79. Calls for the development of well-integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets that ensure the adequacy and flexibility of the energy system covering all parts of the Union; demands that the Commission act decisively and transparently against all instances of protectionism, anti-competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit; emphasises the importance of ensuring stable national regulatory frameworks, address administrative barriers and streamline national administrative procedures, also to guarantee a level playing field for citizen-based projects;

76. Calls for the development of well-integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets that ensure the adequacy and flexibility of the energy system covering all parts of the Union; demands that the Commission act decisively and transparently against all instances of protectionism, anti-competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit; emphasises the importance of ensuring stable national regulatory frameworks, address administrative barriers and streamline national administrative procedures, also to guarantee a level playing field for citizen-based projects;

87. Calls for the development of well-integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets that ensure the adequacy and flexibility of the energy system , covering all parts of the Union; demands that the Commission act decisively and transparently against all instances of protectionism, anti-competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit; emphasises the importance of ensuring stable national regulatory frameworks, addressing administrative barriers and streamlining national administrative procedures, also in order to guarantee a level playing field for citizen-based projects; specifically, calls on the Commiss ...[+++]ion to ensure an objective market framework enabling competition on equal terms for all technologies, including those with infra-marginal features, such as renewable energy, and to maximise the participation of those technologies that contribute most to the objectives of security of supply, efficiency and environmental sustainability;

26. Calls on the Commission to ensure that banks reimburse State aid as soon as the financial sector has recovered, ensuring fair competition within the internal market and a level playing field with regard to exit conditions;

In some areas, it has made further progress towards becoming a functioning market economy, notably by reducing barriers to market entry and exit and improving the capacity of the courts to handle economy-related cases.

4. Calls upon the Member States to consider tax incentives for companies employing older workers in order to ease the burden on public spending on the one hand and employees in the form of tax relief for marginal income received in addition to their pension on the other, so as to make it easier for them to remain in the employment market on a voluntary basis; urges the Member States to provide for flexible policies for those leaving the labour market and introducing lifelong training practices;