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The next Committee meeting will be held on Thursday 8 June (09.00 - 12.30)in József Antall (JAN) building, room 4Q1 (Brussels).

Since 1 July 2014, IMCO is a paperless committee. All documents will be available in the "Meeting documents" section (see links below).

Further information
Meeting documents
Voting lists
Timetables for dossiers
Roll call votes
IMCO newsletters

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On 30 May, Members adopted the own-initiative report on standardisation by 34 votes in favour, 0 against and 2 abstentions.

The Members encourage the Commission to promote more EU cooperation internationally, to address the lack of transparency especially for SMEs, to make sure that all stakeholders are included in the standardisation process, as well as to include the collaborative economy and accessibility into the report.

Further information
Agenda and meeting documents

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Votes of 30 May 2017
Votes of 18 May 2017 (joint ITRE-IMCO)
Votes of 11 May 2017
Vote of 3 May 2017
Votes of 25 April 2017
Votes of 21 March 2017
Vote of 9 February 2017
Votes of 26 January 2017

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IIt's often cheaper and easier for consumers to buy a new product than to repair it or replace some of its parts. There is little incentive to prolong the life of a product through repair, nor to re-use or recycle it. IMCO Members adopted the draft report on A longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies by 34 votes in favour, 0 against and 1 abstention.

Further information
Press release: Making durable, reparable goods for consumers and tackling planned obsolescence
Agenda and meeting documents

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DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Eva Maydell

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Timetables agreed at the Coordinators' meeting can be found here.

May 2017

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The draft report on a longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies was adopted by 34-0-1. Among the main elements of the adopted text are measures that make the choice of repair of goods attractive to the consumer, the development of the standardisation of spare parts and tools necessary for repair, the support to repairs and second-hand sales, the consideration of a voluntary European label on product's durability, better information of consumers on product durability and

the proposal of a definition of planned obsolescence at EU level for tangible goods and software.

Further information
Press release: Making durable, reparable goods for consumers and tackling planned obsolescence
Agenda and meeting documents

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DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Ivan Štefanec

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REPORT on online platforms and the digital single market
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Henna Virkkunen, Philippe Juvin

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NOTICE TO MEMBERS - Report on the IMCO mission to Tallinn, Estonia on 19 - 21 April 2017
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Ivan Štefanec

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DRAFT OPINION on Action Plan on Retail Financial Services
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Josef Weidenholzer

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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Vicky Ford

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Power-point presentations, publications and speeches delivered during the Committee meetings can be found here.

08 June 2017
     Services Package - Services Notification proposal
11 May 2017
     Proportionality Test (PPT presentation)
3 May 2017
     Services Package - European Services e-Card (PPT presentation)
21 March 2017
     European Electronic Communications Code - Powerpoint presentations
9 February 2017
     Speech by Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska - Presentation of the new European services package
     European Digital Guarantee – PPT presentation by Prof. H. Schulte-Nölke (European Legal Studies Institute Osnabrück)
6 February 2017
     Modernising regulated professions - Transposition of the revised Professional Qualifications Directive
26 January 2017
     European standards - implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 - Powerpoint presentations

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Cross-border parcel delivery services
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Biljana Borzan

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Workshop Performing Professional Services

Policy Department A is organising for IMCO Committee a workshop on reforming professional services. The workshop will be chaired by MEP Nicola Danti. The event will take place on 20 June 2017, 15.00-18.30 in Brussels (ASP 3G-2).

Two expert panels will focus on economic effects of regulating professional services and recommendations for policy -makers. The panels will be followed by a roundtable with industry experts.
Please note that the workshop is in principle open to the public, but you need to have an access to the European Parliament to be able to attend. No special registration for the workshop available. For more information please contact Policy Department A: poldep-economy-science@ep.europa.eu

Location : Altiero Spinelli 3G2

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