| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2017) 257 final (2.5.17) |
| Publication Date | 02/05/2017 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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Europe is home to the world’s largest single market where citizens and businesses benefit from the right to work, study, travel, establish a business, and provide goods and services across borders. For citizens and businesses to fully enjoy these rights and to ensure they retain confidence in the single market, it is essential that EU rules are complied with. Therefore, in its Communication 'Upgrading the single market: more opportunities for people and business', the Commission announced that it would set up a smart enforcement strategy. In its Communication 'EU law: Better results through better application', the Commission highlighted the importance of a robust and efficient enforcement system and outlined that enforcement supports and complements the delivery of policy priorities. It explained that its current enforcement policy involves monitoring how EU law is applied and implemented, solving problems with Member States so as to remedy any possible breaches of the law, and taking infringement action when appropriate. However, ensuring the correct and full application of EU law remains a challenge. Therefore the Commission has proposed a series of measures to strengthen the enforcement system to benefit citizens and businesses and ensure their rights in the single market are respected. This Regulation aims to help the Commission monitor and enforce internal market rules by enabling it to obtain timely, comprehensive and reliable quantitative and qualitative information from selected market players through narrowly targeted information requests. The proposed Regulation will help the Commission ensure that the single market rights of citizens and businesses are respected, and will help strengthen cooperation with Member States. It will also help the Commission to propose improvements where evaluation shows that enforcement deficits are due to flaws in the relevant sectoral legislation. This new tool will be used in areas where the EU can deliver tangible results that are most important to citizens and businesses. With more efficient enforcement tools the EU will be able to act and ensure full compliance more quickly and more effectively in its chosen priority areas. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2017:257:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Internal Markets |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
