Press Release: Completing administrative procedures electronically: European Commission to boost cross-border services by means of up-to-date technology

The European Commission will co-finance a project driven by Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and Poland helping public administrations to improve online services for the service sector. By the end of 2009, each EU Member State will have established points of single contact where companies can complete administrative procedures electronically. While it will allow for example a Belgian service provider to complete all the necessary formalities to open a café in the Netherlands online, the pilot project will work on further enhancing the quality of electronic procedures. More than €14 million will be invested over three years into the pilot project, half of which will come from the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme.

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Single Market News, No.57 (No.1, 2010): ‘Points of Single Contact’ now a reality for business http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/smn/smn57/docs/point_single_contact_en.pdf

European Commission: DG Internal Market and Services: Services Directive: Points of single contact http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/eu-go/index_en.htm

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