EU SINGLE MARKET AND OVERDUE DIRECTIVES BY MEMBER STATES

Overdue Directives by Member States 

1. Slovenia: 17 including 4 in the transport sector and 4 in the employment and social policy sector –one more than 2 years overdue directive concerning the standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation.
2. Romania: 13 including 4 in the environment sector and one more than 2 years overdue concerning the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity.
3. Cyprus: 13 including 3 in the transport sector and none more than 2 years overdue
4. Austria: 11 including 3 directives in the environment sector and 3 in the Motor vehicles and Agricultural tractors and machinery sector –one more than 2 years overdue directive concerning the geological storage of carbon dioxide.
5. Bulgaria: 11 but none more than 2 years overdue. 3 directives concern the veterinary and plant-health sector.
6. Luxembourg: 10 including 3 in the transport sector and still one more than 2 years overdue concerning a community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides.
7. Belgium: 9 and none more than 2 years overdue
8. Poland: 9 and none more than 2 years overdue.
9. Spain:  9 including 3 directives in the financial services sector and none more than 2 years overdue.
10. Germany: 8 including 3 in the environment area and one more than 2 years overdue concerning the safety of toys.
11. United Kingdom: 8 and one more than 2 years overdue concerning the powers of the European Supervisory A
12. France: 7 and  none more than 2 years overdue.
13. Hungary: 7 and none more than 2 years overdue.
14. Latvia: 7 and none more than 2 years overdue.
15. Portugal: 7 and none more than 2 years overdue.
16. Italy: 6 and none more than 2 years overdue.
17. Ireland: 5 and one more than 2 years overdue concerning the common rules for the internal market in electricity. Despite the fact that Ireland managed to transpose 1 long overdue directive, 4 out of the 5 overdue directives are more than 1 year late (including 1 directive due since March 2011).
18. Netherlands: 5 and one more than 2 years overdue concerning the energy performance of buildings.
19. Czech Republic: 4  and one more than 2 years overdue concerning the energy performance of buildings.
20. Lithuania: 4 and none more than 2 years overdue.
21. Denmark: 3 and none more than 2 years overdue.
22. Estonia:  3 and none more than 2 years overdue.
23. Finland:  3 and none more than 2 years overdue.
24. Slovakia: 3 and none more than 2 years overdue.
25. Sweden : and none more than 2 years overdue.
26. Greece: 2 and none more than 2 years overdue.
27. Croatia: 1 and none more than 2 years overdue.
28. Malta: 1 and none more than 2 years overdue..

 Compliance deficit

1. Poland: 2.4 % but still the Member State with the highest number of directives incorrectly transposed (30)
2. Bulgaria: 1.2 % which means that 15 directives are not correctly transposed into national law
3. Spain: 1.1 % which means that 13 directives are not correctly transposed into national law
4. Slovakia: 1.0 % which means that 13 directives are not correctly transposed into national law.
5. United Kingdom: 1.0 % which means that 12 directives are not correctly transposed into national law
6. Czech Republic: 0.9 % - slight improvement but still above the EU average
7. Italy: 0.9 % which means that 22 directives are not correctly transposed into national law