På skat­teområdet vedtog den ligeledes forslag om niveauet for den normale sats i det fælles momssystem og et program for overgangen til det endelige system (— > nr. 137) og fremlagde en rapport om vurderingen af skattesystemerne i Uni­onen med hensyn til deres virkning for virksomheder, beskæftigelse og en hold­bar udvikling (—* nr. 136). I forbindelse med den frie bevægelighed for personer foreslog Kommissionen at fuldføre arbejdet med den generelle mekanisme for anerkendelse af eksamensbeviser (— > nr. 125). Kommissionen iværksatte endvi­dere et pilotprojekt (SLIM) med henblik på at forenkle lovgivningen for det indre marked, som der allerede er udarbejdet en rapport om, og fremsatte også et forslag til direktiv om gennemsigtighed i lovgivningen om det indre marked for tjenester i informationssamfundet (— > nr. 407). 49.
The Commission adopted a report on the impact and effectiveness of legislation in this field (— > point 107), Green Papers on financial services (— > point 127) and commercial communications (—» point 133), and a communication in which it stresses the services sector's role in, and potential for, job crea tion.2In the tax sphere, it adopted proposals on the level of the stand ard rate under the common VAT system and a programme for the changeover to the definitive system (— > point 137) and presented a report assessing the impact of the tax systems in the Union on businesses, employment and sustained growth (— > point 136). In the context of the free movement of persons, the Commission proposed to complete the general mechanism for the recognition of qualifications (—» point 125). It also implemented a pilot project (SLIM) relating to the simpli fication of internal market legislation which was the subject of a pre liminary report (—» point 106), and presented a proposal for a directive on regulatory openness in the internal market in information society services (—* point 407). 49.