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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 04-01-12
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Internal Market : big disparities between Member States in
implementing and applying rules
[02] Accidents industriels majeurs : la Commission ouvre une procédure
contre l'Espagne
[03] Commission publishes report on agricultural situation in Turkey
[04] Autre matériel diffusé
Midday Express 12/01/2004
TXT: FR ENPDF:DOC:Midday Express 12/01/2004
[01] Internal Market : big disparities between Member States in
implementing and applying rules
Member States are still failing to implement many EU Internal Market laws
correctly and on time. According to the latest figures released by the
European Commission, 131 Directives (around 8.5% of Internal Market
Directives) have still not been implemented into national law in every
Member State, though the deadlines agreed by the Member States themselves
when they adopted the Directives have passed. Some Member States, notably
Denmark, Spain, Finland and the UK, have organised themselves to ensure
that they have a generally good record of implementing Directives on time.
Those four countries have again achieved the target set by the European
Council of keeping their implementation deficit below 1.5%. Ireland now
also meets the 1.5% target after more than halving its deficit since May
2003. However, others, such as France, Germany, Luxembourg, Greece and
Italy, have persistently had a deficit of more than double the target.
Belgium, whose implementation deficit has almost doubled since May 2003,
has joined this group of Member States which is lagging behind. It now has
over ten times the number of Directives overdue as the best performer,
Denmark. Big disparities also exist in the number of infringement
procedures against Member States for misapplication of Internal Market
rules. For example, Italy alone has almost as many infringement cases
against it as Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg and Portugal combined.
The number of cases open against France is more than double that against
the UK. The Commission will issue an updated set of figures in its next
"Internal Market Scoreboard" in July.
[02] Accidents industriels majeurs : la Commission ouvre une procédure
contre l'Espagne
La Commission européenne a envoyé à l'Espagne un dernier avertissement
écrit dans lequel elle l'exhorte à transposer correctement en droit
national le droit communautaire sur la lutte contre les accidents
industriels majeurs impliquant des substances dangereuse. Le droit
communautaire dans ce domaine est connu sous le nom de "Directive Seveso
II". Il vise à éviter ou à minimiser les conséquences d'accidents
industriels majeurs grâce à toute une série de mesures préventives. La
Commission estime que le droit espagnol ne protège pas suffisamment le
public et l'environnement. Il ne remplit notamment pas les exigences de la
directive relatives aux plans d'urgence, à l'aménagement du territoire, à
l'information du public et aux inspections. En l'absence de réponse
satisfaisante à sa lettre, la Commission pourrait poursuivre l'Espagne
devant la Cour de justice européenne.
[03] Commission publishes report on agricultural situation in Turkey
The European Commission has published a report on the main developments in
the agricultural sector and rural areas in Turkey. It completes the series
of short country reports on Accession and Candidate Countries. The report,
which has been prepared within the Directorate-General for Agriculture,
provides key statistical and economic information on the agricultural
situation in Turkey and is primarily based on statistical information
available from Eurostat, OECD and the State Institute of Statistics (SIS)
in Turkey, as available in October 2003. Following on from a general
country description and a section on economic development, the report
analyses the structure of farming and the value of agricultural production
as well as describing crop, livestock and tobacco production. Furthermore,
the report describes, under the heading 'Foreign Trade', the
characteristics of general and agricultural trade in Turkey. The chapter on
agricultural policies and support deals with issues such as domestic
support measures and the "Agricultural Reform Implementation Project" which
aims to restructure the farm sector and public support in Turkey. Finally
the report concludes that even if agricultural employment and the number of
holdings have significantly decreased over the last decade, agriculture,
with its 33% share, is still the most important source of employment in
Turkey. The report can be found at http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/external/enlarge/publi/countryrep/turkey.pdf
[04] Autre matériel diffusé
Speech by Poul Nielson at 'European Population Forum' UNECE-UNFPA (Geneva)
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