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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market

SOLVIT network sees 75% increase in cases handled in 2007

Brussels, 07/05/2008 (Agence Europe) -Last year, the single market problem-solving network , SOLVIT, handled 819 problems encountered by individuals and businesses in exercising their single market rights, and resolved 679 of them (83%), the European Commission announced in a press release on Tuesday 6 May.

In the fifth year of its existence, SOLVIT saw a 75% increase in the volume of cases handled compared to 2006, and managed to keep resolution rates high and case handling times short....

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