Internal Market Information (IMI) system

1. Internal Market Information (IMI) system Brussels, 20th June 2007 European Council of the Liberal Professions Presentation by Pamela Brumter-CoretDG MARKT Unit D3 Regulated Professions

2. Correct implementation of EU legislation depends on partnership and administrative cooperation Internal Market is administered at local, regional and national level Administrative cooperation needs support especially in an EU of 27 MS Legal requirement of the Services Directive Why do we need an Internal Market Information system?

3. Administrative cooperation between MS needs support because of:- different languages- no clearly identified partners- different administrative cultures - different administrative structures - lack of agreed procedures- 351 bilateral relationships to manage (105 in EU15) Why does administrative cooperation not work as it should?

4. Agreed rules built into the information system The process takes place at operational level and is thus de-dramatized MS have a clearly identified interlocutor in another MS How information systems help to solve the problem

5. Exchange of information speeded up so that complex problems can be dealt with in a reasonable time period Language problems reduced by structuring and translating in advance MS manage a single relationship with a network instead of 26 separate bilateral relationships How information systems help to solve the problem

6. IMI will be a general system providing services useful to Member States who want to communicate with each other on any subject IMI will also include computer applications specific to a particular area such as Services or Professional Qualifications IMI will be a single system to support several pieces of internal market legislation and avoid proliferation of information systems What is the articulation between IMI and specific directives?

7. The IMI system Horizontal and vertical applications

8. IMI does not impose additional obligations onMember States beyond those already contained in internal market legislation Revised Directive on Professional Qualifications (2005/36/EC) Article 8 - Administrative cooperation Article 50 - Documentation and formalities Article 56 - Competent Authorities Services Directive (2006/123/EC) Articles 28-36 in particular articles 34.1, 36and recital 112 Administrative cooperation The legal obligations

9. Find partner authority in another Member State Select from list of questions based on legislative provisions Target deadline for reply Automatic email alerts 23 languages The IMI system – Basic features

10. Attach documents or images electronically Print reports in any of the EU languages Email national contact point, service provider or other authorities from within the application Link additional authorities to request Manage requests – request status, deadlines, request overview The IMI system – Additional features

11. Flexibility for MSs to organise themselves as they wish

12. Flexibility for MSs to organise themselves as they wish

13. Flexibility for MSs to organise themselves as they wish

14. Organisation of Competent Authoritiesand monitoring the exchange of informationin IMI

15. Obligatory entities in IMI: • Competent Authorities • National IMI Coordinator

16. What can a Competent Authority do in IMI? • Competent Authorities registered in IMI can: • find their relevant interlocutor in another Member State • exchange information with them within the system

17. Why do we need aNational IMI Coordinator? • Every Member State has to have a National IMI Coordinator (NIMIC) • To ensure that only valid Competent Authorities are registered to use IMI • To act as main interlocutor with European Commission and other Member States on IMI matters • To ensure replies to requests from and to other Member States – escalation procedures

18. Basic model with obligatory entities of IMI(CAs and a NIMIC)

19. Optional entities in IMI: • Delegated IMI Coordinators

20. Why have Delegated IMI Coordinators? • A MS can choose to appoint a number ofDelegated IMI Coordinators because: • Some MS have a federal structure • CAs are organised differently in different MS • Some MS wish to implement a centralised approach to IMI with information flowing via coordinators • Some MS may have a very large number of CAs

21. Coordination of Competent Authorities in IMI

22. MS can choose how coordination is organised • A Delegated IMI Coordinator could be responsible for: • a legislative area(e.g. Professional Qualificatons) • a geographical area(e.g. Autonomous Community in Spain) • an administrative division(e.g. Ministry for Labour) • a combination of the above (e.g. German Land PQ)

23. Model with DIMIC – organisation by legislative area –Hypothetical example (Austria)

24. Model with DIMIC – organisation by geographical area –Hypothetical example (Austria)

25. Feasibility stage completed Development has begun IMAC IMI Working Group PQD IMI Group currently finalising questions Pilot first PQD application (with 4 professions doctors, pharmacists, accountants, physiotherapists) end 2007 Services application to be ready for pilot end 2008 IMI project

26. The flow of a request in IMI

27. Example of an Information exchange about Professional Qualifications: Information exchange between Ireland and Belgium Information request about: Doctor / Permanent establishment Questions related to the professional & Questions to identify the qualification

28. The Requesting Competent Authority enters data about the professional

29. The Requesting Competent Authority selects the questions it wants to ask – How to select them?

30. Question selection – Displayingthe subsections in the Question Set

31. Question selection– Displayingthe full list of questions

32. Question selection– Displayingonlythe relevant part of the Question Set

33. Question selection– Displayingonlythe relevant part of the Question Set

34. Question selection– Displayingonlythe relevant part of the Question Set

35. Question selection– Search for questionsusing a keyword (training)

36. Question selection– Search for questionsusing a keyword (training)

37. Question selection– Search for questions using a combination of keywords (training & duration)

38. The Requesting Competent Authority selects the questions it wants to ask

39. The Requesting Competent Authority decides to send the request

40. Request sent

41. The Responding CA checks the received request and decides to accept it

42. Request accepted

43. After acceptance the Responding CAcan see full details of the request

44. The Responding CA can also check the part of the directive to which a question refers

45. The Responding Competent Authority provides the information requested

46. Information provided

47. The Requesting Competent Authority checks and accepts the provided information

48. Provided information accepted

49. Data protection in IMI

50. Two different sets of personal data to be processed: personal data relating to the staff in Competent Authorities themselves (including NIMICs and DIMICs) personal data of the migrant service provider Personal data processed in IMI