EU ACCESSION PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND GEORGIA - First responses to the conditions set by

Finalise the integrity vetting of the candidates for the High Council of Justice members by the Ethics Council and the selection of candidates to establish the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine. [...] 39 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration or the Republic of Moldova, MAEIE announces public consultations on the draft Action Plan for the implementation of the conditions submitted in the context of granting the Republic of Moldova the status of a candidate country for accession to the European Union, 20 July 2022, . [...] The Moldovan authorities have identified six measures, for which the implementation deadline is December 2022, namely: • adjust the legislation on the responsibility of judges, • improve the selection procedures for the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, • introduce wealth and integrity mechanisms of evaluation for the admission of candidates to the National Institute of Justice (which prepares fu. [...] The Moldovan government’s Action Plan refers only to the recommendations of the OSCE/ODIHR and the Venice Commission for the 43 Pre-vetting Commission, ‘Herman von Hebel, President of the Pre-Vetting Commission, at the Justice Reform and Combating Corruption forum: "In a few weeks, we will have the first public hearings of the candidates for positions in the Superior Council of Magistracy"’, 16 Se. [...] The changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure operated in July 2022 facilitate the carrying out of the judicial action and the issuance of the sentence in the absence of the investigated51.