European Parliament 5 September 2001, European Parliament resolution on Slovakia's application for membership to the European Union and the state of negotiations (COM(2000) 711 - C5-0611/2000 - 1997/2173(COS))

41. Welcomes the Czech government’s willingness to scrutinise the laws and decrees of the Beneš government, dating from 1945 and 1946 and which still on the statute books, to ascertain whether they run counter to EU law in force and the Copenhagen criteria; 42.