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Relaunch of single market

Executive responds to Monti report

By Sophie Mosca | 06 September 2010

In a draft communication to be published on 6 October, the European Commission details its strategy for giving fresh impetus to the EU’s single market, the Single Market Act championed by Commissioner Michel Barnier. Rebooting the single market, which lies at the heart of the ‘Europe 2020’...

25-member Schengen turns 25 - 11/06/2010

Competitiveness Council : Ministers examine evaluation of Services Directive - 26/05/2010

Competitiveness Council : Madrid recommends common definition of illegal gambling - 26/05/2010

Competitiveness Council : Ministers agree on construction products - 25/05/2010

Fight against fraud : ‘Matthew II’ joint customs operation yields positive results - 13/04/2010

Spanish Presidency : Legal reflection on topic of illegal gambling continues - 31/03/2010

Free movement of goods : Farmers’ blockade continues at Greek-Bulgarian border - 03/02/2010

Services Directive : Survey: 18 member states fail on implementation - 03/02/2010

Single Market / Auxiliary technologies : France hindering trade in products from other member states - 29/01/2010

Free movement of services : Judges strike down German restrictions on Polish workers - 21/01/2010

Internal Market : Patents and European private company top agenda - 04/01/2010

Gambling : Advocate-general dismisses private operators - 17/12/2009

Small Business Act : Stakeholders critical of Commission’s upbeat annual report - 16/12/2009

Workshop on standardisation of e-invoicing - 11/12/2009

Professional qualifications : Five member states late in implementing directive - 09/12/2009

Consumers : ECJ rules on liability for defective products - 02/12/2009

Stimulating e-government initiatives - 18/11/2009

Interview with MEP Evelyne Gebhardt, former rapporteur on Services Directive : “Member states not doing what they should for implementation” - 18/11/2009

Gambling contributes 3.4 bn euro to sport - 09/11/2009

Energy : EU exec to test EDF commitments - 04/11/2009

Commission moves on Slovak hybrid mail - 02/11/2009

Corrigendum - 02/11/2009

Three states fail on free movement of services - 30/10/2009

Poland to ECJ over state’s shareholder rights - 30/10/2009

Energy regulators : Spain under fire over non-implementation of ECJ ruling - 29/10/2009

Cases closed against Austria and Germany - 29/10/2009

Nuclear energy : Court rules against Austrian complainants - 28/10/2009

Gambling : Associations dispute EU conformity of new French law - 14/10/2009

Gambling : Private gamblers still unhappy over French law - 07/10/2009

Taxation : ECJ faults Spain on gambling taxes - 06/10/2009

Competitiveness Council : Member states criticised over Services Directive implementation - 24/09/2009

Competitiveness Council : Priority areas identified for improving internal market - 24/09/2009

Free movement : Court approves restrictions on internet gambling - 08/09/2009

GAMBLING : Swedes calculate costs of problem gambling - 24/07/2009

Standardisation : Call for strategic approach to service standardisation - 01/07/2009

Gambling : Commission concerned by Belgian law - 30/06/2009

Internal market : Commission issues recommendation on improving single market - 30/06/2009

Gambling : Commission warns France over gambling law - 09/06/2009

Services Directive : French architects warn against ‘blind’ transposition - 20/05/2009

Pharmacies : ECJ: Member states can restrict ownership of pharmacies - 20/05/2009

Gambling : Commission investigating Dutch blocking of banks - 07/05/2009

Taxation of lottery winnings: Portugal taken to court - 14/04/2009

No harmonised gambling legislation - 10/03/2009

Gambling : Parliament to side with state lotteries - 09/03/2009

Internal market : EP hearings examine future of gambling - 03/03/2009

Gambling : Greeks back down on betting restrictions - 16/01/2009

Postal services : Liberalisation held in check by numerous barriers - 08/01/2009

Internal market : McCreevy promises more single market measures for 2009 - 17/12/2008

Internal market : Homeopathic practitioners want better regulatory framework - 17/12/2008

State aid : Best practice code to improve control procedures - 11/12/2008

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