Press Release: Internal Market Scoreboard: Member States need to step up their efforts to transpose EU rules

At this time of crisis, the Single Market has a key role to play in bringing Europe out of economic stagnation. But whenever one or more Member States fails to write EU rules into national law on time, they leave a void in the EU's legal framework, leading to fragmentation.

Consequently, the economic interests of all Member States can suffer if one Member State does not deliver. The European Commission's Internal Market Scoreboard shows that Member States urgently need to improve their latest efforts in transposing EU rules. 16 of the 27 EU Member States missed the maximum 1% transposition deficit target set by EU Heads of State and Government in 2007 over the latest reference period (last six months).

European Commission: Memo/11/644: EU law: Commission acts to ensure that European legislation is fully and properly implemented http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/646&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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