This report assesses Romania’s preparations for membership. It identifies the remaining gaps in policies, legislation and its implementation and identifies the steps to be taken. The report contains three main parts.
• The first part briefly describes political developments and assesses the state of affairs as regards the political issues which were identified as in need of further improvement in the 2004 report.
• The second part briefly describes economic developments and assesses the economic issues which were identified as in need of further improvements in the 2004 report.
• The third part gives an overview of where Romania stands in implementing all commitments and requirements arising from the accession negotiations for each acquis chapter, both in terms of legislation and implementation. In Annex 1 an appreciation is given of the specific commitments undertaken and requirements accepted by Romania at the conclusion of the accession negotiations on 14 December 2004 in the field of competition policy.
This report reflects the situation as of 30 September 2005.

The entire report- in the pdf version - is available here