COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS : "Working together to maintain momentum" - 2001 Review of the Internal Market Strategy

Target Actions completed by June 2001 [1]

[1] Some of these target actions have not been completed at the date of the publication but are expected to do so by the end of June 2001. Target actions in bold are priority target actions.

By the Commission

1. Enhancing the efficiency of Community product and capital markets

- Adoption of the annual Report on Economic Reform (Cardiff Report)

- Implementation of the Financial Services Action Plan, including the Risk Capital Action Plan (The Financial Services Action Plan is to be implemented in full by 2005. Detailed timings appear in the Action Plan itself).

- Proposal to ensure that the existing VAT system is compatible with e-commerce

- Action to support initiatives for on-line out of court redress

- Communication as follow-up to Green Paper on counterfeiting and piracy

- Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation 1191/69 (public services in inland transport)

- Proposal confirming rules on cross-border tarification in the electricity sector

- Proposal for Regulation on checks of professional road drivers

- Proposals for future liberalisation of the Energy market

- Communication on progress in liberalising Energy markets including the completion of mechanisms for cross-border transmission tarification

- Sixth Report on the implementation of the Telecoms Regulatory Package

- Implementation of the Communication on the creation of a single European sky

- Communication on the application of the principle of free movement of services for the use of antenna dishes

2. improving the business environment

- Proposal for a Regulation on the modernisation of the rules on competition for the application of Articles 81 & 82 of the EC Treaty

- Adoption of block exemption Regulations for state aid to SMEs, for training aid and on the "de minimis rule"

- Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation amending Council Regulation 1107/70 (state aids in inland transport)

- Review of the Commission's policy on horizontal co-operation agreements

- Proposals for modernisation of VAT legislation in the Internal Market

- Report to Council on the system of excise duties in the Internal Market on tobacco

- Report on company taxation in the EU

- Strategy for Removing Barriers to Trade in Services

- Communication on commercial communications and sales promotion

- Monitoring report on the application of the product liability Directive (85/374)

- Agreement on 50 harmonised standards relating to construction products

- Proposal to amend the Machinery Directive (98/37)

- Proposals to modify the 1st Company Law Directives (post-SLIM) (68/151 )

- Implementation Report on BEST Action Plan

- Conference / Seminar on SMEs and Public Procurement

- Develop Business Dialogue on-line with Member States National Contact Points

- Making on-line statistical data from the Business Feedback mechanism available to Member States

3. improving the quality of life of citizens

- Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Directive amending the Insolvency Directive 80/987

- Proposal for a Directive on liability and compensation for damages relating to oil pollution at sea

- Second cohesion report to provide an updated examination of the effects of the Internal Market on cohesion

- Recommendation on how to integrate environmental considerations into financial reporting

- Communication on Environmental Considerations in Public Procurement

- Proposal to amend driving licence Directive 91/439

- Communication on commercial communications and sales promotions

- White Paper outlining a new strategy on chemicals

- Communication on maritime safety

- Proposal to establish the European Aviation Authority

- Proposal for setting-up a European Food Authority

- Proposal for a general food law Directive

- Proposal for amending Directive 79/112/EEC on the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs

- Proposal for a Directive updating and revising rules on the right of residence

- Communication on the future of recognition of professional qualifications

- Provide a complete self-service package for job seekers and employers on the EURES internet site supported by the personalised service from the Euroadvisers

- Provide a complete and up-to-date database for the citizen on living and working conditions and on labour markets in the Member States

- Report on the application of Directive 91/477 on the control of the acquisition and possession of weapons

- Publication of guide on data protection rights

- Commission and European Parliament Internal Market Forum on Enforcing Internal Market Rights and Means of Redress

- Develop Partnership with Member States Internal Market Contact Points for Citizens

4. exploiting the achievement of the internal market in a changing world

- Additional protocol to Convention 108 of the Council of Europe in line with Directive 95/46

- Decisions, based on Article 25, paragraph 6 of Directive 95/46, assessing the adequacy of the level of data protection in some third countries

- Complete negotiations with the Council of Europe on a Recommendation on the protection of personal data collected and processed for insurance purposes

- Continuing work on the setting of minimum standards at international level, notably in the framework of WIPO, on protection of audio-visual performances, broadcasters' rights and non-original databases

- Joint meeting of the Internal Market Advisory Committee and representatives of candidate countries

- Joint meeting of Heads of Co-ordination Centres and representatives of candidate countries

- More targeted use of pre-accession strategies, such as intensification of twinning arrangements on Internal Market issues

- Examine the possibility of initiating a peer review process among banking, insurance and securities supervisors from the EU and candidate countries.

By the Council and EP

1. Enhancing the efficiency of Community product and capital markets

- Adoption of Directive on copyright and related rights in the information society

- Adoption of Directive on artists' resale rights

- Adoption of proposal for a Regulation on Community designs

- Adoption by European Parliament and Council of Directives modifying Directives 91/440 and 95/18 and replacing Directive 95/19 (rail infrastructure package)

- Adoption of a Directive on the interoperability of conventional rail

- Adoption of a Directive on working time in road transport

2. improving the business environment

- Adoption of amendments to Regulation 3911/92 on the export of cultural goods, and adoption of amendments to Directive 93/7 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State

- Adoption of the proposed Regulation and Directive on the Statute for a European company

3. improving the quality of life of citizens

- Adoption of an amendment to Council Regulation establishing a Community eco-label award scheme (880/92)

- Adoption of an amendment to Council Regulation establishing a Community eco-label and audit scheme (EMAS) (1836/93)

- Adoption of a Directive on information and consultation of workers in the EC

- Adoption of the Directive on the transformation, presentation and sale of tobacco products

- Adoption of Directives modifying Directives 95/21 (port state control), and 94/57 (ship inspections and surveys), and a Regulation on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent requirements for single hull oil tankers (safety of the sea-borne oil trade)

- Adoption by the Council and the European Parliament of a proposal to amend the general product safety Directive (92/59)

By the member states

1. Enhancing the efficiency of Community product and capital markets

- Implementation annually by the Member States of the country-specific recommendations on product and capital market reform contained in the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines

- Timely transposition and full implementation of Directive 96/92 concerning common rules for the Internal Market in electricity

- Timely transposition and full implementation of Directive 97/67 on postal services liberalisation

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