Covering such issues as migration and border control, police and customs co-operation, and judicial co-operation in fighting organised crime, the chapter is considered one of the most difficult in any country's EU accession negotiations.
Ova etapa, koja se bavi temama kao što su migracije i granična kontrola, suradnja policije i carine, te suradnja pravosuđa u borbi protiv organiziranog kriminala, smatra se jednom od najzahtjevnijih u pregovorima svake zemlje oko pridruživanja EU.