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@article{ Toshkov2008, title = {Embracing European Law: Compliance with EU Directives in Central and Eastern Europe}, author = {Toshkov, Dimiter}, journal = {European Union Politics}, number = {3}, pages = {379-402}, volume = {9}, year = {2008}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116508093490}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-229415}, abstract = {Accession to the European Union (EU) demands the adoption of a vast body of legislation. This paper analyses compliance with EU directives in eight post-communist countries during the Eastern enlargement and tries to account for the puzzling embrace of EU law in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on a new data set tracking the transposition of a sample of 119 directives, the paper finds effects of both political preferences and government capacity on the likelihood of timely transposition. Furthermore, important sectoral differences are uncovered, with trade-related legislation having a better chance and environmental legislation having a significantly worse chance of being incorporated into national legal systems on time. Beyond the conditionality of the accession process, the paper unveils a complex causal structure behind the ups and downs in transposition performance.}, keywords = {Implementation; implementation}}