Acquis

Acquis

A French term meaning ‘that which has been acquired’ and used in relation to

European Union law, most notably in the form of the acquis communautaire , to signify

the entire body of European laws. The term has also been used with reference to the

Schengen process concerning the abolition of border controls between Member States of

the European Union. The entirety of the agreements and administrative acts related to

this process are collectively referred to as the Schengen acquis : see Offi cial Journal

2000/L 239 .[1]

Acquis and Europe

There is an entry on acquis in the European legal encyclopedia.

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See Also

Further Reading

• Entry “Acquis” in the work “A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union from Aachen to Zollverein”, by Rodney Leach (Profile Books; London)

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Notes

1. The entry “acquis” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press