The study says the number of states reaching the 1% transposition deficit target decreased in the last six months from 20 to 11, the lowest number in the last four years. The eleven states are Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Spain and Slovakia.
“Despite scoring good results in March, Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have now missed the 1% target,” says the EC.
Romania’s transposition deficit increased from 0.5% in March to 1.4% in September, 0.4 points above the target.
On the other hand, the average duration of infringement proceedings in Romania is among the lowest in the EU – 15 months, while the average duration in the 27 member states is 24.7 months. Finland has the longest average period before infringement cases are resolved – 34.7 months.
The Commission’s data shows Romania has 22 pending infringement cases, below the EU average of 37 cases. The most infringement proceedings are pending against Belgium (101) and Greece (81), and the fewest are currently against Lithuania (10) and Latvia (13).