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2016/0403(COD) European services e-card and related administrative facilities

Progress: Awaiting committee decision

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead IMCO LØKKEGAARD Morten (icon: Renew Renew)
Former Responsible Committee IMCO
Committee Opinion PETI
Committee Opinion CONT
Committee Opinion ECON
Committee Opinion JURI
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion EMPL
Committee Opinion ENVI
Former Committee Opinion ITRE David BORRELLI (icon: EFDD EFDD), Olle LUDVIGSSON (icon: S&D S&D), Gesine MEISSNER (icon: ALDE ALDE), Claude TURMES (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT (icon: ECR ECR)
Former Committee Opinion ECON
Former Committee Opinion EMPL Rina Ronja KARI (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH (icon: PPE PPE), Dominique MARTIN (icon: ENF ENF), Ulrike TREBESIUS (icon: ECR ECR)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 114

Events

2017/10/11
   CofR - Committee of the Regions: opinion
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   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
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   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2017/01/11
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2017/01/11
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2017/01/10
   EC - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to introduce a European services e-card and related administrative facilities in order to reduce administrative complexity for service providers that want to expand their activities to other Member States.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

BACKGROUND: with services accounting for around 70% of EU GDP and employment , promoting the competitiveness of EU services markets is central for the creation of jobs and growth in the EU. The Services Directive , adopted in 2006, set general provisions facilitating the establishment of service providers and their ability to offer services cross-border in the single market.

Service providers trying to establish a permanent presence in another Member State or to provide cross-border services on a temporary basis often find it difficult to understand which rules to apply and how. Administrative formalities in different Member States are often complicated and costly for service providers to complete. As a consequence, service providers face multiple and disproportionate compliance costs when going cross-border.

The proposal for a European services e-card – presented jointly with a Directive - is complementary to other policy initiatives in the context of services announced in the Single Market Strategy to prevent the introduction of barriers to cross-border service provision at national level.

According to the Commission, cost savings related to the formalities covered by the e-card procedure would be significant compared to the existing situation, potentially going up to 50% or even more.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the combination of options withheld would allow the service provider to make use of an EU-level procedure to facilitate access to the market of another Member State, including an advanced electronic mechanism connected to the Internal Market Information System (IMI) to facilitate compliance with formalities for posted staff which the host Member State can choose to make use of. In addition, it would address practical obstacles related to insurance in cross-border situations.

CONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to introduce the European services e-card and related administrative facilities which can be used by providers to provide services across the border. Through the e-card they will be able to avoid administrative obstacles such as uncertainty as to which requirements apply, filling-in disparate forms in foreign languages, translating, certifying or authenticating documents and non-electronic procedural steps.

The proposal provides for the following:

where a service provider plans to provide a service temporarily cross-border , the e-card would be issued by the home Member State. The host Member States would be able to object to issuance of the e-card where the Services Directive already allows them to do so under one of the overriding reasons of public interest. Once issued, the e-card would allow the service provider to provide services on a temporary cross-border basis in the host Member State; where a service provider plans to provide services through a branch, agency or office in another Member State , the e-card is issued by the host Member State. In this case the service provider would still request the e-card with his home country authorities, who would check that the service provider is established on its territory in line with its applicable rules. But in a second step, the home Member States authorities would initiate a process with the relevant host country administration to allow the latter to verify if the requesting service provider meets its host country regulatory requirements in compliance with the Services Directive.

The European services e-card would also:

offer technical facilities to facilitate compliance with administrative formalities related to posting of staff into the territory of those Member States that have communicated to the Commission that they wish to make use of IMI for this purpose; include rules to facilitate obtaining insurance coverage for services provided across borders.

The European services e-card would apply – in a first stage – to business services and construction services – to the extent the related activities fall already under the Services Directive.

This proposal also includes review clauses for future consideration of the effectiveness of the European service e-card, including as regards compliance with the formalities necessary for the posting of workers.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal is expected to have implications for the EU budget to the extent that the future European services e-card will use the Internal Market Information System (IMI) as its operational backbone. Member States already have the experience with the system, as more than 5 000 competent authorities are already registered with IMI since 2011 and with the European Professional Card (EPC) since January 2016.

It is now necessary to adapt the IMI system to support the European services e-card procedure and storage requirements and supplemented with some additional functions. Any necessary allocations will be met through redeployment ; no budgetary impact is expected on EU budget over and beyond the appropriations already foreseen in the official financial programming of the Commission.

Documents

AmendmentsDossier
413 2016/0403(COD)
2017/09/25 ITRE 23 amendments...
source: 601.275
2017/10/30 ECON 57 amendments...
source: 612.374
2017/11/06 EMPL 89 amendments...
source: 612.184
2017/12/01 IMCO 123 amendments...
source: 615.303
2017/12/05 JURI 109 amendments...
source: 615.319
2018/02/19 EMPL 12 amendments...
source: 615.385

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BACKGROUND: with services accounting for around 70% of EU GDP and employment , promoting the competitiveness of EU services markets is central for the creation of jobs and growth in the EU. The Services Directive , adopted in 2006, set general provisions facilitating the establishment of service providers and their ability to offer services cross-border in the single market. Service providers trying to establish a permanent presence in another Member State or to provide cross-border services on a temporary basis often find it difficult to understand which rules to apply and how. Administrative formalities in different Member States are often complicated and costly for service providers to complete. As a consequence, service providers face multiple and disproportionate compliance costs when going cross-border. The proposal for a European services e-card – presented jointly with a Directive - is complementary to other policy initiatives in the context of services announced in the Single Market Strategy to prevent the introduction of barriers to cross-border service provision at national level. According to the Commission, cost savings related to the formalities covered by the e-card procedure would be significant compared to the existing situation, potentially going up to 50% or even more. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the combination of options withheld would allow the service provider to make use of an EU-level procedure to facilitate access to the market of another Member State, including an advanced electronic mechanism connected to the Internal Market Information System (IMI) to facilitate compliance with formalities for posted staff which the host Member State can choose to make use of. In addition, it would address practical obstacles related to insurance in cross-border situations. CONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to introduce the European services e-card and related administrative facilities which can be used by providers to provide services across the border. Through the e-card they will be able to avoid administrative obstacles such as uncertainty as to which requirements apply, filling-in disparate forms in foreign languages, translating, certifying or authenticating documents and non-electronic procedural steps. The proposal provides for the following: where a service provider plans to provide a service temporarily cross-border , the e-card would be issued by the home Member State. The host Member States would be able to object to issuance of the e-card where the Services Directive already allows them to do so under one of the overriding reasons of public interest. Once issued, the e-card would allow the service provider to provide services on a temporary cross-border basis in the host Member State; where a service provider plans to provide services through a branch, agency or office in another Member State , the e-card is issued by the host Member State. In this case the service provider would still request the e-card with his home country authorities, who would check that the service provider is established on its territory in line with its applicable rules. But in a second step, the home Member States authorities would initiate a process with the relevant host country administration to allow the latter to verify if the requesting service provider meets its host country regulatory requirements in compliance with the Services Directive. The European services e-card would also: offer technical facilities to facilitate compliance with administrative formalities related to posting of staff into the territory of those Member States that have communicated to the Commission that they wish to make use of IMI for this purpose; include rules to facilitate obtaining insurance coverage for services provided across borders. The European services e-card would apply – in a first stage – to business services and construction services – to the extent the related activities fall already under the Services Directive. This proposal also includes review clauses for future consideration of the effectiveness of the European service e-card, including as regards compliance with the formalities necessary for the posting of workers. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal is expected to have implications for the EU budget to the extent that the future European services e-card will use the Internal Market Information System (IMI) as its operational backbone. Member States already have the experience with the system, as more than 5 000 competent authorities are already registered with IMI since 2011 and with the European Professional Card (EPC) since January 2016. It is now necessary to adapt the IMI system to support the European services e-card procedure and storage requirements and supplemented with some additional functions. Any necessary allocations will be met through redeployment ; no budgetary impact is expected on EU budget over and beyond the appropriations already foreseen in the official financial programming of the Commission.
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                        LØKKEGAARD Morten
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                        LØKKEGAARD Morten
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                        CORAZZA BILDT Anna Maria
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                        CORAZZA BILDT Anna Maria
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                        • PURPOSE: to introduce a European services e-card and related administrative facilities in order to reduce administrative complexity for service providers that want to expand their activities to other Member States.

                          PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

                          ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

                          BACKGROUND: with services accounting for around 70% of EU GDP and employment, promoting the competitiveness of EU services markets is central for the creation of jobs and growth in the EU. The Services Directive, adopted in 2006, set general provisions facilitating the establishment of service providers and their ability to offer services cross-border in the single market.

                          Service providers trying to establish a permanent presence in another Member State or to provide cross-border services on a temporary basis often find it difficult to understand which rules to apply and how. Administrative formalities in different Member States are often complicated and costly for service providers to complete. As a consequence, service providers face multiple and disproportionate compliance costs when going cross-border.

                          The proposal for a European services e-card – presented jointly with a Directive - is complementary to other policy initiatives in the context of services announced in the Single Market Strategy to prevent the introduction of barriers to cross-border service provision at national level.

                          According to the Commission, cost savings related to the formalities covered by the e-card procedure would be significant compared to the existing situation, potentially going up to 50% or even more.

                          IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the combination of options withheld would allow the service provider to make use of an EU-level procedure to facilitate access to the market of another Member State, including an advanced electronic mechanism connected to the Internal Market Information System (IMI) to facilitate compliance with formalities for posted staff which the host Member State can choose to make use of. In addition, it would address practical obstacles related to insurance in cross-border situations.

                          CONTENT: the proposed Regulation seeks to introduce the European services e-card and related administrative facilities which can be used by providers to provide services across the border. Through the e-card they will be able to avoid administrative obstacles such as uncertainty as to which requirements apply, filling-in disparate forms in foreign languages, translating, certifying or authenticating documents and non-electronic procedural steps.

                          The proposal provides for the following:

                          • where a service provider plans to provide a service temporarily cross-border, the e-card would be issued by the home Member State. The host Member States would be able to object to issuance of the e-card where the Services Directive already allows them to do so under one of the overriding reasons of public interest. Once issued, the e-card would allow the service provider to provide services on a temporary cross-border basis in the host Member State;
                          • where a service provider plans to provide services through a branch, agency or office in another Member State, the e-card is issued by the host Member State. In this case the service provider would still request the e-card with his home country authorities, who would check that the service provider is established on its territory in line with its applicable rules. But in a second step, the home Member States authorities would initiate a process with the relevant host country administration to allow the latter to verify if the requesting service provider meets its host country regulatory requirements in compliance with the Services Directive.

                          The European services e-card would also:

                          • offer technical facilities to facilitate compliance with administrative formalities related to posting of staff into the territory of those Member States that have communicated to the Commission that they wish to make use of IMI for this purpose;
                          • include rules to facilitate obtaining insurance coverage for services provided across borders.

                          The European services e-card would apply – in a first stage – to business services and construction services – to the extent the related activities fall already under the Services Directive.

                          This proposal also includes review clauses for future consideration of the effectiveness of the European service e-card, including as regards compliance with the formalities necessary for the posting of workers.

                          BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal is expected to have implications for the EU budget to the extent that the future European services e-card will use the Internal Market Information System (IMI) as its operational backbone. Member States already have the experience with the system, as more than 5 000 competent authorities are already registered with IMI since 2011 and with the European Professional Card (EPC) since January 2016.

                          It is now necessary to adapt the IMI system to support the European services e-card procedure and storage requirements and supplemented with some additional functions. Any necessary allocations will be met through redeployment; no budgetary impact is expected on EU budget over and beyond the appropriations already foreseen in the official financial programming of the Commission.

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                        • group: S&D name: JAAKONSAARI Liisa
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                        • group: S&D name: JAAKONSAARI Liisa
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                        2017-02-01T00:00:00
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                        Awaiting committee decision
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                        • date: 2017-01-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2016/0824/COM_COM(2016)0824_EN.pdf celexid: CELEX:52016PC0824:EN type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(2016)0824 body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
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                        • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs committee: ECON
                        • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL
                        • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee: ENVI
                        • body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee: IMCO
                        • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy committee: ITRE
                        • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs committee: JURI
                        • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Petitions committee: PETI
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                          Treaty on the Functioning of the EU TFEU 114
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                          Legislation
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                          European services e-card and related administrative facilities
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                          COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)
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