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Newsletters - Issue 91 - April 2018 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 23-04-2018 09:48 AM CEST This issue covers IMCO committee meetings of 23-24 April 2018. This edition also summarises past committee meeting held on 21-22 March 2018. Issue 91 Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles: vote in Plenary - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 23-04-2018 08:33 AM CEST 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. Further information Press release: Car approvals: Parliament endorses new rules to prevent emissions cheating Article with video: New rules for safer and cleaner cars Collection of multimedia items relevant to car emissions At a glance - Plenary - April 2018 Procedure file motor vehicles Draft European Parliament legislative resolution Legislative train schedule Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Free flow of non-personal data in the European Union: consideration of amendments - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 23-04-2018 08:26 AM CEST The IMCO Committee will look 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. Further information IMCO meeting agenda and documents Fact sheet on a Digital Agenda for Europe 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