ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the context for legislative approximation in Armenia. It also studies the background of legislative approximation in Armenia. The chapter discusses the impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and Eastern Partnership (EaP) on this process in Armenia. It also considers legal reforms and legislative approximation in Armenia as affected by value and acquis conditionality. The chapter studies the application of the EU acquis within the Armenian legal order. It also analyses the prospects of closer cooperation between the parties under the forthcoming EU-Armenia Association Agreement. The domestic context for the process of legislative approximation in Armenia has changed drastically following the adoption of the EUArmenia ENP Action Plan in 2006. Economic and Related Legal Issues Subcommittee plays the most significant role among the subcommittees in the process of the legal approximation of Armenian legislation to EU law.
