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Specific
issues: Free movement of goods (Chapter 1), Free movement of persons
(Chapter 2), Free movement of services (Chapter 3), Competition policy
(Chapter 6), Horizontal issues of the Internal Market
Recipient
authorities:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (EU Communication
Strategy Department)
- Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Ministry for Regional Development
- Czech Industrial Property Office
- Czech Office for Protection of Competition
- Czech Office for Public Information Systems
- Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing
- Czech Accreditation Institute
- Czech Agricultural and Food Inspection
- Czech Metrology Institute
- Czech Mining Authority
- Czech Standards Institute
- Czech Telecommunication Office
- Czech Trade Inspection
- Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
- Institute for State Control of Veterinary Biologic
and Medicaments
- Research Institute for Geodesy, Topography and
Cartography
- State Veterinary Administration
- Association of the Manufacturers and Suppliers of
Engineering Technique
Public
Procurement
The technical assistance was provided through a seminar, with the immediate objective
of introducing
the law and methodology of the EU directives on public procurement, as well
as practical aspects of application in a Member
State.
In particular, the following issues were dealt with: The
development of the EC public procurement rules; the aim of the regulation;
equal treatment and transparency; the effect of the regulation; the scope
and main requirements; the ban on negotiations; technical dialogue and
termination of the tender procedures and finally the enforcement of the
rules with examples from Denmark.
Technical Barriers to Trade
This seminar was mainly provided for Czech officials and representatives from the private sector.
The immediate objective was to introduce
the law and functioning of the Internal Market in relation to the issue of
technical barriers to trade.
More specifically, the seminar covered issues such as technical barriers to imports/exports; quantitative
restrictions; justifying measures; notification
obligations; implementation of an internal market directive; access to the
European Court of Justice and finally,
practical
application of Czech legislation.
European
Patent System
The assistance covered a seminar for Czech officials from the Industrial Property Office,
together with representatives
of other authorities and the Industry.
The seminar aimed at transferring
knowledge on the practical
consequences experienced in Denmark of accession to the European Patent
System. The seminar presented of course the opinions of both the Danish authority and the patent
agents to give a fair picture. As with the other seminars, a report recommending revision of Czech legislation was
presented in the end.
Notification Procedures
The participants in the training were both Czech officials
and representatives of research institutes,
manufactures and suppliers.
The training consisted in a seminar and two
workshops, aiming at transferring knowledge of the Danish experiences
with administration of
notification procedures.
The seminar covered
details of the application of Directive 98/34/EC, as amended by Directive
98/48/EC, laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the
field of technical standards and regulations and in the field of rules on information
society services and the obligation to notify according to decision
3052/95/EC. Furthermore, standardisation was covered including "the
implementation and the Danish system", enforcement and co-operation with
the Commission.
One workshop focused on the EC influence on national law
making and included teamwork concerning cases on technical barriers and
notification.
Another workshop covered practical cases such as the start
of an EC-notification; digression on sector notification procedures; what
to do with detailed opinions and comments; a message with a notification
from another Member State; final treatment of the notification and finally
a discussion of the filing.
Free movement
of persons (chapter 2)
Mutual Recognition of
Professional Qualifications
The seminar covered issues such as legal background for Free Movement of Persons and Services, freedom of establishment; legal context - equal access to
education; initial steps towards mutual recognition – harmonisation; the
three general directives (Directive 89/48, Directive 92/51 and Directive
99/42); scope of the obligation to recognise; means of compensation for
lack of compatibility and finally institutional issues in recognition
procedures.
Free movement
of services (chapter 3)
E-commerce
The seminar covered issues such as adoption of the
directive and its main contents; implementation and Nordic co-operation;
Danish legislation and organisation with focus on e-commerce;
transposition of the directive into Danish legislation; country of
origin-principle, mutual recognition and Internal Market clause;
general exemptions, derogation, applicable law and special related
directives; general information, price information and commercial
communication; requirements of information and technical means in
connection with placing of an order and electronic mail; liability of
intermediary service providers and finally, provisions not be transposed
into the Danish legislation.
Insurance Supervision
The technical assistance included a study visit to the
European Institute - Denmark and Danish supervisory counterparts in Copenhagen.
The immediate objective was to assist with the implementation of
an insurance supervisory system complying with EU requirements.
Competition
Policy (chapter 6)
Practical Aspects of Competition Law
During this seminar, the European Institute presented the
methodology and practice of the European Commission and the European Court
of Justice, together with practical experience of a member state in the field of
competition law.
State Aid
Like above, the objective of the seminar was to present the
methodology and practice of the European Commission and the European Court
of Justice, together with the practical experience of a member state in the field of
State Aid.
The seminar covered issues such as State Aid and the
Internal Market; scope and application of the EC-rules on State Aid;
exceptions to the EC-rules; procedural rules; regional, rescue and
restructuring aid; other state aid (in the banking sector, French and
German cases, in the form of guarantees, risk capital and taxation) and
finally Danish experiences with national and EU state aid law.
Integrated approach for the Internal Market
The project was finalised with a seminar concerning an integrated approach for the Internal Market with
joint conclusions from the policy areas mentioned above. In addition, the
final seminar included a simulation of a proposal from the European Commission for a
directive establishing transitional arrangements for the Internal Market. The training
aimed at recipient authorities having participated in the respective
sector components mentioned above.
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European
Institute - Denmark