Translation of "tableau d'affichage et de commande " (French → English) :

E. whereas the publication of the Internal Market Scoreboard has consistently helped enhance the transposition of single market legislation by providing objective and substantive data on transposition and implementation of these rules by the Member States; considers, nevertheless, that some Member States are still failing fully to meet their objectives of correct and timely transposition of European legislation into national law, and, therefore, that objective data should remain at the core of the Internal Market Scoreboard exercise through systematic, independent monitoring; whereas a more qualitative approach needs to be adopted whi ...[+++]ch looks beyond the figures and identifies the reasons for this deficit;

11. Considers that the Internal Market Scoreboard has important overlaps with the Commission's annual review of the application of Community law; therefore encourages the Commission to use that annual review in a more strategic way by focusing on vertical policy areas which could improve the qualitative analysis of the Internal Market Scoreboard;

13. Calls on the Commission to include an easily comprehensible summary in future Scoreboards to increase accessibility for citizens and other stakeholders; encourages relevant EU and national bodies to publish the Scoreboard on their websites and to step up efforts to promote the Scoreboard to the media;

Single Market: first Scoreboard highlights strengths and weaknesses

In addition, the Scoreboard confirms that the vast majority of Member States have put in place structures to allow citizens and business to seek rapid redress when they encounter problems exercising their Single Market rights.

Outstanding Single Market Directives will be implemented across the EU by 1 April 1998 if Member States respect the timetables they have now set themselves, according to the first edition of the Single Market Scoreboard issued today.