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European Commission

Special Eurobarometer 363

 

INTERNAL MARKET: AWARENESS, PERCEPTIONS AND IMPACTS [26 September 2011]

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_363_en.pdf

[full-text, 234 pages]

 

[excerpt]

The survey also measures attitudes to cross-border work (whether people

support it, and are interested in taking advantage of this freedom themselves), to public

procurement that may involve foreign companies, to counterfeiting and piracy, and to

citizens’ rights. 

 

Table of contents

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 7

1. THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EU – GENERAL PERCEPTIONS .................... 11

1.1 What did EU citizens think of when they heard the words “Internal Market

of the EU”? .................................................................................................... 12

1.2 Agreement with statements about the EU Internal Market ...................... 18

2. FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS AND REGULATED PROFESSIONALS............. 31

2.1 Free movement of workers in the EU ....................................................... 32

2.1.1 Working in another EU Member State ...................................................... 32

2.1.2 Obstacles to working in another EU Member State..................................... 38

2.2 Free movement of regulated professionals in the EU ............................... 44

2.2.1 Awareness of free movement of doctors and nurses .................................. 44

2.2.2 Using the services of a foreign-trained doctor ........................................... 47

2.2.3 Importance of the Member State of training and qualification...................... 52

3. AWARENESS AND OPINIONS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN THE EU ........ 57

3.1 Sources of information on EU rights ........................................................ 57

3.2 Sources of help on EU rights .................................................................... 62

3.3 Personal experience of individual rights in the EU ................................... 66

4. AWARENESS AND OPINIONS ABOUT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS .... 78

4.1 Awareness of EU laws against counterfeiting and piracy ......................... 79

4.2 Counterfeit products bought in “good faith” ............................................ 82

4.3 Is it sometimes justified to buy counterfeit products?............................. 86

4.4 Perceptions about counterfeit products and their impact on the economy 95 .......

5. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT WITHIN THE INTERNAL MARKET.......................... 103

5.1 Public procurement procedures in the EU .............................................. 104

5.1.1 Perceptions of the usefulness of common rules for public procurement ....... 104

5.1.2 Support for opening up of public procurement within the Internal Market.... 107

5.2 Attitudes towards the selection criteria used in public procurement

procedures................................................................................................... 113

5.2.1 The deciding factor when awarding public contracts................................. 113

5.2.2 Can public authorities deviate from the lowest cost option? ...................... 119

ANNEXES

  Technical specifications

  Questionnaire

  Tables 

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