Conformity Checking

Since 2003, Milieu has supported a number of Directorate-Generals of the European Commission in their task to ensure that Directives are fully and correctly transposed in the Member States. We take this work very seriously, in view of its importance to the European Commission in its role as guardian of the Treaty. We strive for excellence in all of our outputs, and are continuously seeking for ways to improve the conformity studies that are prepared directly by us or under our close guidance.

For our conformity checking projects, we typically assemble a team comprising the best of the national legal experts and companies with whom we have worked on previous conformity checking projects. Their deep familiarity with the methods we have developed for conformity checking offers a level of assurance of high quality work that few other companies can match. Our detailed methodological tools ensure maximum uniformity and comparability of analysis over all 27 Member States. These include tables of correspondence, guidelines on how to carry out conformity checking, and templates for the national conformity studies.

To date, Milieu has successfully carried out conformity checking studies for several Directorate-Generals of the European Commission as highlighted below.

For DG Environment

Conformity checking of measures of Member States to transpose Directives in the sector of the Environment:

Four-year framework contract covering EU-27 (2009-2012)
Contract covering 26 Member States and 25 Directives (110 studies, 2007-2008))
Contract covering Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK (44 studies, 2006-2007)
Contract covering Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium and Malta (48 studies, 2005-2006)
Contract covering Malta (25 studies, 2004-2005)
Contract covering Spain (17 studies, 2003-2004)

For DG Climate Action

Conformity checking of measures of Member States to transpose Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of CO2 (2011-2014)

Directive 1999/94/EC relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars for Germany (2010-2011)

For DG Justice

Conformity checking of measures of Member States to transpose Directives in the area of Citizenship

Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member State (EU-27, 2007-2008)
Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (EU-27, 2007-2008)
Directive 94/80/EC on the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals; and Directive 93/109/EC on the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (EU-12, 2007-2008)

For DG Enterprise

Legal services with regard to the transposition by Member States of the Community legislation in relation to chemicals

Four-year framework contract for EU-27 (first call on Directive 2007/23/EC on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles) (2008-2012)
Transposition of Directive 76/769/EEC on marketing and use restrictions, by Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK (2006-2007)
Transposition of Directive 1999/45/EC by Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia (2005-2006)
Transposition of Directive 1999/45/EC on Dangerous Preparations, by Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden (2004-2005)

For DG Employment

Studies on the implementation of the EU Labour Law Directives in Bulgaria and Romania (2009)

Conformity checking of transposition of the first fourteen individual Directives within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work into national law

Bulgaria, Romania (2006)
Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia (2004)

For DG Internal Market and Services

Study on the implementation of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia (2006-2007)