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Subject files - Modernisation of Customs - Committee on the Internal Market...
The purpose of the report is to raise political profile of the modernisation of the EU customs strategy and customs instruments as customs has an important role to play in improving and influencing EU...
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Subject files - Union Customs Code (recast) - Committee on the Internal...
The Union Customs Code recast, adopted by the Parliament in its first/single reading at the September 2013 plenary session following the ordinary procedure, was the result of huge efforts from the...
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Subject files - Customs programme 2014-2020 - Committee on the Internal...
To ensure the convergent and harmonised application of the EU customs legislation, the Customs programme 2014-2020, conceived as a supportive measure to the Union legal framework, was adopted by the...
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Subject files - Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights -...
To improve the legal framework on customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), the Parliament adopted on 11 June 2013 a regulation in an early second reading replacing Regulation No...
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Subject files - Consumer Rights Directive - Committee on the Internal Market...
In 2011, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee has agreed with the Council upon a new Directive on consumer rights which aims at establishing an updated, clear and more uniform set of...
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Subject files - The Internal Market - Committee on the Internal Market and...
The internal market (also referred to as the Single Market [SM]) - an area of free movement for goods, people, services and capital - is at the heart of the European project. To bring this into being,...
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Highlights - The internal market in a nutshell - Committee on the Internal...
The internal market (also referred to as the Single Market [SM]) - an area of free movement for goods, people, services and capital - is at the heart of the European project. To bring this into being,...
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Highlights - Women’s rights and gender equality - key studies from the Policy...
Equality between men and women is one of the founding values of the Union and enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. 51 % of the Union’s population are women. Taking into account their needs...
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Highlights - Quality of life - key studies from the Policy Departments -...
The European Union, through its actions in a wide range of areas, has delivered nearly sixty years of peace, stability and economic progress to EU citizens, thus contributing to the improvement of...
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Highlights - Consequences of the crisis - key publications by the Policy...
The European Parliament’s Policy Departments have prepared a number of publications in relation to the crisis and its consequences. A wide range of issues are discussed, from the social effects of the...
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Subject files - Consumer programme 2014-2020 - Committee on the Internal...
The Consumer Programme 2014-2020 with a budget of EUR 188,8 million will support EU consumer policy in the years to come. The purpose of an effective consumer policy is to ensure healthy markets in...
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Subject files - Protection of Consumers in Utilities Services - Committee on...
The non-legislative resolution on Protection of Consumers in Utilities Services does not come as a reply to a specific proposal or document issued by the Commission, but rather intents to exemplify the...
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Subject files - New Agenda for European Consumer Policy - Committee on the...
The New Agenda for European Consumer Policy, together with its financial instrument: EU Consumer Programme 2014-2020 establishes the financial and policy framework for improving consumer protection and...
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Subject files - Alternative dispute resolution and Online dispute resolution...
On 12 March 2013 the Parliament adopted in plenary two legal acts as first-reading agreements being the result of negotiations with the Council on the basis of earlier IMCO reports, namely a Directive...
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Subject files - Revision of the General Product Safety Directive and the...
The purpose of this report is to stress the need to revise General Product Safety Directive and to enhance market surveillance, especially at the EU borders. Special attention is paid to products...
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Subject files - Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package - Committee on...
On 13 February 2013 the European Commission adopted a comprehensive package on Product Safety and Market Surveillance in order to improve safety of consumer products, in particular by strengthening...
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Subject files - Package travel and assisted travel arrangements - Committee...
On 12 March 2014 the EP adopted its 1st reading position on the Commission's proposal for a directive on package travel and assisted travel arrangements. Mr Mayer's Report on the file was adopted in...
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Subject files - The Consumer Credit Directive and its implementation report -...
The implementation of the 2008 Credit Consumer Directive -which had to be transposed by 11 June 2010 - was the subject of a follow-up report by IMCO as an opinion-giving Committee (under Rule 50,...
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Subject files - Consumer policy - Committee on the Internal Market and...
An effective consumer policy can change our citizens’ lives for the better. The IMCO Committee is working hard to ensure consumers can operate safely and with confidence when buying products and...
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Subject files - The Single Market Act - Committee on the Internal Market and...
In its resolution of 20 May 2010, the European Parliament called on the Commission to produce a clear set of political priorities through the adoption of a "Single Market Act", which should cover both...
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