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EU Services Directive Implementation

The implementation of the Services Directive is well underway. A seminar took place last month to update stakeholders on where we have got to so far, in particular as regards the Point of Single Contact (PSC) . BERR commissioned an exercise in April 2007 to try and capture the requirements for users and contributors to the UK PSC. The report considers issues such as scope, content, charging, outsourcing, language and much more. The full report is available by clicking on this link. Readers are invited to send comments on the report's recommendations or the PSC generally by email to servicesconsultation@berr.gsi.gov.uk. For more details on the Services Directive please see our Economics and Evidence page.

UK National Reform Programme (NRP) - a stakeholder survey

As part of the EU's Lisbon economic reform process, EU Member States adopted National Reform Programmes in Autumn 2005. Their first progress reports were published in October 2006 and the UK is now in the process of compiling the second. This will record progress made over the last 12 months and will be published in the autumn. For further information, or if you wish to comment on activities in the UK connected with the Lisbon economic reform process, please go to the National Reform Programme page.

UK Government Launches report on Review of Single Market on 30 January 2007

DTI, together with HM Treasury, have issued a report "The Single Market: A vision for the 21st century" to feed into the Commission's current review of the Single Market. The report outlines the challenges that the Single Market faces - globalisation, climate change, demographic change - and the principles that should be followed to ensure that the Single Market continues to deliver for Europe's consumers and businesses. It makes recommendations for specific actions that the EU should take to generate further substantial benefits.

For full details click on our Single Market page