The Internal Market Information System (IMI Regulation)
Following an agreement at first reading, on 25 October 2012 the European Parliament and the Council adopted a regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012) that lays down the rules governing the use of the Internal Market Information System for the implementation of administrative cooperation between the Member States' competent authorities and between the Member States' competent authorities and the Commission.
The new Regulation establishes a legal framework for the IMI and a set of common rules to ensure that it functions efficiently and to enable its use to be extended to other areas of EU law.
The IMI is notably being used for administrative cooperation in the following eight areas: Professional Qualifications; Services; Cross-border road transport of euro cash; SOLVIT; Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare; and, on a pilot basis, Posted Workers; E-commerce; and Train Driving Licences.