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Publications - 2018 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 20-03-2018 09:39 AM CET 21 March 2018      Van Bossuyt - European services e-card and related administrative facilities       LOKKEGAARD - Legal and operational framework of the European services e-card 22 February 2018      ARIMONT - Contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods      MIZZI - Establishing a single digital gateway to provide information, procedures, assistance and problem solving services  23 January 2018      VAN BOSSUYT - European Defence Industrial Development Programme Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Hearings - The Goods Package - 21-03-2018 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 20-03-2018 04:22 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. Programme Contributions      Solvit Centre      BUSINESSEUROPE      Orgalime      ANEC/BEUC comments on compliance and enforcement      PROSAFE Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Subject files - Public procurement strategy package - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 20-03-2018 11:01 AM CET On 3 October 2017, the Commission presented a package of two Communications and one Recommendation in the area of public procurement and launched a consultation aiming to collect feedback from stakeholders on how to stimulate innovation through the procurement of goods and services. The first Communication sets out the priority areas for improvement in the area of public procurement both at Member State and Commission level. The second Communication concerns the voluntary ex-ante assessment of large infrastructure projects the Recommendation on professionalization of public buyers provides for steps to be taken by Member States. IMCO will prepare an own-initiative report on the Public Procurement Strategy package (Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (EPP)). The report may respond to the above Communications and initiatives of the Commission, commenting on what is necessary for the implementation of the EU public procurement legislation and policy and drawing attention to the challenges ahead, including that of achieving end-to-end electronic procurement by the end of 2018. Rapporteur: C. Coelho (EPP) Shadows: M. Tarabella (S&D), Baroness N. Mobarik (ECR), J. Selimovic (ALDE), D. De Jong (GUE/NGL), I. Soltes (Greens/EFA) Further information Timetable for the Public Procurement Strategy Package Workshop - 19.02.2018 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