Press Release: Applying Community law better

The European Commission has presented its Annual Report on monitoring the Application of Community Law (2009). The report underlines the critical importance of the full and correct application of EU law in delivering the rights and obligations created by EU law. It makes clear that, even if the situation has slightly improved, one main challenge still remains - the late transposition of directives by Member States. Instruments have been broadened and efforts further increased, in partnership with the Member States, to prevent transposition problems and deliver on an effective application of EU law.