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Internal Market Information (IMI) system
Brussels, 20th June 2007European Council of the Liberal Professions
Presentation by Pamela Brumter-CoretDG MARKT Unit D3 Regulated Professions
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Why do we need an Internal Market Information system?
• Correct implementation of EU legislation depends on partnership and administrative cooperation
• Internal Market is administered at local, regional and national level
• Administrative cooperation needs support especially in an EU of 27 MS
• Legal requirement of the Services Directive
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Why does administrative cooperation not work as it should?
• Administrative cooperation between MS needs support because of:
- different languages- no clearly identified partners- different administrative cultures- different administrative structures- lack of agreed procedures- 351 bilateral relationships to manage
(105 in EU15)
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• Agreed rules built into the information system
• The process takes place at operational level and is thus de-dramatized
• MS have a clearly identified interlocutor in another MS
How information systems help to solve the problem
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• Exchange of information speeded up so that complex problems can be dealt with in a reasonable time period
• Language problems reduced by structuring and translating in advance
• MS manage a single relationship with a network instead of 26 separate bilateral relationships
How information systems help to solve the problem
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• IMI will be a general system providing services useful to Member States who want to communicate with each other on any subject
• IMI will also include computer applications specific to a particular area such as Services or Professional Qualifications
• IMI will be a single system to support several pieces of internal market legislation and avoid proliferation of information systems
What is the articulation between IMI and specific directives?
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The IMI systemHorizontal and vertical applications
COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND NATIONAL EXPERTS
LANGUAGESUPPORT
QUESTION SET GENERATOR
Information exchange for
SERVICES
Information exchange for
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Information exchange for
Information exchange for
……...
CA DATA
CA DATA
CA DATA
CA DATA
QUESTIONS QUESTIONS QUESTIONSQUESTIONS
……...
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IMI does not impose additional obligations on Member States beyond those already contained in internal market legislation
• Revised Directive on Professional Qualifications (2005/36/EC)
Article 8 - Administrative cooperationArticle 50 - Documentation and formalitiesArticle 56 - Competent Authorities
• Services Directive (2006/123/EC)Articles 28-36 in particular articles 34.1, 36and recital 112
Administrative cooperationThe legal obligations
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• Find partner authority in another Member State
• Select from list of questions based on legislative provisions
• Target deadline for reply
• Automatic email alerts
• 23 languages
The IMI system – Basic features
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• Attach documents or images electronically
• Print reports in any of the EU languages
• Email national contact point, service provider or other authorities from within the application
• Link additional authorities to request
• Manage requests – request status, deadlines, request overview
The IMI system – Additional features
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Flexibility for MSs to organise themselvesas they wish
COORDINATORLEVEL
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
COUNTRY 1 COUNTRY 2
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
NATIONAL OR
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
NATIONAL OR
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
Competent Authoritiesmay contact each other directly
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Flexibility for MSs to organise themselvesas they wish
COORDINATORLEVEL
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
COUNTRY 1 COUNTRY 2
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
NATIONAL OR
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
NATIONAL OR
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
One Member State may choose to direct allRequests via one or more Coordinator(s)
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Flexibility for MSs to organise themselvesas they wish
COORDINATORLEVEL
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
COUNTRY 1 COUNTRY 2
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
NATIONAL OR
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
NATIONAL OR
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
Both Member States may choose to direct allRequests via one or more Coordinator(s)
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Organisation of Competent Authoritiesand monitoring the exchange of information
in IMI
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Obligatory entities in IMI:
Competent Authorities
National IMI Coordinator
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What can a Competent Authority do in IMI?
Competent Authorities registered in IMI can:
• find their relevant interlocutor in another Member State
• exchange information with them within the system
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Why do we need aNational IMI Coordinator?
Every Member State has to have a National IMI Coordinator (NIMIC)
• To ensure that only valid Competent Authorities are registered to use IMI
• To act as main interlocutor with European Commission and other Member States on IMI matters
• To ensure replies to requests from and to other Member States – escalation procedures
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Basic model with obligatory entities of IMI(CAs and a NIMIC)
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
ÖsterreichischeÄrztekammer
ÄrztekammerTirol
ÄrztekammerSalzburg
ÄrztekammerWien
ÄrztekammerSteiermark
Ärztekammer Burgenland
ÄrztekammerVorarlberg
NATIONALCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
NATIONALIMI COORDINATOR
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
3
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
4
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
5
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
1
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
2 COMPETENTAUTHORITY
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COMPETENTAUTHORITY
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Optional entities in IMI:
Delegated IMI Coordinators
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Why have Delegated IMI Coordinators?
A MS can choose to appoint a number ofDelegated IMI Coordinators because:
• Some MS have a federal structure
• CAs are organised differently in different MS
• Some MS wish to implement a centralised approach to IMI with information flowing via coordinators
• Some MS may have a very large number of CAs
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Coordination of Competent Authorities in IMI
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
ÖsterreichischeÄrztekammer
ÄrztekammerTirol
ÄrztekammerSalzburg
ÄrztekammerWien
ÄrztekammerSteiermark
Ärztekammer Burgenland
ÄrztekammerVorarlberg
NATIONALCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
NATIONALIMI COORDINATOR
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
3
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
4
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
5
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
1
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
2 COMPETENTAUTHORITY
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DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
1
DELEGATEDIMI COORDINATOR
2
DELEGATEDCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
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MS can choose how coordination is organised
A Delegated IMI Coordinator could be responsible for:
• a legislative area(e.g. Professional Qualificatons)
• a geographicalarea(e.g. Autonomous Community in Spain)
• an administrative division(e.g. Ministry for Labour)
• a combination of the above (e.g. German Land PQ)
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Model with DIMIC – organisation by legislative area – Hypothetical example (Austria)
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
ÖsterreichischeÄrztekammer
ÄrztekammerTirol
ÄrztekammerSalzburg
ÄrztekammerWien
ÄrztekammerSteiermark
Ärztekammer Burgenland
ÄrztekammerVorarlberg
NATIONALCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
NIMICAUSTRIA
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
3
Authority for Villach
Authority for Bregenz
AviationAgency
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
2Authority for
Graz
Authority forPamhagen
DIMIC for Professional
Qualifications
DIMIC forSERVICES
ÖsterreichischeÄrztekammer
NationalChamber ofPharmacists
NationalMedical
Chamber
DELEGATEDCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
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Model with DIMIC – organisation by geographical area – Hypothetical example (Austria)
LEVEL OFCOMPETENTAUTHORITIES
ÖsterreichischeÄrztekammer
ÄrztekammerTirol
ÄrztekammerSalzburg
ÄrztekammerWien
ÄrztekammerSteiermark
Ärztekammer Burgenland
ÄrztekammerVorarlberg
NATIONALCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
NIMICAUSTRIA
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
3
Chamber of Architects
Tirol
Labour Inspectorate
Tirol
NationalMedical
Chamber
COMPETENTAUTHORITY
2 Chamber ofLawyers
Tirol
MedicalChamber of
Tirol
DIMIC for Burgenland
DIMIC forTirol
ÖsterreichischeÄrztekammer
Authority forPamhagen
Medical Chamber
Burgenland
DELEGATEDCOORDINATOR
LEVEL
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• Feasibility stage completed
• Development has begun
• IMAC IMI Working Group
• PQD IMI Group currently finalising questions
• Pilot first PQD application (with 4 professions doctors, pharmacists, accountants, physiotherapists) end 2007
• Services application to be ready for pilot end 2008
IMI project
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The flow of a request in IMI
Creating and sending a new request
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST SENTAWAITING
ACCEPTANCE
Accept the request
RESPONDING CA
REQUESTACCEPTED
Provide fullInformation
RESPONDING CA
REQUEST OPENINFORMATION
PROVIDED
Accept provided information
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST CLOSEDINFORMATION
ACCEPTED
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Example of an Information exchange about Professional Qualifications:
Information exchange between Ireland and Belgium
Information request about:Doctor / Permanent establishment
Questions related to the professional &Questions to identify the qualification
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The Requesting Competent Authority enters data about the professional
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The Requesting Competent Authority selects the questions it wants to ask – How to select them?
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Question selection – Displayingthe subsections in the Question Set
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Question selection – Displayingthe full list of questions
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Question selection – Displayingonly the relevant part of the Question Set
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Question selection – Displayingonly the relevant part of the Question Set
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Question selection – Displayingonly the relevant part of the Question Set
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Question selection – Search for questionsusing a keyword (training)
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Question selection – Search for questionsusing a keyword (training)
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Question selection – Search for questions using a combination of keywords (training & duration)
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The Requesting Competent Authority selects the questions it wants to ask
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The Requesting Competent Authority decides to send the request
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Request sent
Creating and sending a new request
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST SENTAWAITING
ACCEPTANCE
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The Responding CA checks the received request and decides to accept it
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Creating and sending a new request
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST SENTAWAITING
ACCEPTANCE
Accept the request
RESPONDING CA
REQUESTACCEPTED
Request accepted
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After acceptance the Responding CAcan see full details of the request
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The Responding CA can also check the part of the directive to which a question refers
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The Responding Competent Authority provides the information requested
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Creating and sending a new request
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST SENTAWAITING
ACCEPTANCE
Accept the request
RESPONDING CA
REQUESTACCEPTED
Provide fullInformation
RESPONDING CA
REQUEST OPENINFORMATION
PROVIDED
Information provided
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The Requesting Competent Authority checks and accepts the provided information
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Provided information accepted
Creating and sending a new request
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST SENTAWAITING
ACCEPTANCE
Accept the request
RESPONDING CA
REQUESTACCEPTED
Provide fullInformation
RESPONDING CA
REQUEST OPENINFORMATION
PROVIDED
Accept provided information
REQUESTING CA
REQUEST CLOSEDINFORMATION
ACCEPTED
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Data protection in IMI
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Personal data processed in IMI
Two different sets of personal data to be processed:
personal data relating to the staff in Competent Authorities themselves (including NIMICs and DIMICs)
personal data of the migrant service provider
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Processing of personal data
Most personal data processing actstake place in the IMI system:
either in order to populate the system with information about Competent Authorities
or during information exchanges between Competent Authorities
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General rules for data processing
Personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully
Personal data may only be processed: when the aim of the information
exchange is lawful
and the system procedures respect the legal requirements
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• No access to IMI for unauthorized users
• Personal data is transmitted encrypted through https protocol
• IMI has a logical data partitioning: user only has access to the specific data it needs
• Access to personal data is limited to the two CA involved in the exchange of information
Protection of IMI datafrom unauthorized access
Within the system data is protected in a number of ways:
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Roadmap for Implementation
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IMI – ROADMAP FOR IMPLEMENTATION
The IMI system has a number of different components
There are a number of different actors (Commission and Member State level) involved in developing and implementing IMI
Inter-dependencies exist between the various activities and actors involved in implementation
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THE IMI SYSTEM
SOFTWARE
TRANSLATIONS
COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA
QUESTION SETS
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THE IMI SYSTEM - SOFTWARE
SOFTWARE
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SOFTWARE (1)
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
DIGIT (DG Information Technology) is the system supplier
Technical development of software to support all of the functionality requested by Member States
Creation and hosting of TEST, TRAINING and PRODUCTION IMI environments
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SOFTWARE (2)
SOFTWARE TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
DG MARKT will test all of the features of the system
Test by function (CA registration, Request creation, etc.) : May – August 2007
Correction of problems by DIGIT
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SOFTWARE (3)
SOFTWARE TESTING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
Verification of all system “labels” which appear on screen in the reference language (English) by DG MARKT
End to end acceptance test by DG MARKT (September – October 2007)
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THE IMI SYSTEM–QUESTION SETS
QUESTION SETS
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QUESTION SETS (1)
QUESTION SETS
Questions derived from administrative cooperation provisions of revised PQ Directive (2005/36/EC)
Member State PQ committee to approve questions for IMI pilot by June 2007
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QUESTION SETS (2)
QUESTION SETS
Approved questions to be registered in IMI database (showing relationships, dependencies, etc.)
Questions to be extracted from IMI database and sent for translation
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THE IMI SYSTEM - TRANSLATIONS
TRANSLATIONS
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TRANSLATIONS (1)
TRANSLATION INTO 23 LANGUAGES
All translations by DG Translation (DGT)
All software “labels” to be translated
Questions derived from the PQ Directive to be translated
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THE IMI SYSTEM
COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA
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COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA (1)
TRAINING OF NIMIC’s/DIMIC’s
DG MARKT will train National and Delegated IMI Coordinators in how to register Competent Authorities in IMI
(23-25 October 2007)
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COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA (2)
REGISTRATION OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES Following training, NIMICs
can register DIMICs where these have been nominated
IMI Coordinators (NIMIC or DIMIC as appropriate) to register Competent Authorities for the 4 pilot professions
Short Informal Titles provided will be extracted from IMI for translation
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COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA (3)
TRAINING OF IMI “SUPER-USERs”
DG MARKT will train “super-users” from Member States in all IMI system functions
(13-15 November 2007)
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COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA (4)
TRAINING OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
Each Member State (“super-user”) to train its Competent Authorities in how to exchange requests in IMI
(November 2007 –>)
Commission may be able to travel to MS to participate if requested
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COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA
HELP FACILITY
Each NIMIC to provide IMI Help facility for its Member State
DG MARKT to provide a central helpdesk for IMI queries
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THE IMI SYSTEM
SOFTWARE
TRANSLATIONS
COMPETENT AUTHORITY DATA
QUESTION SETS
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THE IMI SYSTEM
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Competent Authorities for the 4 professions (Doctors, Pharmacists, Accountants and Physiotherapists) can begin to exchange information requests through the IMI system (November 2007 ->)
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For further information or questions please contact the following e-mail
address: