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"Ms Hyusmenova, I do not wish to deny Mr Tajani the opportunity to speak, however I am, in fact, directly in charge of the implementation of this directive, which is now a matter of urgency.
I would like to inform you and your colleagues, Ms Hyusmenova, that I make it my own personal duty to go to each Member State to see how things are going. A few days ago, on Thursday, I was in Madrid where I delivered the last of the 27 workshops which – as promised before Parliament – I have held in all of the EU’s capitals with all of the national civil servants who are, in particular, responsible for the Services Directive, but who are also responsible for the directives on professional qualifications and public procurement.
Today, I can tell you that, following this period of work with all of the civil servants who are responsible for these texts, all of the Member States, apart from Greece, have now taken full transposition measures. Germany and Austria, whose federal system you are familiar with, have had some rather specific issues, due in fact to this federal system, as the texts had to be transposed at regional level. This has recently been achieved.
That is why the two complaints that I lodged before the European Court of Justice can now be withdrawn, since Germany and Austria have fulfilled their obligations. The court referral for Greece is still relevant as regards the quality of the transposition measures.
I promised, and this is something that you requested specifically in adopting the Services Directive, to present a report on the application of the directive’s key measures. In addition to what was already presented last Monday on the mutual assessment process involving Member States and undertaken by the Commission, we will present a report, in the second quarter of 2012, on the application of all of the directive’s key measures, especially on the important issue of cross-border services.
We are also drawing the first conclusions, in our role as guardian of the Treaties, on the weaknesses or shortcomings that exist with regard to the practical and effective implementation of the directive.
As far as I am concerned, honourable Members, 2012 should be the year of the full application of the Services Directive as it stands with all of its measures and all of its potential. Aside from what I have been able to say today on the matter and the work which I am doing in each Member State, this issue is the subject of the full and detailed assessment and information report which we will present to you by the end of the year."@en1
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