The countries have to report the annual performance to the EU Commission.
This is four years later than even the EU Commission itself proposes.
The EU commission want to abolish this and some other exemptions.
However, there has been no official comment on this view from the EU Commission.
Unfortunately the EU commission is hardly a bastion of democracy.
The proposal was accepted by the EU Commission and funding provided for the project.
In an oral question, they asked the EU Commission to act against such dangerous developments.
This initiative results from a regulation by the EU Commission released in 2009.
The EU Commission is to make proposals here, it is true, but we do not know what they are.
The directives provided a framework for the EU commission to ensure compliance and take judicial action when necessary.