As for the compliance deficit, Romania registered a slight decrease, to 0.4%, and is now above both the EU average and the 0.5% proposed target, according to the Single Market Scoreboard published on Thursday by the European Commission.
According to the document, transposition deficit fell to 1.1%, from 1.2% in the last report.
The number of pending infringement cases started by EU against Romania (23 cases) fell by one case compared with the previous report, and is close to the EU average number of cases relating to the single market legislation (EU average – 26 cases). The average case duration is 26.5 months, compared with EU average of 21 months.
As for the Internal Market Information System, Romania has improved its performance for all 5 indicators, according to EC.
The Single Market Scoreboard gauges the EU governments’ performance in transposing EU Internal Market laws into their respective national laws.