Press Release: Internal Market Scoreboard: Member States’ efforts to make the Single Market a reality is starting to bear fruits

Despite challenging times, Member States continue to perform well in writing Internal Market rules into national law according to the European Commission's latest Internal Market Scoreboard. On average 0.9% of Internal Market Directives for which the implementation deadline has passed are not currently written into national law, a figure that has remained stable over the last six months. This means that Member States are still in line, but only just, with the 1.0% target set by Heads of State and Government in 2007.

Over the last 12 months, Member States have also managed to reduce the average extra time they need to transpose an EU Directive into national law by almost 40%. As regards the application of EU law, the number of infringements has decreased by 11% compared to six months ago. Greece, Portugal and Luxembourg have notably reduced their backlog, while Malta continues to be the overall best performer. This Internal Market Scoreboard highlights the success stories of the national measures they have taken.