Broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and the Community for 2001

PURPOSE: to present a report from the Commission on the implementation of the 2000 Broad Economic Policy Guidelines. CONTENT: This report presents a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the policy recommendations that were formulated in the 2000 Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (BEPGs). In so doing, it serves two purposes: firstly, it contributes to the continuous multilateral surveillance of the economic policies of the Member States and the Union in accordance with Article 99(3) of the Treaty and secondly, it provides input for the formulation of the forthcoming BEPGs. This report makes use of and integrates the conclusions of the various economic policy coordination processes at Union level, to which it adds a comprehensive evaluation. In this respect, the agreed list of structural indicators provides a useful tool for comparing progress. The report is accompanied by a working document of the Commission services, which presents a detailed examination of the implementation of the country-specific recommendations. �