The internal market information (IMI) system : 15 years of connecting public administrations across the EU

IMI is a generic online application connecting public authorities across borders and languages. Accessible to more than 30 000 users, IMI contains, in a secure environment, harmonised digital workflows and pre-defined communication forms, available in 23 languages that allow exchanges of information for cross-border administrative cooperation. IMI is an indispensable tool in building partnership, cooperation and trust across the EU and in implementing and enforcing single market legislation. IMI pioneered the 'once-only' and 'digitalready' policymaking principles by developing a single system and making it available for multiple policy areas.