Due to concern that Bulgaria and Romania were not entirely prepared when they joined the EU on January 1st 2007 -- especially when it came to corruption and organised crime -- a post-accession "co-operation and verification mechanism" was implemented to closely monitor the countries.
Zbog zabrinutosti da Bugarska i Rumunija nisu bile potpuno spremne kada su se pridružile EU 1. januara 2007. godine -- posebno kada je reč o korupciji i organizovanom kriminalu -- implementiran je postprijemni "mehanizam saradnje i verifikacije" da bi se te dve zemlje pažljivo nadgledale.