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Shaping our digital future: High-Level Conference

24-04-2018 - 16:22
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The European Parliament will hold a conference on shaping a digital future, focusing on, amongst others: investing to unlock digitalisation and avoiding a digital divide, innovation, opportunities for European citizens, and a digital single market for European businesses. The event will take place on 25.04.18 with the participation of stakeholders and institutional representatives including from the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy and on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Free flow of non-personal data in the European Union: consideration of amendments

24-04-2018 - 16:22
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The IMCO Committee looked into the amendments tabled to the draft report regarding the free flow of non-personal data on 24.04.18. The overarching aim of the Commission’s proposal is to unlock the potential of the EU data market by creating a more competitive and integrated internal market for data storage and processing services. At the heart of the proposal is a ban on national rules requiring data to be stored or processed in a specific Member State.

Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles: vote in Plenary

23-04-2018 - 08:33
Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers

Parliament voted on the provisional interinstitutional agreement on the proposed legislation on approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers during its plenary sittings of 19.04.18. The new regulation on how cars are approved to go on the road and checked afterwards clarifies the responsibilities of national type approval authorities, testing centres and market surveillance bodies, in order to make them more independent and prevent conflicts of interest.

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The IMCO Committee is responsible for legislative oversight and scrutiny for EU rules on the free movement of goods and services, free movement of professionals, customs policy, standardisation and the economic interests of consumers.  The committee members work to reduce barriers to economic trade and simplify legislation to enhance competitiveness across the Single Market (SM), while taking care for consumer interests in a wide range of sectors.

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