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The European Parliament adopted by 554 votes to 41\nwith 20 abstentions a resolution tabled by the Committee on the\nInternal Market and Consumer Protection on the Single Market\nAct: The Next Steps to Growth.
\nIt stresses that the European Single Market has\nbrought tremendous benefits to the citizens of Europe, and is a key\ndriver for economic growth and employment. However, the current\neconomic downspin, and the re-emergence of protectionist economic\nattitudes in Member States, has threatened some of the most visible\nachievements of the European integration process, and the Single\nMarket is needed more than ever as a means to revitalise the\nEuropean economy. Accordingly, Parliament calls for the Single\nMarket to be completed with utmost determination and speed.\nImmediate priority should be given to the adoption of the\n12 key actions of the Single Market\nAct, especially those which will facilitate\ncompletion of the digital single market, wherever possible, by the\nend of 2012. The Single Market should also preserve social\nwelfare and ensure fair working conditions.
\nMembers call on the Commission to assist Member States\nin ensuring the implementation of the key actions aiming at early\ntransposition, well ahead of the deadline. Since there is a need to\nmaintain the momentum achieved with the Single Market Act\nParliament proposes that the Single Market Act should be a\nrolling programme to be updated and reviewed annually. \nThe next steps for priority actions should largely be based on the\ngrowth boosting twelve levers of the Single Market Act,\nwith special attention given to promoting its benefits to consumers\nand business. Parliament requests the Commission to make relevant\ndetailed proposals by spring 2013.
\nSingle Market governance: Parliament stresses that poor and late\ntransposition, and inadequate implementation and enforcement\nof rules, prevent citizens and businesses from taking full\nadvantage of the benefits of the Single Market. It reiterates the\nneed to reduce the transposition deficit of Single Market\nDirectives to 0.5 % for outstanding legislation and 0.5 %\nfor incorrectly transposed legislation by the end of 2012. The\nCommission is asked to focus its efforts to improve the\nenforcement of Single Market legislation, especially in the\nservices and goods sector, which are expected to have the highest\npotential for boosting economic growth in Europe. Parliament asks\nthe Commission to:
\n\n· \npursue Single Market infringements swiftly and\nvigorously;
\n\n· \ndevelop a proportionality test to\nidentify disproportionate EU legislation, and to repeal such\nlegislation;
\n\n· \nadopt an action plan to further reinforce and\nstrengthen the role of SOLVIT, Your Europe Advice and the European\nConsumers Centres, among others assistance services, in order\nto make them more visible to citizens and businesses;
\n\n· \nconsider expanding innovative mechanisms, such\nas the mutual evaluation procedure of the Services Directive, to\nnew areas in order to ensure better application of EU\nlaw;
\n\n· \nadopt a user-friendly, regularly updated and\neasily accessible Citizens Charter, encompassing\nthe various facets of the right to live and work anywhere in the\nEU;
\n\n· \nmonitor the completion of the Single Market\nwithin the annual exercise of the European Semester, taking account\nof the annual SMA Governance Check-up and the Scoreboard reporting\nmechanisms;
\n\n· \npropose a dedicated Growth initiative built on\nthe European semester, based on the SMA and relevant existing\ndecisions, and underpinned by funding from, inter alia, the\nStructural Funds, project bonds and the Research Framework\nProgramme.
\nThe EU and Member States are asked to commit\nthemselves to cut administrative burdens by an additional 25 %\nby 2015 and to modernise their public\nadministrations.
\nThe next steps to growth: Parliament calls on the Commission to bring\nforward the transparency mechanism provided in Article 59 of\nthe MRPQ (Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications)\nDirective to identify areas where Member States are\ndisproportionately blocking access to regulated\nprofessions.
\nFurthermore, it underlines the need to quickly use\nunspent EU funds for measures tackling efficiently high youth\nunemployment. It calls on Member States and the EU institutions\nto swiftly agree on binding targets and measures in the area of\nyouth mobility (Youth on the Move), as well as to\nspeedily implement the Youth Opportunities Initiative.
\nMembers stress the importance of developing\ninfrastructures for large network industries and public\nservices including energy, transport services such as\nCross-European railway networks, and electronic communications such\nas broadband access throughout the EU as leverage for\ncompetitiveness, growth and employment, as well as the need to\ncreate a single European energy market.
\nThey call on the Commission and Member States, as\nappropriate, to:
\n\n· \nimplement the new legislation on public\nprocurements in a strategic manner that guarantees that public\nmoney invested in works, services and supplies engender sustainable\ngrowth, employment and social cohesion;
\n\n· \nlook upon the development of the digital\nsingle market as a priority, so that consumers have full access\nto more competitive offers of goods and services;
\n\n· \npromote the implementation of the Single\nEuropean Sky II, and put forward, by 2013, a proposal on the\ncompletion of a single European airspace through the reduction of\nthe number of functional airspace blocks;
\n\n· \nsubmit, no later than\n31 December 2012, a proposal for a directive containing\nprovisions on the relationship between infrastructure management\nand transport operations, and a proposal for opening-up the\ndomestic rail passenger market;
\n\n· \npropose measures to improve framework conditions\nfor industry, and for SMEs, especially by enhancing the European\nInvestment Banks actions to support access to finance,\nand to foster research and innovation by substantially\nincreasing key EU programmes for R&D and innovation and by\nmaking better use of unspent EU funds for growth-enhancing\nprojects;
\n\n· \npresent legislative proposals that follow up on\nthe Green Paper on Corporate Governance and to include them in the\n2013 Work Programme;
\n\n· \nput forward a new proposal for the statute of\nEuropean mutual societies;
\n\n· \nproduce a scoreboard presenting the obstacles\nfaced by Union workers wishing to make use of their right to free\nmovement, describing how these obstacles are being tackled in the\nMember States, not least by examining the phenomenon of\nsocial dumping;
\n\n· \nundertake studies to ensure the continuity of\nsocial security protection for mobile citizens in the EU and equal\ntreatment with nationals.
\nLastly, Parliament calls on all EU Member States to\nensure full and complete implementation of the Services Directive,\ninter alia, by setting up user-friendly and comprehensive Points of\nSingle Contact.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 554 votes to 41\nwith 20 abstentions a resolution tabled by the Committee on the\nInternal Market and Consumer Protection on the Single Market\nAct: The Next Steps to Growth.
\nIt stresses that the European Single Market has\nbrought tremendous benefits to the citizens of Europe, and is a key\ndriver for economic growth and employment. However, the current\neconomic downspin, and the re-emergence of protectionist economic\nattitudes in Member States, has threatened some of the most visible\nachievements of the European integration process, and the Single\nMarket is needed more than ever as a means to revitalise the\nEuropean economy. Accordingly, Parliament calls for the Single\nMarket to be completed with utmost determination and speed.\nImmediate priority should be given to the adoption of the\n12 key actions of the Single Market\nAct, especially those which will facilitate\ncompletion of the digital single market, wherever possible, by the\nend of 2012. The Single Market should also preserve social\nwelfare and ensure fair working conditions.
\nMembers call on the Commission to assist Member States\nin ensuring the implementation of the key actions aiming at early\ntransposition, well ahead of the deadline. Since there is a need to\nmaintain the momentum achieved with the Single Market Act\nParliament proposes that the Single Market Act should be a\nrolling programme to be updated and reviewed annually. \nThe next steps for priority actions should largely be based on the\ngrowth boosting twelve levers of the Single Market Act,\nwith special attention given to promoting its benefits to consumers\nand business. Parliament requests the Commission to make relevant\ndetailed proposals by spring 2013.
\nSingle Market governance: Parliament stresses that poor and late\ntransposition, and inadequate implementation and enforcement\nof rules, prevent citizens and businesses from taking full\nadvantage of the benefits of the Single Market. It reiterates the\nneed to reduce the transposition deficit of Single Market\nDirectives to 0.5 % for outstanding legislation and 0.5 %\nfor incorrectly transposed legislation by the end of 2012. The\nCommission is asked to focus its efforts to improve the\nenforcement of Single Market legislation, especially in the\nservices and goods sector, which are expected to have the highest\npotential for boosting economic growth in Europe. Parliament asks\nthe Commission to:
\n\n· \npursue Single Market infringements swiftly and\nvigorously;
\n\n· \ndevelop a proportionality test to\nidentify disproportionate EU legislation, and to repeal such\nlegislation;
\n\n· \nadopt an action plan to further reinforce and\nstrengthen the role of SOLVIT, Your Europe Advice and the European\nConsumers Centres, among others assistance services, in order\nto make them more visible to citizens and businesses;
\n\n· \nconsider expanding innovative mechanisms, such\nas the mutual evaluation procedure of the Services Directive, to\nnew areas in order to ensure better application of EU\nlaw;
\n\n· \nadopt a user-friendly, regularly updated and\neasily accessible Citizens Charter, encompassing\nthe various facets of the right to live and work anywhere in the\nEU;
\n\n· \nmonitor the completion of the Single Market\nwithin the annual exercise of the European Semester, taking account\nof the annual SMA Governance Check-up and the Scoreboard reporting\nmechanisms;
\n\n· \npropose a dedicated Growth initiative built on\nthe European semester, based on the SMA and relevant existing\ndecisions, and underpinned by funding from, inter alia, the\nStructural Funds, project bonds and the Research Framework\nProgramme.
\nThe EU and Member States are asked to commit\nthemselves to cut administrative burdens by an additional 25 %\nby 2015 and to modernise their public\nadministrations.
\nThe next steps to growth: Parliament calls on the Commission to bring\nforward the transparency mechanism provided in Article 59 of\nthe MRPQ (Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications)\nDirective to identify areas where Member States are\ndisproportionately blocking access to regulated\nprofessions.
\nFurthermore, it underlines the need to quickly use\nunspent EU funds for measures tackling efficiently high youth\nunemployment. It calls on Member States and the EU institutions\nto swiftly agree on binding targets and measures in the area of\nyouth mobility (Youth on the Move), as well as to\nspeedily implement the Youth Opportunities Initiative.
\nMembers stress the importance of developing\ninfrastructures for large network industries and public\nservices including energy, transport services such as\nCross-European railway networks, and electronic communications such\nas broadband access throughout the EU as leverage for\ncompetitiveness, growth and employment, as well as the need to\ncreate a single European energy market.
\nThey call on the Commission and Member States, as\nappropriate, to:
\n\n· \nimplement the new legislation on public\nprocurements in a strategic manner that guarantees that public\nmoney invested in works, services and supplies engender sustainable\ngrowth, employment and social cohesion;
\n\n· \nlook upon the development of the digital\nsingle market as a priority, so that consumers have full access\nto more competitive offers of goods and services;
\n\n· \npromote the implementation of the Single\nEuropean Sky II, and put forward, by 2013, a proposal on the\ncompletion of a single European airspace through the reduction of\nthe number of functional airspace blocks;
\n\n· \nsubmit, no later than\n31 December 2012, a proposal for a directive containing\nprovisions on the relationship between infrastructure management\nand transport operations, and a proposal for opening-up the\ndomestic rail passenger market;
\n\n· \npropose measures to improve framework conditions\nfor industry, and for SMEs, especially by enhancing the European\nInvestment Banks actions to support access to finance,\nand to foster research and innovation by substantially\nincreasing key EU programmes for R&D and innovation and by\nmaking better use of unspent EU funds for growth-enhancing\nprojects;
\n\n· \npresent legislative proposals that follow up on\nthe Green Paper on Corporate Governance and to include them in the\n2013 Work Programme;
\n\n· \nput forward a new proposal for the statute of\nEuropean mutual societies;
\n\n· \nproduce a scoreboard presenting the obstacles\nfaced by Union workers wishing to make use of their right to free\nmovement, describing how these obstacles are being tackled in the\nMember States, not least by examining the phenomenon of\nsocial dumping;
\n\n· \nundertake studies to ensure the continuity of\nsocial security protection for mobile citizens in the EU and equal\ntreatment with nationals.
\nLastly, Parliament calls on all EU Member States to\nensure full and complete implementation of the Services Directive,\ninter alia, by setting up user-friendly and comprehensive Points of\nSingle Contact.
\n