A draft law to strengthen the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) was approved by Industry, Research and Energy Committee MEPs on Monday.

Limited liability companies should be able to migrate anywhere within the EU, provided that employees are consulted, shareholders approve, and the move does not circumvent tax or social laws, says Parliament in a request, endorsed in a vote on Thursday, that the Commission table legislation to this end.

The EU's "Horizon 2020" plans to stimulate research and innovation will be tabled by the Commission in the Industry, Research and Energy Committee on Monday afternoon. This framework programme for 2014-2020 sets out legislative proposals for aims and funding, participating and disseminating results, specific implementing arrangements, Euratom research and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology.

The GMES earth observation programme, which is to monitor environmental degradation, should be officially included in the EU's multi-annual financial plans and the EU Galileo satellite navigation programme should also get proper long-term funding, says a resolution on "EU space strategy" adopted on Thursday.

Reducing prices for using mobile phones abroad and boosting competition among cross-border telecommunications service suppliers are the key challenges facing proposed new legislation debated in an Industry Research and Energy Committee hearing with experts on Tuesday.

The EU came a step closer to getting a single patent system on Tuesday, when a deal struck by European Parliament representatives and the Polish Presidency of the Council was backed by the Legal Affairs Committee. The new EU patent would be substantially cheaper and thus more competitive than current ones. Parliament succeeded in adapting the proposed regime to small firms' needs.

All EU Member States should lift labour market barriers to Bulgarians and Romanians, says Parliament in a resolution passed on Thursday. There are no real economic justifications for restricting their fundamental right to work and reside in any EU Member State, it adds.

Plans for an EU unitary patent to cut costs for firms and boost the EU's competitiveness were agreed by Legal Affairs Committee and Council Presidency negotiators on Thursday. MEPs succeeded in adapting the proposed regime to small firms' needs, but the deal still needs to approved by Parliament as a whole and the 25 EU Member States involved.

Revising the EU's customs strategy and modernising electronic customs systems to streamline and harmonise customs procedures should be made a high political priority in order to enhance the economic competitiveness of EU firms and consumer safety, says a resolution adopted on Thursday.

Parliament today approved a call to keep the internet open and neutral, by ensuring that EU telecoms rules are properly enforced. They also called on the European Commission to monitor internet traffic management practices, so as to ensure, for example, that end users do not lose their connections whenever networks are congested.