Activities of Charlotte CEDERSCHIÖLD related to 2008/2056(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Internal Market Scoreboard (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on the Internal Market Scoreboard PDF (166 KB) DOC (89 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas all Member States are legally obliged to transpose all Internal Market directives into national legislation within the prescribed deadlines,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the average time for an infringement proceeding to be brought to the European Court of Justice exceeds 20 months,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas some Member States do not respect the rulings of the European Court of Justice on infringement cases, and that this is of further detriment of the functioning of the Internal Market,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. Whereas the administrative burden is too high in Member States and that this is a result of both national and Community legislation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of ownership of the Internal Market on national, regional and local levels; underlines the Commission's role to create partnership in the related policy making process to this end;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that Member States are sometimes adding additional requirements when transposing directives into national law; holds the view that this so-called 'gold plating' hampers the effective functioning of the Internal Market;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to speed up the process of solving disputes at an early stage and to highlight those infringements with the most serious consequences for European citizens; equally encourages the Commission to produce a compilation of the infringement cases brought before the European Court of Justice in order to provide detailed information on the offence in question;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to include a summary to the future Scoreboards written in easily understandable terms to increase accessibility to citizens and other stakeholders; encourages relevant EU and national bodies to publish the Scoreboard on their websites and to step- up efforts to promote the scoreboard to media;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the Scoreboard does not provide information about which directives have not been transposed and that all directives have the same weight in the statistics; takes the view that certain directives, for example the Services Directive, are more important for the effective functioning of the Internal Market than others; calls on the Commission to consider indicators that better reflect the relative importance of directives for industry and citizens within various sectors; holds the view that impact assessments carried out by the Commission may be of relevance for this purpose;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines the fact that late and incorrect implementation deprives citizens and undertakings of their rights, causes harm to the European economy and undermines confidence in the Internal Market; calls on the Commission to develop indicators measuring the costs incurred by citizens and industry as a result of late and incorrect transposition, also calls on the Commission to develop indicators reflecting the relationship between transposition performance and infringements brought against Member States;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to table further better regulation initiatives, in particular by improving impact assessments and reducing administrative burdens as this will also contribute to the more effective functioning of the Internal Market; holds the view that work on these issues is interlinked and needs to be approached in a consistent way;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the target of reducing administrative burdens within the EU by 25% by 2012; calls on the Member States to take action to achieve this aim; holds the view that the Scoreboard should measure efforts and progress at Member State and Community level related to this; therefore calls on the Commission to reflect on including a chapter in the Scoreboard to this end;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Regrets that citizens still face many obstacles in relation to free movement within the Internal Market; notes in this context that 15% of SOLVIT cases handled in 2007 were related to free movement of persons and EU citizenship; calls therefore on Member States and the Commission to step up efforts to ensure the free movement of persons; calls in particular on Member States to establish one-stop shops which can assist people on all legal and practical matters when moving within the Internal Market; also calls on the Commission to develop indicators to be included in the Scoreboard measuring obstacles to the free movement of persons;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates the aim of making Internal Market legislation work better; takes the view that improved implementation also depends on the development of practical co-operation and partnership between administrations; calls on the Member States and the Commission to further develop systems of exchange of best practices; underlines that, due to the numerous authorities at local, regional and national level, there is a need to actively promote and support administrative cooperation and simplification; points out that the Internal Market Information system has the potential to play a major role to this end;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to establish national Internal Market centres to promote coordination, simplification and political visibility of their efforts to make the Internal Market work; underlines that such centres should be placed within existing entities, for example with the national single points of contact; urges Member States to ensure improved practical knowledge on EU law at all levels of national administration to avoid citizens and businesses facing unnecessary burdens and obstacles resulting from a lack of understanding of the rules;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to establish a unit within the Internal Market and Services Directorate General dedicated to surveying the Internal Market dimension in all policy and legislative work, with a focus on ensuring the rules are respected;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to improve the filtering of enquiries and complaints by business and citizens through SOLVIT and other Single Market Assistance Services to ensure that they are directed immediately to the right administrative body regardless of which network they are tabled through; underlines that experiences from SOLVIT should be fed into national and EU policy making, resulting in structural or regulatory changes where necessary;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Council to give a higher priority to Internal Market issues either by establishing a new Council addressing these questions or by giving them top priority on the agenda in the existing Competitiveness Council;