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More than 3 years after the entry into application of the Geo-blocking Regulation (GBR) and more than 2 years after the publication of the Commission report on the first short-term review of the GBR, the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) decided to draft a report to establish the extent to which implementation of the GBR had contributed to the integration of the internal market and thereby to better deals for consumers and more opportunities for ...

For over 30 years, the EU has been pursuing the objective of developing an efficient and competitive EU-wide railway network, the single European railway area. By integrating national rail systems, rail should become more competitive, ultimately allowing transport to become more sustainable. Efficient, safe and interoperable rail services need train drivers who can work seamlessly across borders and across operational and language barriers. In the absence of an EU-wide certification scheme, however ...

The European Union has been regulating pharmaceuticals for over 50 years. The legal regulation aims to protect public health and ensure the proper functioning of the internal market in medicinal products. In 2020, the European Commission published a pharmaceutical strategy for Europe aimed at reinforcing the EU pharmaceutical system by making it more patient-centred and resistant to crises (such as pandemics). The achievement of these objectives requires the revision of several pieces of EU legislation ...

This appraisal assesses two regulations for intellectual property rights applicable to the specific case of medicinal products and plant protection products – the Supplementary Protection Certificate Regulations (SPC Regulations for short). The analysis highlights the outcome of the European Commission's assessment, discrepancies in implementation between Member States, and the complexity of striking a balance between various interests, since both regulations aim to reconcile public health imperatives ...

The European Commission work programmes for 2021 and 2022 envisaged proposals to revise the core building blocks of the EU's maritime safety legislation, such as the Directives on Port State and Flag State Control, the Directive on Accident Investigations, and the Regulation founding the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). This implementation appraisal starts with a recap of the existing EU policy and legislation on flag States and accident investigations, then reviews and summarises existing ...

'This is Europe' – an initiative proposed by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola – consists of a series of debates with EU leaders to discuss their visions for the future of the European Union. In his address to the European Parliament on Europe Day, 9 May 2023, a geopolitical EU was a central theme for the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. He stressed that, in a multipolar world, the EU needed ‘a genuine partnership with the countries of Asia, Africa and South America, without ...

On 14 March 2023, European Commission launched two legislative initiatives: one to improve European electricity market design, the other to offer better protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market. These targeted reforms address shortcomings revealed by the current energy crisis, in particular price volatility and security of supply. They also introduce long-term changes necessary to achieve the Green Deal targets. EU electricity market design development started in 1996 ...

Since 2021, the European Commission has been planning to make proposals to revise the core building blocks of the EU maritime safety legislation, such as the Directives on Port State Control and Flag State Control, the Directive on Accident Investigations and the Regulation Founding the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). This implementation appraisal starts with a recap on the existing EU port state control policy and legislation and then reviews and summarises existing evaluations and discussions ...

This is the fifth edition of the EPRS rolling check-list on review and monitoring clauses in EU international agreements. Conceived as an implementation monitoring tool for the European Parliament, it gives an analytical overview of the various review and monitoring clauses, management and implementation clauses, reporting clauses, consultation clauses, and sunset clauses contained in bilateral and multilateral agreements the EU has concluded with third countries. Complementing the October 2019 edition ...

'This is Europe' – an initiative proposed by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola – consists of a series of debates with EU leaders to discuss their visions for the future of the European Union. In his address to the European Parliament on 19 April 2023, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, emphasised three topics: i) democracy and the rule of law, ii) strategic autonomy, and iii) migration. He called for greater protection of minorities and respect for the rule of ...