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Hearings - The Goods Package - 21-03-2018 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 22-03-2018 12:44 PM CET The hearing will be organised in 5 panel discussions with invited experts to discuss the recently adopted Goods Package: Proposal for a Regulation on the Mutual Recognition of Goods and Proposal for a Regulation on Compliance and Enforcement. The first panel will exchange views on Member States' experiences with the administration of the current goods framework, i.e. the Mutual Recognition Regulation and the Market Surveillance Regulation of 2008. The second panel will provide insight into the practical challenges with products entering EU from third countries. The third panel will present the new proposed problem solving procedure as well as explain more about the current SOLVIT mechanism. The fourth and fifth panels will focus on the business experience and shine light on the impact on consumers. Further information Pictures of the hearing "The Goods package" Programme Contributions      Customs Agency of Italy      Solvit Centre      BUSINESSEUROPE      EuroCommerce      Orgalime      ANEC/BEUC comments on compliance and enforcement      PROSAFE Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - MEPs reject Commission's "services e-card" proposals - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 22-03-2018 12:12 PM CET At its meeting on 21 March, the committee rejected the Commission's proposals by 21 votes to 14, with two abstentions, thus expressing its deep dissatisfaction with them. However it didn't go as far as proposing the rejection to plenary by adopting a report. In total, 260 amendments were tabled on the COM proposal for Directive and 180 amendments on the COM proposal for regulation. Further information Procedure file: European services e-card and related administrative facilities Procedure file: Legal and operational framework of the European services e-card Legislative train schedule Press release: MEPs reject Commission's "services e-card" proposals Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Latest news - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 22-03-2018 12:06 PM CET The next Committee meeting will be held on Monday 23 April 2018 (15.00 - 18.30) and Tuesday24 April 2018 (09.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30) in Altiero Spinelli building, room 3G3 (Brussels). Since 1 July 2014, IMCO is a paperless committee. All documents will be available in the "Meeting documents" section (see links below). Further information Meeting documents Voting lists Timetables for dossiers Roll call votes IMCO newsletters Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us | This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111