The resulting reports will contribute to (a) reports on Member States’ experiences in implementing Directive 2004/23/EC, as required by Article 26(2), and Directive 2002/98/EC, as required by Article 26(2); (b) identifying Member States with successful implementation and supporting Member States which have encountered problems; (c) helping enforce the implementation of this legislation; and (d) identifying systemic problems which may require changes in legislation.

27. For civil justice, studies prepared before the report evaluating the application of a legislative instrument is presented could give a useful overview of the current situation, but reports are not requested for all instruments in force and their periodicity does not enable the difficulties and problems related to the application of the instruments concerned to be taken into account.

This report highlights that the problems identified in the Commission’s 2006/07 Progress Report and Sectoral Inquiry Report on the European electricity and gas markets to a large extent still remain.

A major focus in early 2002 was the establishment of Action Plans by the Candidate Countries in response to specific problems in the adoption of the acquis identified in the Commission's Strategy Reports 2001 and 2002, and at implementing specific measures (principally administrative and judicial reforms) aimed at resolving them in order to fulfil all the criteria necessary for accession.

3. If the competent authority which prepared the report decides that the product may be placed on the market, in the absence of any reasoned objection from a Member State or the Commission within 60 days following the date of circulation of the assessment report referred to in Article 14(3)(a) or if outstanding issues are resolved within the 105 day period referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authority which prepared the report shall give consent in writing for placing on the market, shall transmit it to the notifier and shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof within 30 days.

By the nature of the selection procedure, as identified in the 'Information Dossier', the Commission has mainly focused on coherence and consistency with the Fifth Environmental Action Programme (5EAP) and its overall provisions for the integration of environmental concerns into all major policy areas and the principle of 'shared responsibility' (which means that all areas of activity, which cause environmental problems, should form part of the solution to them).