Nieuw scorebord interne markt

aan het persbericht van de Commissie wordt het volgende ontleend:

Member States continue to perform well in implementing agreed Internal Market rules into national law on time, according to the European Commission’s latest Internal Market Scoreboard. For the third consecutive time, 1.0% of Internal Market Directives for which the implementation deadline has passed are not currently written into national law. This means that Member States are again in line with the 1.0% target agreed by Heads of State, which was to be achieved by 2009 at the latest. In total, 18 Member States are either at or below the new target, while 13 Member States achieved their best score so far. Overall Denmark and Malta are the best performers, but Greece and Poland are bottom of the league. However, Member States too often fail to implement the rules correctly in national law and then to apply them properly once they are in force: the number of infringement cases remains high, and they take too long to resolve. This Scoreboard also devotes particular attention to the effective application of public procurement rules, recognising the importance of this area at the present time.

Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said: "In these challenging times, it is more important than ever that the Internal Market functions as effectively as possible. So I am delighted to see that the vast majority of Member States have continued their excellent performance from the previous Scoreboard in implementing agreed legislation into national law on time. However, this is only half the story. National laws need to be of high quality, and those applying the rules need to do it correctly. There are still too many instances of Member States failing in this regard. The Internal Market must be allowed to play its role in returning the European economy to growth as quickly as possible."