HC Deb 19 April 1991 vol 189 cc271-2W
Mr. William Powell

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list in theOfficial Report the short title of each of the European Community directives to implement the single market which should be on the statute book of each of the European Community member states; and what progress each such state had made by 31 December 1990 to enact into their domestic law such legislation.

Mr. Sainsbury

The latest information giving a detailed breakdown of the situation on implementation of the individual measures in the Commission White Paper programme which were due to enter into force by the end of 1990 are given in annex 1 to document 9258/90 dated 5 October 1990, a copy of which is deposited in the Library. This confirms the United Kingdom's good record with only 18 out of 107 measures not implemented. A comparative table for all member states, together with more recent figures provided by the Commission are given in the table.

Unimplemented measures1 Unofficial assessment2
Denmark 15 20
United Kingdom 18 28
Germany (F.R.) 20 32
Portugal 20 31
Spain 27 38
France 28 38
Ireland 31 43
Belgium 32 37
Netherlands 33 35
Luxembourg 35 46
Greece 44 44
Italy 62 73
1 Figures for unimplemented measures in the 5 zoctober 1990 report; out of 107 provisions required to have been transposed by 31 December 1990.
2 Latest commission unofficial assessment (dated 9 March) of measures not implemented: out of 120 individual provisions required to have been transposed by that date.