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The European Commission Single Market Scoreboard

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Indicator-Based Monitoring of Regional Economic Integration

Part of the book series: United Nations University Series on Regionalism ((UNSR,volume 13))

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The authors offer a comprehensive picture of the European Commission’s Internal Market Scoreboard. The Scoreboard is used to monitor the performance of Member States with regards to the transposition of Internal Market law. The Scoreboard and its indicators have been adapted throughout the years, and today it is one of the many soft power tools that the Commission uses to promote compliance and avoid lengthy infringement proceedings. The authors analyze the impact of the Scoreboard on Member State compliance. They find that while the scores for transposition of EU law have been at record-high, other indicators’ results remain stagnant. The authors also discuss the usefulness of the Scoreboard for academic research.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The Single Market Action Plan (SMAP) was endorsed by the Amsterdam European Council in 1997 which aimed at improving the Single Market by launching the IMS.

  2. 2.

    As stated in the first European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 1997, (1), Nov.

  3. 3.

    European Parliament, Transposition, implementation and enforcement of Consumer Law, 2009, (IP/A/IMCO/NT/2009–02). http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2009/416221/IPOL-IMCO_ET(2009)416221_EN.pdf

  4. 4.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, 1997, (1), Nov. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score01/score_en.pdf

  5. 5.

    European Commission Press Release, IP/98/441 (18/05/1998). http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-98-441_en.htm?locale=en

  6. 6.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, 1999, (5), Nov. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score05/score5_en.pdf

  7. 7.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2001, (8), May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score08/score8_en.pdf

  8. 8.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2001, (9), Nov. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score09/score9_en.pdf

  9. 9.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2003, (12), May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score12/score12-text_en.pdf

  10. 10.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2008, (18), Dec. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score18_en.pdf

  11. 11.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2009, (19), July. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score19_en.pdf

  12. 12.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2009, (20), Dec. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score22en.pdf, and European Commission (May 2010), The Internal Market Scoreboard No.21. and http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score21_en.pdf

  13. 13.

    European Commission, Making the Single Market Deliver, 2011, (24). http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/relateddocs/single_market_governance_report_2011_en.pdf

  14. 14.

    European Commission Press Release (04/07/2013), IP/13/651. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-651_en.htm

  15. 15.

    European Commission, Adoption, simplification or deletion of Single Market rules, 2015, Oct. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/governance_cycle/adopt/index_en.htm. Accessed 14 Dec 2015.

  16. 16.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Transposition, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_governance_tool/transposition/index_en.htm. Accessed 14 Dec 2014.

  17. 17.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Infringements, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_governance_tool/infringements/index_en.htm. Accessed 14 Dec 2015.

  18. 18.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Your Europe, 2015, May;. European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, EURES, 2015, May; European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, European Consumer Centre Network, 2015, May; European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Points of Single Contact, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/governance_cycle/index_en.htm#gov_cycle

  19. 19.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Internal Market Information (IMI) system, 2015, May; European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, CPC Network, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/governance_cycle/index_en.htm#gov_cycle

  20. 20.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, SOLVIT, 2015, May; European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, EU PILOT, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/governance_cycle/index_en.htm#gov_cycle. Accessed 14 Dec 2015.

  21. 21.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Evaluation and Assessment of Feedback, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/governance_cycle/evaluate/index_en.htm. Accessed 14 Dec 2015.

  22. 22.

    Data is accessible in: European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Transposition, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_governance_tool/transposition/index_en.htm. Accessed 14 Dec 2015.

  23. 23.

    European Commission Single Market Scoreboard, Infringements, 2015, May. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/scoreboard/performance_by_governance_tool/infringements/index_en.htm. Accessed 14 Dec 2015.

  24. 24.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2013, Feb. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score26_en.pdf

  25. 25.

    European Commission Internal Market Scoreboard, 2012, Sep. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score25_en.pdf

  26. 26.

    European Commission (September 2011), Internal Market Scoreboard. http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/score/docs/score23_en.pdf

  27. 27.

    The Annual Report is similar to the IMS but it concerns all EU legislation.

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  1. Toulouse Business School, Barcelona, Spain

    Vanessa Fernández Moriana

  2. American Chambre of Commerce (AmCham), Brussels, Belgium

    Alexandra Melissa Vida

  3. Former intern, UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Belgium

    Alexandra Melissa Vida

  4. NEOMA Business School, Rouen, France

    Philippe De Lombaerde

  5. UNU-CRIS, Bruges, Belgium

    Philippe De Lombaerde

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Fernández Moriana, V., Vida, A.M., De Lombaerde, P. (2017). The European Commission Single Market Scoreboard. In: De Lombaerde, P., Saucedo Acosta, E. (eds) Indicator-Based Monitoring of Regional Economic Integration. United Nations University Series on Regionalism, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50860-3_1

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