14.11.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 316/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 1024/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 October 2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC (‘the IMI Regulation’) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national assistance. In particular, IMI helps competent authorities to identify their counterpart in another Member State, to manage the exchange of information, including personal data, on the basis of simple and unified procedures and to overcome language barriers on the basis of pre-defined and pre-translated workflows. Where available, the Commission should provide IMI users with any existing additional translation functionality that meets their needs, is compatible with the security and confidentiality requirements for the exchange of information in IMI and can be offered at a reasonable cost. parliaments, 3)  In order to overcome language barriers, IMI should in Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and principle be available in all official Union languages. Social Committee (1), (4)  The purpose of IMI should be to improve the functioning Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2), of the internal market by providing an effective, user- friendly tool for the implementation of administrative cooperation between Member States and between Whereas: Member States and the Commission, thus facilitating the application of Union acts listed in the Annex to this Regulation. (1) The application of certain Union acts governing the free 8 movement of goods, persons, services and capital in the internal market requires Member States to cooperate L o more effectively ar(lld exchange information Witlf one G) The. Commission Communication (?f 21 February 2011 another and with the Commission. As practical means entitled thter governance of the SlngleAMarket throufgh . . . ) reater administrative cooperation: strate or to implement such information exchange are often not gx andine  and  develo inp the  Internal glz,/Iarket specified in those acts, appropriate practical arrangements F 8 ¢ oping 1 for th need to be made Information System (“IMI”)’ sets out plans for the : possible expansion of IMI to other Union acts. The Commission Communication of 13 April 2011 entitled (0  The Internal Market Information System (IMT) is a Single Market Act: Twelve“Levers‘ to boost growth and software application accessible via the internet, strengthen confidence — quk1ng together to create developed by the Commission in cooperation with the new growth stresses the importance of MI for Member States, in order to assist Member States with the .strenthen1ng cooperation among th? actors involved, practical implementation of information exchange including at local leve-L thus contrlbutlng to better requirements laid down in Union acts by providing a governance  of the single  market. It is therefore centralised communication mechanism to facilitate necessary to establish a sound legal framework for IMI cross-border exchange of information and mutual and a set of common rules to ensure that IMI functions efficiently. () OJ C 43, 15.2.2012, p. 14. (3) Position of the European Parliament of 11 September 2012 (not yet o o . published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of (6) Where the apphcatlon of a provision of a Union act 4 October 2012. requires Member States to exchange personal data and