Highlights - Join the European Single Market week from 15 to 20 October - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 5, 2012, 2:40 am

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The European Single Market turns 20 years old. As part of the anniversary, a Single Market Week is organised with events taking place in the 27 Member States of the EU. A launch event, to kick off Single Market Week, will take place in Brussels on 15 October 212. It will be focused on real stories and experiences of the Single Market and bring together 400 citizens from across 27 Members States.

Further information
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Draft opinion - Improving access to finance for SMEs - PE 496.659v01-00 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 8, 2012, 12:25 am

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DRAFT OPINION on improving access to finance for SMEs
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis

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October 8, 2012, 2:25 am

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Recognition of professional qualifications is key to making the fundamental Internal Market freedoms work effectively for EU citizens. Members will consider B. Vergnaud (S&D - FR) legislative draft report on the Amendment of Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and of Regulation on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System.

Further information
Bernadette VERGNAUD
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October 8, 2012, 6:55 am

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Wednesday 10 October (09.00 - 12.30 and 15.00 - 18.30) and Thursday 11 October (09.00 - 12.30) in ASP 3G3 .

Find here the Order of Business (changes highlighted in red)

 

From the Committee Meeting of 25/9: Provisional Outcome of Votes

 

► Newsletter:  Issue 35: September 2012 - Previous issues 
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- State of the Art Mobile Internet Connectivity and its Impact on e-Commerce

- Road Map to the Digital Single Market - Prioritising Necessary Legislative Responses to Opportunities and Barriers to e-Commerce

- Simplifying and Modernising VAT in the Digital Single Market for e-Commerce

- Reforming the Data Protection Package

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2012 work plan
2012 timetables
2012 - 2013 Calendar of meetings
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Minutes - Monday, 24 September 2012 - PE 496.488v01-00 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 10, 2012, 1:10 am

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Video of a committee meeting - Wednesday, 10 October 2012 - 10:43 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 10, 2012, 6:16 am

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Length of video : 112'
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Video of a committee meeting - Wednesday, 10 October 2012 - 15:09 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 11, 2012, 12:59 am

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Length of video : 114'
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Report - Online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR) - A7-0236/2012 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 11, 2012, 4:26 am

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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Regulation on consumer ODR)
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein

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Video of a committee meeting - Thursday, 11 October 2012 - 09:09 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 11, 2012, 5:50 am

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October 11, 2012, 7:37 am

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Gaps and differences in EU member states' laws governing online trading or inconsistent enforcement of rules, as well as inadequate digital infrastructure, are preventing EU firms and citizens from reaping the full benefits of the digital single market and causing the EU to fall behind the global competition, say Internal Market Committee MEPs in a non-binding resolution voted on Thursday.
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Subject files - Award of concessions contracts - COD - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 11, 2012, 9:40 am

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Alongside the on-going reform of public procurement, the IMCO committee is currently considering a Commission proposal on concessions contracts. This initiative seeks to ensure a more efficient allocation of public money by establishing a single instrument regulating the competitive award of concessions contracts. The proposed rules seek to increase legal certainty for public authorities and to guarantee businesses effective access to the concessions markets across the EU.

 

The European Commission presented its proposal and the Impact Assessment to the IMCO Members on 25h January 2012. The first exchange of views took place on 29th February 2012.

 

Rapporteur: Philippe Juvin (EPP)
 
Shadow rapporteurs: Antonio Panzeri (S&D), Cristian Silviu Buşoi (ALDE), Heide Rühle (Greens), Malcolm Harbour / Edvard Kožušník (ECR), Dennis de Jong (GUE), Matteo Salvini (EFD)

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October 12, 2012, 1:10 am

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Monday 5 November

(15.00 - 18.30) and Tuesday 6 November (09.00 - 12.30 and 15.00 - 18.30) in ASP 1G3

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From the Committee Meeting of 25/9: Provisional Outcome of Votes

 

► Newsletter:  Issue 35: September 2012 - Previous issues 
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- State of the Art Mobile Internet Connectivity and its Impact on e-Commerce

- Road Map to the Digital Single Market - Prioritising Necessary Legislative Responses to Opportunities and Barriers to e-Commerce

- Simplifying and Modernising VAT in the Digital Single Market for e-Commerce

- Reforming the Data Protection Package

Further information
2012 work plan
2012 timetables
2012 - 2013 Calendar of meetings
Latest studies

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October 12, 2012, 1:10 am

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The European Single Market turns 20 years old. As part of the anniversary, a Single Market Week is organised with events taking place in the 27 Member States of the EU. A launch event, to kick off Single Market Week, will take place in Brussels on 15 October 212. It will be focused on real stories and experiences of the Single Market and bring together 400 citizens from across 27 Members States. Find here the final programme of the Single Market Week.

In addition, you may wish to inform your contacts to follow and participate at the launch event via internet: http://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eutv/portal/_v_fl_300_en/player/index_player.html?id=17165. Interpretation will be provided in 7 languages (FR, EN, DE, PL, IT, ES, NL).

Further information
Single Market Week

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Report - 20 main concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the Single Market - A7-0310/2012 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 12, 2012, 4:10 am

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REPORT on the 20 main concerns of European citizens and business with the functioning of the Single Market
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Regina Bastos

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Highlights - Join the European Single Market week from 15 to 20 October - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 15, 2012, 2:40 am

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The European Single Market turns 20 years old. As part of the anniversary, a Single Market Week is organised with events taking place in the 27 Member States of the EU. A launch event, to kick off Single Market Week, will take place in Brussels on 15 October 212. It will be focused on real stories and experiences of the Single Market and bring together 400 citizens from across 27 Members States. Find here the final programme of the Single Market Week.

In addition, you may wish to inform your contacts to follow and participate at the launch event via internet. Interpretation will be provided in 7 languages (FR, EN, DE, PL, IT, ES, NL).

Further information
Single Market Week
Launch event

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Opinion - Trans-European telecommunications networks, and repeal of Decision No 1336/97/EC - PE 489.674v02-00 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 15, 2012, 7:10 am

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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans European telecommunications networks and repealing Decision No 1336/97/EC
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Marielle Gallo

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Draft opinion - on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy 2011 - PE 497.806v01-00 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

October 15, 2012, 8:25 am

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DRAFT OPINION on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy 2011
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Andreas Schwab

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October 15, 2012, 8:40 am

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The Rapporteur welcomed the opportunity to have a second exchange of views on this important proposal and detailed in her opening statement recent evolutions in the discussions regarding partial access to a profession, language checks and training requirements for nurses in general care. Shadow Rapporteurs stressed the necessity to find a solution with regard to this last point in particular. Other issues that were raised during the discussion include the non-harmonisation of ECTS points, the voluntary nature of the professional card, the inclusion of notaries in the scope of the Directive, the definition of temporary mobility, the requirement of 4 years of professional experience for automatic recognition and the transparency mechanism provided in art. 59 of the Proposal. The EC congratulated the Rapporteur with her draft Report and welcomed her support for the professional card. The EC gave further clarifications on the role of the points of single contact. Furthermore, the EC underlined that partial access to a profession should be seen as the exception, not the rule.

Further information
Bernadette VERGNAUD
Procedure file

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October 15, 2012, 8:40 am

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The Committee adopted the report on 'Completing the Digital Single Market' as proposed by the Rapporteur Pablo Arias Echeverría, PPE.with 33 votes in favour and 2 against. A total of 141 Amendments, out of the 110 IMCO amendments and the 70 amendments submitted in the 3 opinions from CULT, ITRE and JURI, have been endorsed. This includes 8 Compromise amendments as well as 2 oral amendments.

The main themes of the report include amongst others: the welcoming of the new Single Market Act II, equal access to the Digital Single Market, data protection in the context of new technologies and safeguarding against counterfeiting, bridging the gap between the online and offline world, ensuring smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, ensuring legal certainty, the setting of an 'e-commerce/digital single market test for all future single market legislation to overcome market fragmentation, SME development programmes, effective means of redress, lower prices for cross-border delivery and shipping services, cutting of red-tape, simplifying the collective management of copyright and ensuring a safe internet for children.

Further information
Pablo Arias Echeverría (PPE)
Procedure file
Birgit Collin-Langen (PPE)
Procedure file

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October 15, 2012, 8:40 am

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The Rapporteur opened his presentation by stating that many elements need to be taken into account when preparing measures part of consumer policy including European sovereignty, E-commerce, a Roadmap of resources. The financial programme Horizon 2020 needs also to be taken into account as well as health, safety, education, means of redress (including collective redress) and sustainability of development. The Rapporteur also emphasised the importance of highlighting the implication of the current financial crisis regarding both the economic as well as the social context as this affects consumers' confidence. The current climate has yielded precarious labour conditions, job losses, a reduction of public savings and an increase in inequality. Therefore the draft report will need to point out consumers' current marginalisation and assess what role should be played by the Consumer Associations to protect in a more punctual way consumers. The situation of European consumers needs to be viewed also as part of the wider global context where services and good go beyond the EU frontiers. The Rapporteur concluded by saying that it is important to assess the costs of the Consumer Agenda and to discern which implementing measures need to be put in place.

Further information
Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón (S&D)
Procedure file

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