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"Madam President, Commissioner, it is my honour today to present to you the report on the mutual evaluation process of the Services Directive. As the Commissioner is aware, the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection is acutely interested in the current progress and in the results of the implementation of the Services Directive, which I personally consider to be one of the more important pieces of legislation of recent years. We have, therefore, paid very close attention to the mutual evaluation process and its results, as well as to proposals for further initiatives aimed at improving the functioning of the Single Market for services.
The report on the mutual evaluation process focuses, in particular, on three issues: firstly, on experiences relating to the mutual evaluation process of the Services Directive; secondly, on its results and further initiatives which need to be undertaken in order to strengthen the Single Market for services; and thirdly, it focuses on the role that the mutual evaluation process can play as a tool which can be used in future policy instruments.
The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection considers the mutual evaluation report as a valuable form of cooperation. It has enabled the administrations of the Member States to learn about the implementation of the Services Directive in other countries and the solutions that these countries have employed. Furthermore, the mutual evaluation process constitutes a large body of knowledge which provides us with a more comprehensive, although still not exhaustive, picture of the situation in the Single Market following the implementation of the Services Directive. It is therefore my opinion that the mutual evaluation process should be applied to other policy areas. However, due to the time and effort required, its use should be selective, compliant with key regulations, and always based on the examination of individual cases. In our opinion, the transparency of the entire process should also be increased, by providing regular updates to the parties involved as to the course of the discussions, for example.
In the report, we refer to and are supportive of the further actions which the European Commission has proposed on the basis of the mutual evaluation process. Commissioner, in our work on the report, we were always mindful that the key priority for the creation of a Single Market for services is the full and complete implementation of the Services Directive in all Member States. Unfortunately, today, nearly two years after the directive was first implemented, we have not yet reached that stage. The European Parliament wishes to be informed regularly about the progress of work on implementation. Moreover, we believe that the Commission should take steps with respect to Member States to ensure implementation of the Services Directive.
We are looking forward with particular interest to the economic assessment of the implementation of the Services Directive and its impact on the functioning of the market for services. We are keen to find out whether the savings resulting from implementation of the Services Directive, as expected by businesses, are being achieved; we want to identify areas requiring change as well as areas where expectations have been overestimated. At a time when the most heated debates relate to national budgets and the necessity to reduce spending, we cannot afford to squander the opportunities that the directive provides, especially since nine out of 10 new jobs created in the EU economy are in the services sector.
In my opinion, more attention should be paid to actions aimed at improving the functioning of the internal market for services, focusing, in particular, on the areas which can bring the greatest level of added value. We also have to take a closer look at the freedom to provide services clause. Commissioner, through this report, the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection would like to express its commitment to the process of implementing and monitoring the directive. I would like to re-emphasise that at the present stage, the most important objective is to ensure that the provisions of the Services Directive are implemented and applied properly and that the Points of Single Contact are fully operational."@en1
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