TAIEX is an instrument of the Directorate-General Enlargement of the European Commission. TAIEX helps countries with regard to the approximation, application and enforcement of EU legislation. TAIEX’s main tasks are: (1) to provide short term technical assistance and advice on the transposition of EU legislation into the national legislation of beneficiary countries and on the subsequent administration, implementation and enforcement of such legislation; (2) to provide technical training and peer assistance to partners and stakeholders of the beneficiary countries; (3) to be an information broker by gathering and making available information; and (4) to provide database tools for facilitating and monitoring the approximation progress as well as to identify further technical assistance needs. The new Member States will remain beneficiary countries for TAIEX assistance and will continue to receive TAIEX support to institution building in the first years after Accession. In English, French and German.(Original source: http://taiex.cec.eu.int/)
