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The article is devoted to the consideration of the formation of the legal nature of the acquis communautaire principle. Special attention is paid to the usage of the acquis communautaire principle during the accession process of the Republic of Austria to the European Union. ; Статья посвящается исследованию становления природы принципа acquis communautaire. Особое внимание уделено применению принципа acquis communautaire при подготовке вступления Австрийской Республики в Европейский Союз. ; Стаття присвячена дослідженню становлення природи принципу acquis communautaire. Особливу увагу приділено застосуванню принципу acquis communautaire при підготовці вступу Австрійської Республіки до Європейського Союзу.

The aim of this article is to study the concept of the acquis communautaire in the domain of EU external relations. It is argued that the acquis communautaire varies according to the specific aims of its internal and external applications. The main objective of the acquis communautaire in its internal dimension is to enable the consistent development of the EU while preserving EC/EU patrimony by Member States. The objective of the acquis communautaire application in its external dimension is to push third countries to the forefront of the acquired level of economic, political and legal cooperation achieved by the EU. It is argued that the acquis communautaire is applied consistently in its external dimension, but mirrors the specific objectives of each new application. In order to comprehend the full scope of the application of the acquis communautaire, one must take into consideration both the general objectives of EU external policy towards third countries.

EU legislation is enacted in twenty different, equally authentic, language versions. As from the 1st of May 2004 Maltese has become an official language of the EU this meaning, inter alia, that the acquis communautaire is available in an authentic Maltese version which can be used by Maltese courts in their application and interpretation of EU law. In this paper we shall look at the implications of the Union's multilingual regime as arising from the interpretations of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and how this affects national jurisdictions in their interpretation and application of EU and national law. ; peer-reviewed