European Union - Fifth Report
Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 31 January 2008.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
FOREWORD—What this Report is about
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: THE SINGLE MARKET
Origins: Treaty of Rome 1957
Re-launch: Single European Act 1986
Responsibility for the Single Market
The European Institutions
The Member States
The National Regulatory Authorities
The European Court of Justice
CHAPTER 3: THE SINGLE MARKET TODAY
The Impact of the Single Market so far
Enlargement
Legislation and the Single Market
Problem-solving in the Single Market
SMEs and the Single Market
Economic Nationalism and the Country of Origin
Principle
Consumers and the Single Market
Economic and Monetary Union
CHAPTER 4: GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 5: ENERGY
Benefits of a Single Market in Energy
Competition and Efficiency
Security of Supply
Sustainability of Energy Sources and Climate
Change
Restrictions to Effective Competition
Proposed Solutions to Restrictions on Competition
Unbundling
Regulation
Market Transparency
Conclusions for the Energy Sector
CHAPTER 6: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecommunication Markets
EU Regulation and Market Liberalisation
Barriers to a Single Market
Regulatory Framework
Modernisation
Conclusions for the Telecommunications Sector
CHAPTER 7: FINANCIAL SERVICES
Overview of Regulatory Developments
Overview of Market Developments
The Wholesale Sector
The Retail Sector
Conclusions for Financial Services
CHAPTER 8: SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Policy-making and Implementation
Regulatory Authorities
Realising the Benefits of the Single Market
for Businesses, Citizens and Consumers
Energy Sector
Telecommunications
Telecommunications Regulation
Spectrum
Financial Services
APPENDIX 1: Sub-Committee B (Internal
Market)
APPENDIX 2: List Of Witnesses
APPENDIX 3: Call for Evidence
APPENDIX 4: Briefings on the Services
Directive
APPENDIX 5: Recent Reports
NOTE: References in the
text of the report are as follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence
(p) refers to a page of written evidence
The Report of the Committee is published in Volume I, HL Paper
No 36-I
The Evidence of the Committee is published in Volume II, HL Paper
No 36-II
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 36-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HL 36-II)
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