sprint” and that the EU’s 27 member countries must agree unanimously for Ukraine to join one day.

Clerides was Cyprus president between 1993 and 2003 and put the island on the path to EU accession, but Demetriou said he died without seeing his greatest vision, the liberation and reunification of the country, realised.

Concerning Hungary’s staying away from a European Council vote on starting accession talks with Ukraine, Orbán said it had had to be avoided that the 26 other members “should force their will upon Hungary”.

Concretely, European leaders could then make new announcements concerning EU material and financial aid and detail the next steps of Ukraine’s reconstruction and the EU accession process that go hand in hand with a long-term strategic vision.

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, Europe's longest-reigning living monarch, announced she plans to leave the throne to make way for her son, Crown Prince Frederik, on the 52nd anniversary of her own accession.

Despite the pressure that has been applied, the European Union's General Affairs Council did not make a decision on Tuesday on starting Ukraine's EU accession talks, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in Brussels.

Earlier it was reported that the accession of Taiwan to China on the principle of “one China” cannot occur due to the influence of the United States on the policy of the island.

EU leaders are meeting in Granada, Spain, on Friday to discuss Ukraine’s desire to begin accession negotiations by the end of the year.

Finland and Sweden need all 30 NATO members to approve their accession, which Turkey and Hungary have refused to do until now.