In order to spread the opportunities created by new technology to all businesses and consumers, it is essential that the Internal Market in services works efficiently and that companies and their customers are not put off from taking up cross-border opportunities because of regulatory or other barriers. Currently, for example, over 47% of firms providing business services to other EU countries realise 10% or less of their turnover outside their home Member State, according to a survey undertaken by the Commission for its latest report on the functioning of goods, service and capital markets (see (IP/01/7).
Ainsi, une étude entreprise par la Commission pour son dernier rapport sur le fonctionnement des marchés des biens, des services et des capitaux révèle qu'actuellement, plus de 47 % des sociétés offrant des services commerciaux dans d'autres pays de l'UE réalisent 10 % ou moins de leur chiffre d'affaires à l'extérieur de leur État membre d'origine (voir IP/01/7).