Monitoring & reporting
 The Single Market does not deliver benefits automatically. European laws have
to be adopted, written into national law and enforced in every Member State.
When problems with legislation arise, they need to be solved quickly to ensure
that citizens and business are not deprived of their rights.
The European Commission monitors the functioning of the Single Market and
controls the full and timely respect of EU law in co-operation with Member
States, without which the Single Market cannot function properly.
The Internal Market Scoreboard examines how quickly and how well each of the Member States writes Single Market
directives into national law. It also highlights the number of infringements proceedings that
are underway against Member States. The Commission starts these proceedings when
it considers that a Member State has not implemented an EU law correctly or
indeed at all. Usually the Member State is able to rectify the situation soon
after the Commission has made a formal request, but in some cases the Commission
may if necessary refer the case to the European Court of Justice.
In the area of financial services, the Commission publishes on a
regular basis a chart monitoring the transposition by
Member States of the directives included in the Financial Services Action Plan. The regular publication of
these transposition charts has proved a significant
encouragement to Member States in the speedy transposition of
these directives into national law.
The Commission also publishes a chart monitoring the transposition of financial services directives that have been adopted in the aftermath of the Financial Services Action Plan,
“Post-FSAP
directives”. This chart includes directives amending the Financial Services Action Plan directives.
Ensuring that the Single Market delivers all its benefits requires not just
the legal enforcement of existing regulations, but also the constant monitoring
of market developments. The European Commission regularly examines the impact
and effectiveness of the Single Market by producing technical reports on the
performance of goods, services and capital markets in the European Union. These
reports focus on how well the Single Market is functioning in practice by
measuring the level of market integration, flexibility and performance within
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Having trouble exercising your
Single Market rights? |
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Take your problem to SOLVIT - a fast and free
alternative to going to court
While the Single
Market generally works well, mistakes are
sometimes made. For example, you might have
problems with getting your professional
qualifications recognised, or your business
could be faced with unjustified refusal of
access to a national market. SOLVIT is an
on-line problem solving network in which EU
Member States work together to solve without
legal proceedings problems caused by the
misapplication of Single Market law by public
authorities.
When citizens or businesses have a
problem in getting their Single Market rights
respected, they can go to the SOLVIT centre in
their Member State. There is a SOLVIT centre in
every European Union Member State (as well as in
Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). This centre
takes the case up with its counterpart in the
country where the problem occurred. SOLVIT
centres are part of the national administration
and are committed to provide real solutions to
real problems within a short deadline of ten
weeks.
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