Under the instructions of the Prime Minister of Georgia, active work is progressing on the second - sectoral - part of the questionnaire, which entails 33 chapters and about 2300 questions in every sectoral direction. Timeline for the completion of work on the second part of the questionnaire was discussed at the session today. It was noted that the process is intense and May 13 has been indicated by the EU as a deadline for the second part of the deliverable. Still, the Government of Georgia is keen to submit the questionnaire to the EU in the most efficient manner - well before the deadline.
The Prime Minister of Georgia made a decision at the session today to make the second - sectoral - part of the questionnaire also publicly available, similar to the first one.
Irakli Garibashvili urged the public institutions to continue active work towards the second part of the questionnaire to make sure that it gets filled in the most efficient and effective manner, similar to the first one.
After the submission of the filled questionnaire, the European Commission will start preparing its Assessment Report, which will be submitted to the Council of the European Union for decision to be released tentatively at the end of June.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, handed over the EU membership questionnaire to the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili in Luxembourg on April 11.
