The Alert Mechanism

Presentation of the Services Directive alert

mechanism in IMI

ADCO Group
Stockholm, 5th November 2009
Presentation by DG ENTR Unit I4

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The IMI System

IMI by the end of 2009

The IMI System

Professional Qualifications Services

Information Information
Requests
ALERTS
Requests

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I. Introduction (i)

September 2008

 Conceptual overview of Alert mechanism

presented to IMAC-IMI

Today (16 June 2009)

 How the alert mechanism will be implemented

(development work in progress)

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I. Introduction (ii)

29 September 2009 (IMAC-IMI)

 Detailed discussion on alert mechanism

including specific tasks for Member States

17 November 2009 (IMI Training workshop)

 Comprehensive training on Alert workflow

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Initiating an Alert

Initiating alert
Member State 1

CA CA
Alert
CA Coordinator
CA

Competent Authorities can

initiate alerts

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Complete check list before initiating an Alert

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Creating an Alert

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Creating an Alert

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Creating an Alert

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Creating an Alert

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Sending and receiving alerts

Broadcast
Initiating alert Receiving alert
alert to MS
Member State 1

CA CA

Member State 2
Alert
CA Coordinator Incoming
CA Alert Postbox

 Alert Coordinators send the

alert to one or more MS

Member State 3
Incoming
 Incoming Alert Postboxes Alert Postbox
receive alerts from other MS

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Sending and receiving alerts

Broadcast Disseminating
Initiating alert Receiving alert
alert to MS alert within MS
Member State 1

CA Alert CA
CA

Member State 2
Alert Coordinator

CA Coordinator Incoming CA CA
CA Alert Postbox
CA
Alert CA
The Incoming Alert Postboxes Coordinator
CA
make alerts visible to
Authorities and Alert Alert CA

Member State 3
Coordinator
Coordinators
Incoming CA
Alert Coordinators may add Alert Postbox
CA

further recipients to the alert CA

(recipients may already have been Alert CA

Coordinator
identified by the initiator of the alert) CA
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Recipients of the Alert see a full view

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Different parts of an Alert

 Overview  Attachments
 Service Provider Details  Additional information
 Description of the Case  Closure management
 List of Recipients  History log

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Sending additional information

Member State
Initiating
Alert open of
Member State
Establishment
Send additional info

Other Other
Member State Member State
The Member States involved
involved
involved in the alert can
add additional
Other information while the Other
Member State alert is open Member State
involved involved

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Additional information added

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Closing an alert

Alert open Member State

Initiating
Propose closure of
Member State
Establishment

Object to closure
Other Other
Member State Member State
involved involved

 The Member State of

Other Establishment (MSE) Other
Member State proposes the closure of the Member State
involved alert involved

 MS who received the alert can

object to the closure of the alert
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Closing an alert

Alert
Alertclosed
open Member State
Initiating
Propose closure of
Member State
Establishment

Object to closure
Other Other
Member State Closure of alert Member State
involved involved

 If no Member State objects to

Other the closure the alert is closed Other
Member State Member State
involved  If there is an objection to closure involved
the MSE has to re-propose closure

 When the MSE is unknown, the Initiating Member State

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Proposing closure

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Proposing closure

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Closure management

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Alert Closed

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Next Steps

 Version 2.0 software (Alert workflow) to be

delivered end July 2009 for testing by DG
MARKT

 Start date for pilot depends on the results of

testing

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Thank you for your attention

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