(...) Red tape and lack of information are still hindering cross-border trade, over a year after the deadline for implementing the 2006 Services Directive, warned MEPs in a resolution passed in plenary session on Tuesday. The resolution sets out specific ways in which Member States can accelerate the directive's implementation and improve firms' access to information.
The implementation of the 2006 Services Directive, which aims to open up the single market to service providers in the EU and facilitate cross-border provision of commercial services, still has some way to go, say MEPs in a non-legislative report by Evelyne Gebhardt (S&D, DE). The deadline for Member States to implement the directive's provisions expired at the end of 2009.
MEPs point to the need to ensure easy access to information for businesses and to step up administrative co-operation, as areas where Member States can improve the directive's implementation.
"The Services Directive is a very important piece of legislation. We, as a Parliament, therefore decided not only to make the law, but also to monitor how it is implemented by the Member States. We want to ensure that this is done correctly and efficiently", said Ms Gebhardt in a debate on Monday. (...)
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