<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <text> <s id="1"> <w id="w1.1">ACCESSION</w> <w id="w1.2">DOCUMENT</w> <w id="w1.3">Subject</w> <w id="w1.4">:</w> </s> <s id="2"> <w id="w2.1">EUROPEAN</w> <w id="w2.2">UNION</w> <w id="w2.3">COMMON</w> <w id="w2.4">POSITION</w> <w id="w2.5">Chapter</w> <w id="w2.6">23</w> <w id="w2.7">-</w> <w id="w2.8">Judiciary</w> <w id="w2.9">and</w> <w id="w2.10">fundamental</w> <w id="w2.11">rights</w> </s> <s id="3"> <w id="w3.1">any</w> <w id="w3.2">view</w> <w id="w3.3">expressed</w> <w id="w3.4">by</w> <w id="w3.5">either</w> <w id="w3.6">party</w> <w id="w3.7">on</w> <w id="w3.8">a</w> <w id="w3.9">chapter</w> <w id="w3.10">of</w> <w id="w3.11">the</w> <w id="w3.12">negotiations</w> <w id="w3.13">will</w> <w id="w3.14">in</w> <w id="w3.15">no</w> <w id="w3.16">way</w> <w id="w3.17">prejudge</w> <w id="w3.18">the</w> <w id="w3.19">position</w> <w id="w3.20">which</w> <w id="w3.21">may</w> <w id="w3.22">be</w> <w id="w3.23">taken</w> <w id="w3.24">on</w> <w id="w3.25">other</w> <w id="w3.26">chapters</w> <w id="w3.27">;</w> </s> <s id="4"> <w id="w4.1">agreements</w> <w id="w4.2">-</w> <w id="w4.3">even</w> <w id="w4.4">partial</w> <w id="w4.5">agreements</w> <w id="w4.6">-</w> <w id="w4.7">reached</w> <w id="w4.8">during</w> <w id="w4.9">the</w> <w id="w4.10">course</w> <w id="w4.11">of</w> <w id="w4.12">the</w> <w id="w4.13">negotiations</w> <w id="w4.14">on</w> <w id="w4.15">chapters</w> <w id="w4.16">to</w> <w id="w4.17">be</w> <w id="w4.18">examined</w> <w id="w4.19">successively</w> <w id="w4.20">may</w> <w id="w4.21">not</w> <w id="w4.22">be</w> <w id="w4.23">considered</w> <w id="w4.24">as</w> <w id="w4.25">final</w> <w id="w4.26">until</w> <w id="w4.27">an</w> <w id="w4.28">overall</w> <w id="w4.29">agreement</w> <w id="w4.30">has</w> <w id="w4.31">been</w> <w id="w4.32">established</w> <w id="w4.33">;</w> </s> <s id="5"> <w id="w5.1">The</w> <w id="w5.2">EU</w> <w id="w5.3">underlines</w> <w id="w5.4">the</w> <w id="w5.5">importance</w> <w id="w5.6">for</w> <w id="w5.7">Croatia</w> <w id="w5.8">of</w> <w id="w5.9">compliance</w> <w id="w5.10">with</w>