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Subject files - European Electronic Communications Code (Recast) (EECC) -...
The EECC entered into force in December 2018. The Directive represents an ambitious overhaul of the EU rules governing telecoms policy. New rules are designed to help Europe meet its growing...
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Subject files - Free flow of non-personal data in the European Union -...
The Regulation on the “free flow of non-personal data” entered into force in December 2018. The overarching objective of the Regulation is to unlock the massive potential of the EU data market by...
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Subject files - Directive on Open data and the re-use of public sector...
The EC adopted a proposal for a revision of the directive on the re-use of public sector information on 25.04.2018. The directive builds upon the Proposal on free flow of data and aims at facilitating...
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Subject files - Cybersecurity Act - Committee on the Internal Market and...
The Regulation known as the “Cybersecurity Act” was signed into law in April 2019. The Regulation reforms the EU’s Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA), in particular by granting it a permanent mandate and...
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Subject files - Establishing the Customs programme for cooperation in the...
The proposal on Establishing the ‘Customs’ programme for cooperation in the field of customs is part of the MFF package and is the successor to Customs 2020 programme, opening a new multiannual period...
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Subject files - Instrument for financial support for customs control...
The proposal for a Regulation on Establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Instrument for financial support for customs control equipment. The proposal is part of the MFF...
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Subject files - Unfair Trading Practices in the food supply chain - Committee...
Unfair trading practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain was a key theme of the work of the IMCO Committee during the course of the 2014-2019 legislature. For further details, please see the documents...
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Subject files - The European Accessibility Act - Committee on the Internal...
In December 2015 the EC proposed a European Accessibility Act, namely a Directive introducing rules for more accessible products and services for people with disabilities. After about 3 years of...
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Subject files - Dual quality of products - Committee on the Internal Market...
“Dual quality” of products can be defined as the marketing of goods with significantly different composition or characteristics, such as ingredients, as identical in different Member States. The IMCO...
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Subject files - Representative Actions for the protection of the collective...
On 11.04.2018, the EC adopted the New Deal for Consumers. The proposal on “Representative actions for the protections of the collective interests of consumers” was presented together with the one on...
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Subject files - Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons...
On 18.11.2015, the EC adopted a legislative proposal for amending the 91/477 Firearms Directive, together with the overdue evaluation report and Implementing Regulation on deactivation. Among others,...
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Subject files - Public procurement strategy package - Committee on the...
On 3 October 2017, the Commission presented a package of two Communications and one Recommendation in the area of public procurement and launched a consultation aiming to collect feedback from...
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Subject files - Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) regulation - Committee...
A 2016 EC proposal revised the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Regulation 2006/2004 with the intention to improve the effectiveness of the rules and procedures on cooperation of national...
View ArticleStudy - Contribution to Growth: Free movement of services and freedom of...
Following a brief overview of the legal mechanisms provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), this study summarises and analyses the Directives and Regulations in the...
View ArticleStudy - Contribution to Growth: Consumer Protection - Delivering improved...
The following in-depth analysis explores economic benefits of policy achievements related to European Consumer Protection. Theoretical background indicates that measures aimed at improving consumer...
View ArticleStudy - Contributing to Growth: European Digital Single - Market Delivering...
TThis study reviews all the rules adopted during the 8th Parliamentary legislature (2014-2019) to strengthen the Digital Single Market. On that basis, the report analyses the rights and obligations as...
View ArticleStudy - Free movement of services and freedom of establishment: European...
This study discusses European legal policy to ensure freedom to provide services and freedom of establishment since 2009, ex-amines the market-opening effects of enacted acts and pro-posals, and...
View ArticleBriefing - Free movement of services and freedom of establishment: European...
This Briefing forms part of a programme of research commissioned by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament (‘the IMCO Committee’). The research programme has...
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Highlights - Contribution to Growth: Legal Aspects of Protecting European...
This study contains an analysis of the legal aspects of protecting European consumers, advanced during the 7th and 8th legislative period of the European Parliament (2009 - 2019). It examines policy...
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Highlights - 2019 European elections - 23 to 26 May 2019 - Committee on the...
Voters in the EU will elect new Members of the European Parliament during the European elections of 23 to 26 May. The newly elected Members, representing EU citizens until 2024, will meet in July to...
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