Governance through Cooperation: Solvit System and its Role in the Correct Implementation of the European Law by the National Public Administrations

The Implementation of the Union law faces major challenges today. If for a long period of time, the Community and the Union have persevered in their legislative vocation, now one can notice that this large legislative quantity has complicated the task of knowledge and of application the European standards. Under these circumstances, it became necessary, in order to give effectiveness to the European legislation, the development of some operational application criteria and the generation of some new implementation tools. The correct application of the European Union legislation by the national public administrations was considered by the European Commission as being crucial for further integration and proper functioning of the internal market. Among the initiatives launched in the past years to promote the exchange of good administrative practices in the correct application of European Union legislation, SOLVIT net has proved to be one of the most effective.

Authors:

• C. Mătusescu
• C. Mares
• C. Gilia

Keywords:

• Cooperation
• European law
• informal mechanisms
• internal market
• SOLVIT.

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