“Lithuania and the European Commission continue to work to ensure a stable and favourable regulatory environment for business, with a view to reinforcing competitiveness and economic performance of both Lithuania as well as the entire EU”, noted the Head of Government.
The European Commissioner welcomed Lithuanian Government’s vigorous and effective dialogue with the European Commission on Community-wide issues, including those relating to the single EU market.
European Commission’s recommendations for Lithuania were also discussed.
“We appreciate the proposals leading to increased competitiveness and a more effective internal market. The Government is for the efforts to fully exploit all the avenues of the European Union single market and remove the outstanding obstacles in the goods and services markets”, said the prime Minister.
However, according to the Prime Minister, it still happens for our businesses to stumble over obstacles in other markets, especially in the service sector, which demonstrates the need for speedier implementation of European Commission’s initiative on “services passport”.
The Prime Minister noted Lithuania’s objections as regards European Commission’s proposals to reform the posted workers directive, as that may adversely affect the competitiveness of European countries.
“Posting is significant in the domestic market, especially in terms of cross-border services. Therefore, I believe that the proposal, which does not take account of the diversity of economic development, may create new obstacles to the provision of services”, said the Head of Government, noting Lithuanian Parliament’s reasoned opinion on EC proposal from the point of view of the principle of subsidiarity.
The interlocutors overviewed European Commission’s strategy ‘Upgrading the single market: more opportunities for people and business’. They agreed about the importance of better regulation for appropriate quality, thus ensuring full access for business and consumers to European Union’s single market advantages.
European Commission’s initiative on digitization of European industry was also briefly discussed, focussing on the development of innovations, increased global competitiveness of European industry, and preservation of traditional European industries.
