With the two countries' EU entry in January 2007, the EC established a special Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) to assess the headway being made in meeting their judicial reform and anti-corruption commitments, and in Bulgaria's case -- in fighting organised crime.
Sa prijemom dve zemlje u EU u januaru 2007. godine, EK je uspostavila specijalni Mehanizam saradnje i provere (CVM) za procenu napretka koji se postiže u ispunjavanju obaveza na polju pravosudnih reform i borbe protiv korupcije i, u slučaju Bugarske, u borbi protiv organizovanog kriminala.