Single Market emergency instrument

YUTA - within the interaction with MonTiN Safe administration, is strongly involved in placing the resilient solution for integrating the digital guarantee for functioning the linked business processes (which is the most important for the tourism ecosystem, according to the complexity of the different linked processes - for having maintained functionality and which need to be synchronized).

The Government of the Canary Islands presented this joint contribution on behalf of the Conference of Presidents of the outermost regions of the EU (CPRUP). In this contribution, the Conference recalls that the European Commission, in its Communication of 3 May 2022 “Putting citizens first, ensuring sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the Union’s outermost regions” (COM (2022) 198 final)…

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The Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) represents over 3.500 mechanical engineering companies in Germany and Europe. Below you will be able to find the non-exhaustive feedback of VDMA to the Commission proposal of 19 September 2022 for a Regulation establishing a Single Market Emergency Instrument and repealing Council Regulation 2679/98/EC: VDMA welcomes the provisions proposed in Articles 16 and…

Although SMEunited supports the basic idea of moving away from ad-hoc measures by individual governments in crisis situationsthe draft of the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) still leaves many questions open and contains obligations for companies that require further discussion and change.

Single market emergency instrument overestimates role of government in supply chains CLEPA supports the Single Market Emergency Instruments objective to ensure greater transparency and coordination in case of critical situations. We support proposed safeguards to ensure the free movement of persons, goods and services.

Opinion: Proposal for a Regulation establishing an internal market emergency instrument and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 (Single Market Emergency Instrument SMEI) The Austrian Trade Union Confederation thanks the Austrian Trade Union Confederation for submitting the above draft and for the opportunity to comment on it. The position is set out in the Annex.

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Teva is a strategic partner of EU healthcare systems, producing 96% of its European generic, biosimilar and innovative portfolio in plants across 15 European countries. In addition, 53% of our APIs are manufactured in house, 40% of which is in Europe, and in 2020 Teva saved healthcare systems more than 8.4. billion EUR across 9 European countries in which we support more than 105,000 jobs.

The INTERREG EMR project PANDEMRIC focused on promoting cross-border, Euregional cooperation in the event of a pandemic or large-scale outbreak of an infectious disease. Contrary to for example animal diseases, health remains a national competency. As a result, Member States mainly look at national crisis management, which caused significant differences with especially large consequences in border regions.

BusinessEurope collected a lot of evidence on the problems companies faced during the Covid19 crisis when the Single Market was severely disrupted. On the basis of that evidence, it is clear that the four freedoms of the Single Market are key in serving the urgent needs of the society in dire times.

Feedback is provided on behalf of Slovak consumers. Most Slovak consumers reject the new EU instrument. Consumers argue that Slovakia, as a Member State, is deprived of sovereignty and requires that their legal obligations vis-à-vis citizens are fulfilled by their elected representatives within the meaning of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic and the applicable legal provisions.

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• Data from European telecommunication companies’ networks can provide valuable insights to assist governments in times of crisis • We wish to help authorities to better predict the impact of public policy decisions and thereby improve the delivery of public services across the Single Market • We wish to work on a reasonable and legitimate framework that is key to protect and empower citizens, and governments Please…

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) wishes to share its feedback in response to the call for evidence launched by the European Commission as regards the impact assessment for a Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI). ETUC is the cross-industry European level organisation of trade unions and represents 92 national confederations from 39 countries with 45 million members.

AnimalhealthEurope welcomes this opportunity to provide feedback to the call for evidence for an impact assessment on the Single Market Emergency Instrument initiative. As an industry we appreciate the multitude of benefits brought by the single market.

The Malta Business Bureau (MBB) supports the European Commission´s effort at securing the Single Market freedoms in times of crises given the lessons learnt from the recent pandemic. Under well defined criteria, it will be crucial in preparation for future challenges and crises to have readily available crisis-mitigating measures.

GIRP welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to adopt legislative and non-legislative measures to implement a flexible and transparent mechanism to strengthen the resilience of the European single market. As a cornerstone of the European Union, the Single Market and the freedom of movements of goods is a key component of the ever closer Union that impregnates the spirit of the Treaties.

FoodDrinkEurope welcomes the opportunity to share its views on the European Commission’s initiative for a Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI). We support the Commission’s ambition to create an instrument to ensure the free movement of persons, goods and services, as well as greater transparency and coordination in times of crisis.

Experience gained in Luxembourg Logistics is an essential activity in general and even more so during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and other restrictive measures (e.g. border controls) have severely slowed down the flow of goods and forced the European Commission to call on EU Member States to keep transport flows moving to deliver critical goods.

SEPS welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to establish a Single Market Crisis Instrument to increase the EU’s capacity to respond to future crises by, inter alia, building knowledge, enhancing information exchange and cooperation, and monitoring both production and the market with a view to ensuring the supply of essential goods in a crisis situation.

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General comments (more detailed comments included in the attached PDF) The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) supports the European Commission’s ambi-tion to enhance the resilience of the Single Market’s four freedoms in future times of cri-sis. We agree that crisis-mitigating measures should be readily available – under strict criteria – and swiftly applied. This requires a clear legal framework at EU level.

The VPLT, the German Entertainment Technology Association, supports the positions as presented to the Commission in the commentary from PEARLE* - Live Performance Europe. For the event and live performance sectors, a Single Market Emergency Instrument should always ensure the circulation of goods and people, access to vital supplies and services at all times – while respecting the health and safety of all those…

The situation experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of the unity of the European market in the face of such a crisis. Given the current shortage of personal protective equipment, far from reaching a consensus on the minimum requirements that it was reasonable to require from material that was unable to comply with European harmonisation provisions, each Member State opted for a…

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During the COVID19 pandemic, physical participation of notified bodies in conformity assessment in the form of sampling or verification of quality systems, where required by the Union harmonised legislation, was not always feasible.

Please see attached file It is important to emphasize that European standardization is a well-functioning tool also in times of crisis. Specifications in times of crisis are rarely harmonized standards or "normal standardization procedures". Standardization proved its efficiency and fruitfulness right at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

The TÜV Association would like to provide the following feedback to the planned Single Market Emergency Instrument: The well-established European quality infrastructure that has been built up over decades, consisting of legislation, standardization, accreditation and conformity assessment, reliably ensures the conformity of products and services.

Affordable Medicines Europe welcomes the European Commission’s proposal of a new Single Market Emergency Instrument aimed to guarantee the free movement of goods, services, and people, with greater transparency and coordination during crises.

VDMA represents more than 3,400 European companies of the mechanical engineering industry which stands for innovation, export orientation and SMEs. The EU Single Market is key for the competitveness of our companies an we support the EU-Commission’s plans to improve its resilience.

The ZDH welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draw lessons from the pandemic and to create a European emergency instrument also in the context of new crises. The strength of EU countries lies in their cooperation and cohesion in the EU — only together can the protection of the European people and the economy from global crises be ensured.

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