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4th Conference of the4th Conference of the GCC Institutes for Banking and Finance GCC Institutes for Banking and Finance
Abu Dhabi, 4-5 May 2004Abu Dhabi, 4-5 May 2004
Towards creating a truly Single Market- Experience of the European Union -
Paula PinhoDG Trade
European Commission
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EU experience of moving from a Customs Union to the Internal Market
Overview
I - Basic concepts and some history
II - From a Customs Union to a Single Market
A. The Customs Union
B. The Single Market: Why, how and what to expect?
1) creation
2) implementation: the role of a strong institution
3) enforcement: judicial & non-judicial means
4) efficiency
5) What has been achieved; What remains to be done
6) Work in progress:
deepening & extending the Single Market
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Basic conceptsDefinitions
Customs Union = Removal of import/export tariffs +
Removal of quantitative trade
barriers +
Common External Tariff
Internal Market = Customs Union + Four freedoms (free
movement of goods, services, persons & capital)
Economic and Monetary Union = Internal Market + Common
currency
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Some history ... (1)
1957 The Treaty of Rome (Art. 2):
“The Community shall have as its task, by establishing a common
market and progressively approximating the economic policies of
Member States, to promote throughout the Community a
harmonious development of economic activities, a continuous and
balanced expansion, an increase in stability, an accelerated raising
of the standard of living and closer relations between the States
belonging to it”.
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Some history ... (2)
From the Customs Union to the Single Market ...
1957 Treaty of Rome – signed by 6 states
1968 Customs Union: import/export tariffs and
quantitative barriers removed; common external
tariff established but… ‘non- tariff’ barriers
subsist
early 80s … ‘eurosclerosis’
1985 White Paper on Internal Market
1986 Single European Act
1992 Deadline for the completion of the Single Market
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Some history ...(3)
Single Market is just one step in the process of
European integration ...
1992 Maastricht Treaty - Economic & Monetary Union
(EMU) + framework for economic policy co-
ordination
2002 Completion of Monetary Union:
Introduction of € (Euro) - notes and coins
introduced
From a Customs Union…From a Customs Union…
Trade has been an area of EC exclusive responsibility since 1957
It all started with: Customs Union (Treaty of Rome 1957):
no barriers to trade: elimination of all customs duties & restrictions among Member States
Common External Tariff- income was integrated in Community’s own
resources (“Principle of Solidarity”);- common procedures and rules were drawn;- Single Administrative Document (SAD)
- replaced the different docs previously used.
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From a Customs Union…From a Customs Union… (3)
What to expect from a customs union ... The basic trade effects of a Customs Union: Trade creation Trade diversion Trade expansion
Dynamic effects Scale economies Impact on the location and volume of investment Effect on economic efficiency and smoothness of trade
transactions
These effects are further strengthened in the Internal Market
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… to a Single Market
Why to build the Internal Market?
A) Political reasons :
- strategy to relaunch integration
B) Economic reasons :
- need to restore business confidence
and
- to improve performance of European
enterprises
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… to a Single Market (2)
From economic to non-economic means … 1) open up borders to
– goods– people– services
2) organise solidarity – by setting up common policies & financial
instruments
but by beginning of 80s, progress had been halted : “eurosclerosis”
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How to achieve the Internal Market?(1)
Meanwhile new EC consisted of 12 countries…
For Internal Market to be achieved more than political will was necessary…
The Single European Act (1986)
• Introduced more effective decision making procedures• Set the deadline for completion of the Internal Market:
31 December 1992
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How to achieve the Internal Market?(2)
The 1992 Strategy
The White Paper
282 Measures to abolish barriers between the Member States• Physical barriers• Technical barriers• Fiscal barriers
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Internal Market: Four freedoms
Free movement of goods (physical barriers, technical
barriers, public procurement, networks) Free movement of services (technical barriers, public
procurement, networks, financial services) Free movement of capital (financial services) Free movement of persons (work, retirement,
studying …)
Plus… Citizenship
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Internal Market: Four freedoms
FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
Abolishing physical frontiers: all routine checks at internal borders abolished; all customs formalities abolished; Customs services of Member States give up their
responsibility for collecting excise duties, VAT &
statistical data
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Internal Market: Four freedoms
FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS (2)
Tackling technical barriers
1) Technical harmonisation
2) Mutual recognition
3) Protection of intellectual and industrial property
Free movement of goods extended to: free movement of persons, capital and services
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Internal Market: Four freedomsFREE MOVEMENT OF SERVICES
- Network industries (liberalisation of energy, transport, telecommunications, postal services sectors)
- Business and professional services
- Financial services (banking, insurance, stock exchanges and other financial services)
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Internal Market: Four freedoms
FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS
Right of EU citizens to: move/travel freely - elimination of controls on persons crossing internal frontiers
live work study
Freedom of establishment (self-employed)
- Common labour market; - mutual recognition of diplomas but… mobility still very low … need for
structural reforms;
- Provisions in the field of social security, unemployment and social
allowances, portability of pensions, health insurance etc.
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Internal Market: Four freedomsFREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL
“Payments are the oil in the wheels
of the Internal Market!”
• All restrictions on movement of capital to be abolished;
• All restrictions on payments to be abolished.
- 1988 Directive provided for liberalisation of capital movements
within the EU as of 1990
+ provisions in the areas of banking, insurance and stock
exchanges
framework for establishment of liberalised single EU financial
market
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Implementation
Legal framework of the Internal Market
1) Rules set out in the Treaty
2) Secondary legislation
3) European Commission as “guardian of the Treaty”
4) Rulings of the European Court of Justice
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Implementation and results:Non-transposition of Internal Market Regulations
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Enforcement: The role of a strong institution
European Commission as the « guardian of the Treaties »
Rules set out in the Treaty & Secondary legislation
- European Commission makes sure that these rules are obeyed. - It can impose penalties on any firm or EU country that breaks them.
- It can ban an operation agreed between companies outside the EU if that operation could affect
the Single Market.
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Enforcement (2)
Infringement proceedings & « alternative problem solving »
Infringement proceedings- the classical tool to ensure respect for EC law ;- number of infringement proceedings has increased
considerably over last decade; with enlargement nr of infringements set out to rise further.
“Alternative solving mechanisms”- alternative to infringement proceedings
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Implementation and results:Means & instruments
Helping citizens & businesses getting the most out of the Internal Market :
Dialogue with Business Dialogue with Citizens SOLVIT – assists citizens & businesses in solving concrete
problems within public administration of a MS where they have tried to exercise their rights
FIN-NET – provides alternative dipsutes resolution facilities in the area of financial services
At Governmental level : IMAC (Internal Market Advisory Committee) « Package meetings » Cardiff Report
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Implementation and results: Multiple gains from the Internal Market
Businesses:More friendly regulatory environment (simplification, mutual recognition, …)New export marketsLower costs
For citizens/consumers:Greater choiceLower prices Greater mobilityConsumer protection
Economic benefits:More integrated market (increases in trade, FDI and price convergence)Increase in competitiveness of companies (intra and extra EU)Gains in wealth (GDP, employment)
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Implementation and results: What has been achieved
From 1992-2002:
• ca. 2.5 million jobs have been created;
• GDP 1.8% higher than without Internal Market;
• extra prosperity of € 877 billion ( 5,700 per household on average);
• intra-EU trade & cross-border investment: grown faster than EU GDP
• EU exports increased from € 415 billion (1992) to € 985 billion in 2001
• EU investment abroad increased exponentially from € 18 billion to € 206 billion
• new inflows of FDI into EU: 4-times higher in 2001 than in 1992
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Implementation and results:What has been achieved
Achievements so far have been very satisfactory:
obstacles hindering free movement of people have been removed (passport checks at EU’s internal borders abolished, professional qualifications recognised);
public contract markets have been opened up (tougher rules requiring transparent procedures & proper checks for public contracts);
money markets & financial services markets liberalised;
company laws have been harmonised, etc.
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Implementation and results:
What remains to be done
• Markets of services are not well integrated…
• Technical barriers continue to hinder cross-border purchases
• Tax obstacles – 15 (meanwhile 25) different systems of corporate taxation across Member States leads to important costs for companies and consumers.
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Implementation and results: Work in progress
Services are being liberalised:
liberalisation of telecom - already cut prices considerably (end of 2001, long-distance telephone calls on average 11% cheaper than in 2000 and 45% cheaper than in 1998)
creation of single market for gas & electricity. Postal services are being opened up to
competition.
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Deepening the Internal Market …
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Implementation and results: Need to improve the functioning of the Internal Market
The new Internal Market StrategyPriorities for 2003-2006
1) Facilitating the free movement of goods
2) Integrating services markets
3) Ensuring high-quality network industries
4) Reducing the impact of tax obstacles
5) Expanding procurement opportunities
6) Improving conditions for business
7) Meeting demographic challenge
8) Simplifying the regulatory environment
9) Enforcing the rules
10) Providing more and better information
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Need for further structural reforms:The targets and objectives of the Spring
Councils
Employment rate of 70% in 2010
Halving the number of early school leavers by 2010
Increase the transposition rate of Internal Market directives to 98.5%
Opening up of energy markets for business in 2004 and for domestic users in 2007
Increase R&D spending to approach 3% of GDP by 2010
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
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Expanding the Internal Market …
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Expanding the Internal Market…
EU Enlargement1st May 2004
From EU-15 to EU-25
• Internal Market grows from 380 mio consumers to 455 mio the biggest Single Market in the world !
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The international dimension of the Single Market
Completing the Internal Market is not an inward looking exercise …
Internal Market principles are integrated in the trade agreements that EC negotiates with third countries, ex:
– bilateral trade agreements (ex: EU-GCC FTA)– recently : “Wider Europe”
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Conclusion…
despite long & difficult way…
EU Single Market = EU global strength
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GCC Single Market = GCC global strength ?
This is another – hopefully shorter ! – story…
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