Internal market SLIM: results of the 2nd phase and follow-up of the implementation of 1st phase. Report

In adopting the report by Mr Brian CROWLEY (UPE, Irl) the European Parliament urges the Commission to extend the scope of the SLIM method to all legislative areas in the Community, in particular the new legislation concerning agriculture. It believes that the Commission should endorse at an early date most of the recommendations made regarding the sectors examined in the second phase of the SLIM. Parliament proposes that the Commission select the following sectors for project's third phase: freedom of movement and social security for migrant workers, health and safety at work, public procurement and the directive on the marketing of dangerous substances. The fourth phase should include the machinery directive, the environmental waste management directive, the telecommunications equipment directive and the electromagnetic compatibility directive and the implementation of pollution controls. Parliament also advocates a simplification programme which covers the legislation of the individual Member States concerning governing the transposition of Community legislation into national law. �