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Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Meeting documents

Highlights

IMCO Meetings:

The next meeting will take place on 23 February 2010 in room ASP 3G2 (Brussels). The order of business will soon be available.
Our 2010 committee meetings Calendar is available on our calendar page

Videos of the meetings:

On the day/time of a meeting, you may access the IMCO webstream on EP Live - Live schedule
Videos of past meetings are available on EP Live - Multimedia Library

Highlights

Votes in the Committee

23.02.2010 - 15.00 to 16.35 - ASP 3G2

Members of the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs Committee will vote on the following Reports or Opinions:

Christel Schaldemose: Food Information to Consumers
Anna Hedh: Consumer Protection
Claude Turmes: Pharmacovigilance (amendment of Directive 2001/83/EC)
Claude Turmes: Pharmacovigilance of medicinal products (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004)
Cristian Silviu Buşoi: SOLVIT
Róża Thun Und Hohenstein: Defining a new Digital Agenda for Europe: from i2010 to digital.eu

Consumer Rights Directive: Hearing with National Parliaments

23.02.2010 - 10.00 to 12.30 - ASP 3G2

The Internal Market and Consumer Affairs Committee will hold a hearing with National Parliaments on the Consumer Rights Directive. Key questions in the debate are the appropriate level of consumer protection and the Commission's full harmonisation approach. The Rapporteur for this report is Andreas Schwab.

Further information:
Proposal for a Directive on Consumer Rights
National scrutiny pages on IPEX web-site

Presentation and competencies

Committee responsible for:

1. coordination at Community level of national legislation in the sphere of the internal market and for the customs union, in particular:

(a) the free movement of goods including the harmonisation of technical standards,

(b) the right of establishment,

(c) the freedom to provide services except in the financial and postal sectors;

2. measures aiming at the identification and removal of potential obstacles to the functioning of the internal market;

3. the promotion and protection of the economic interests of consumers, except for public health and food safety issues, in the context of the establishment of the internal market.