Publications
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Revision of the General Product Safety Directive – BusinessEurope comments
Key messages
The General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) largely serves the purpose of a general "safety net" and should maintain its current general safety requirements and accompanying criteria a...
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The New Legislative Framework (NLF) evaluation: provisional comments
Key messages
BusinessEurope considers the NLF as a great success and a key instrument of a functioning Single Market, broadly fit for purpose and able to address new aspects of a digital environmen...
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Guidance on practical aspects of the implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 1025/2012 – Reply to the European Commission consultation of stakeholders
Context and key message
In its communication of 22 November 2018 on harmonised standards, the European Commission announced upcoming guidance on the implementation of Regulation 1025/12 relating to...
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“Goods package”: EU made step forward
- risk-based approach could have been strengthened -
Today, a compromise on EU level was found on the “Goods Package”. After a last “trilogue” meeting the European Parliament...
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The way forward for the New Approach – a BusinessEurope strategy paper
Key messages
In a competitive global environment, it is of great importance that the EU provides a legislative framework allowing for innovation and rapid response to changes in the marketplace and b...
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Goods package: EU law should be better enforced to protect consumers and companies
Yesterday, the European Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee voted on several legislative proposals to improve the functioning of the EU Single Market
aimed at better...
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BusinessEurope comments on the Commission’s ‘goods package’
Key messages
BusinessEurope supports the proposed ‘Goods Package’. The package will contribute to improving the free movement of goods in the Single Market and creating a level playing...
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Goods Package – timely proposals to improve the free movement of goods
Today the European Commission presented a ‘Goods Package’ with proposals to improve the free movement of goods in the Single Market. The package consists of proposals for new regulations in the ar...
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Plenary vote on European Accessibility Act: several steps in the right direction
Today, the European Parliament voted in its plenary session on the European Accessibility Act, a European Commission proposal which intends to improve access of persons with disabilities to a range of...
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