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The PETI Committee decided to organise a fact-finding visit to Bulgaria as a result of a relatively large number of petitions it has received from Bulgarian citizens on the Bulgarian Code of Civil Procedure (CCP). Petitioners allege breaches of consumer rights, corruption, the role of bailiffs, violation of the right to a fair trial, and breaches of Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts. The aim of the visit is to hear the petitioners and to investigate and discuss the subject ...

The problems of implementation and enforcement of EU law have been longstanding. This report analyses the trends regarding the transposition of EU law and the reasons for failure to transpose on time. It assesses different tools developed at EU level to promote compliance, looking across the board at the EU Pilot and infringement procedure alongside correlation tables, scoreboards, committees, transposition and implementation plans, package meetings or national and EU inspections. As a result, recommendations ...

On 8 May 2012 the European Commission published in a communication its intention to modernise the rules governing the assessment of State aid. With a view to contribute to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and budgetary consolidation the objectives of the modernisation of State aid control are threefold: - to foster sustainable, smart and inclusive growth in a competitive internal market; - to focus Commission ex ante scrutiny on cases with the biggest impact on internal market whilst ...

The measures adopted by the Commission in the last 5 years defining the EU implementation and enforcement policy aim at improving the implementation rather than enforcement of EU law by enhancing Member States' role and capacity, including by delegating actions to the national level. The present note argues the need to strengthen the enforcement role of the Commission as the Guardian of the Treaties and proposes specific actions to be taken at EU level for the development of a strong policy for implementation ...

This study provides an overview of administrative proceedings in the area of EU competition law, more in particular, Articles 101 and 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and merger control, while focusing on different levels of procedural protection for complainants, interested third parties, and parties subject to investigation. It thereby aims to provide insight as to where – at a practical level – the prevailing procedural provisions provide an effective safeguard for the parties ...