WRITTEN QUESTION E-3264/00 by Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission. Incorporation of EU directives into national law.
Date: 2000-10-20
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, national implementing measure

8.5.2001

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(2001/C 136 E/256)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3264/00

by Jonas Sj(cid:246)stedt (GUE/NGL) to the Commission

(20 October 2000)

Subject: Incorporation of EU directives into national law

Commission statistics concerning the percentage of directives contained in the 1992 programme for the
internal market which have been properly incorporated into national law by the Member States showed
that as of 7 March 1997, Sweden had incorporated 98,2 %, Finland 95,9 % and Austria 86,2 %, and that a
total of 94,3 % had been incorporated in the 15 member States of the EU.

Does the Commission have statistics showing the percentage of EU directives incorporated into national
law by the 15 Member States up to and including 1999?

Answer given by Mr Bolkestein on behalf of the Commission

(6 December 2000)

Since November 1997 the Commission has published the single market scoreboard twice a year. This
includes statistics on the implementation of internal market directives by the Member States.

The scoreboard shows the (cid:145)implementation deficit(cid:146) of each Member State, i.e. the percentage of internal
market directives not yet transposed by a Member State. For comparison purposes the performance of
Member States is given below for May 1998 to May 2000, the date of the last scoreboard (all internal
market directives are taken into account, not only those contained in the 1992 programme).

Progress in implementation of
internal market directives, 1998-2000

May 2000

May 1999

May 1998

3,1

2,0

3,4

7,3

1,5

5,2

4,0

3,4

4,6

3,0

3,6

6,0

1,4

1,5

3,0

3,5

1,4

2,4

5,2

1,8

4,8

3,9

5,5

4,8

2,4

4,5

5,7

1,3

2,1

3,3

7,1

2,2

5,4

5,5

3,3

5,6

5,4

6,4

5,6

2,2

5,2

5,9

1,2

2

3,8

B

DK

D

GR

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

AT

P

FI

SE

UK

The scoreboard measures the overall Community position on transposition in terms of the percentage of
directives not yet implemented in all Member States.

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The percentages for the same period were:

% of non-transposed directives

13,0

12,8

18,2

Number of directives

194/1489

180/1405

249/1368

May 2000

May 1999

May 1998

All the single market scoreboard reports are accessible on the internal market website at http://euro-
pa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/.

In its yearly report
the
Commission also publishes statistics on the implementation rate by Member States of directives from all
sectors of Community competence.

to the Parliament on monitoring the implementation of Community law,

For more information, the Honourable Member is invited to refer to the XVIIth report on monitoring the
implementation of Community law (1999) published notably at the following address: http://europa.eu.int/
comm/secretariat_general/sgb/infringements/report99_fr.htm

(2001/C 136 E/257)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3285/00

by Cristiana Muscardini (UEN) and Gianfranco Fini (UEN) to the Council

Subject: Combating paedophilia

(25 October 2000)

The increasingly serious and alarming problem of paedophilia is exacerbated by the Internet, which is not
yet subject to any rules to ensure it is used properly.

It has emerged that yet another pornographic website, namely www.unioneuropea.com, is using an official
name.

What action does the Council intend to take to prevent the fraudulent use of official EU website names?

How can minors be protected if criminal organisations use official EU names to publish pornography,
including child pornography?

Does the Council agree that it would be appropriate for the EU institutions(cid:146) e-mail to incorporate a
message stressing the EU(cid:146)s commitment to preventing the promotion of paedophilia via the Internet?

(2001/C 136 E/258)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-3312/00

by Cristiana Muscardini (UEN) to the Council

(20 October 2000)

Subject: Agenda for the Biarritz summit and the paedophile crisis

The need to bring European citizens closer to the institutions makes it essential for the authorities to tackle
those problems that affect people most directly. While the public are, of course, interested in the reform of
the institutions and the future enlargement of the Union, the authorities should also focus on day-to-day
issues that are of concern to the public. The unfortunate issue of paedophilia, for example, has now
assumed worrying proportions. The discovery of paedophile and pornographic sites on the Internet, some
of which use the words (cid:145)European Union(cid:146) in their titles, should prompt the Heads of State and Government
meeting in Biarritz to take note of the spread of this problem and finally to put in place regulations
governing the use of telematics equipment.