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CONTENTSCONTENTSPreface 3Summary 91 Introduction 151.1 Aims of the study 151.2 Research questions 161.3 Analytical framework in the context of EMU 171.4 Structure and outline of the study 202 Problems of accession to the internal market 252.1 Introduction 252.2 Assessing pre-accession 282.3 Intertwined: transition and pre-accession 322.4 Identifying adoption gaps 362.5 Administering the IM acquis effectively 432.6 Requests for transition periods 463 Erosion of the internal market 593.1 Introduction 593.2 Operational definitions of erosion 593.3 Measuring erosion 613.3.1 Indicators of the nature of non-compliance 613.3.2 Indicators of the kind of compliance remedies applied 623.4 IM erosion without enlargement 633.4.1 Indicators of the nature of non-compliance 633.4.2 Indicators of the kind of compliance remedies applied 653.5 Erosion of a pan-european internal market? 6854 The relevance of a core internal market acquis 734.1 Introduction 734.2 Time-inconsistency and two enlargement strategies 734.3 Partial membership with a ‘core internal market acquis’ 764.4 The economic function of a core IM acquis 805 A sound and dynamic economic union 895.1 Introduction 895.2 Economic Union and enlargement 895.2.1 Serving catch-up growth 895.2.2 Serving Monetary Union 915.3 How candidate countries prepare 95