The Internal Market Information Project of DG Internal Market

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The Internal Market Information Project of DG
Internal Market Services
4th FEPI International Conference Certifying
Nursing Competences in an ever closer European
Union Thessaloniki, 27,28 and 29 November 2008

• A. Baeyens

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Internal Market Information Project (IMI)

• 1. What is IMI?
• Electronic tool
• Electronic network between all competent
  authorities
• To be used for several internal market policies

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Internal Market Information Project (IMI)

• 2. What is the IMI good for?
• Facilitates communication (no barriers,
  linguistic, admin)
• Exchange of information based upon obligations
  imposed by Directive 2005/36/EC

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Internal Market Information Project (IMI)

• 3. What is so innovative of IMI?
• Every user can use its own language
• Allows to identify the partners in the other
  Member States
• Overcomes the different administrative structures
  cultures

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Internal Market Information Project (IMI)

• 4. IMI Pilot
• Launched in November 2008 - professional
  qualifications Directive
• Started in February 2008
• Evaluation in June 2008

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Internal Market Information Project (IMI)

• 5. Evaluation of results of IMI Pilot
• Provides support needed to enhance administrative
  cooperation
• Is an operational tool for professional
  qualifications Directive

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Internal Market Information Project (IMI)

• 5. Next steps
• Expand to remaining 5 sectoral professions
  (nurses, dental practitioners, veterinary
  surgeons, midwives and architects) 2
  professions general system
• Progressively opened to other professions (on
  demand)

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IMI offers machine translation for free text
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IMI offers machine translation for free text
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IMI holds information about the spoken languages
of the authorities to facilitate communication
When entering free text messages advise the
authorities to use a language understood by the
other authority
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Identifying partners in IMI
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Identifying partners in IMI
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Flexibility for MS - Competent Authorities may
contact each other directly via IMI.
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European Commission IMI Administration - EC IMI
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The current status of IMI IMI pilot for
Professional Qualifications

• System usage requests in IMI
• 291 requests sent until middle of November
• 217 requests have been closed (75)
• 194 requests concern doctors (66)
• 122 requests about permanent establishment
• 72 requests with general questions
• 26 MS involved in at least one information
  exchange
• 75 Competent Authorities have exchanged
  information

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The current status of IMI IMI pilot for
Professional Qualifications

• progressive increase in use of IMI throughout
  pilot
• UK, IE, DE, BE, FR,ES sent most requests
• RO, PL, IT, DE, BG, ES received most requests

System usage requests in IMI
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The current status of IMI IMI pilot for
Professional Qualifications
Time to receive information via IMI

• Average time to receive replies 13,5 days
• 1 out of 10 requests is replied to on the same
  day
• 1 out of 5 requests is replied to within 1 day
• 3 out of 4 requests are replied to within 15 days