The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) is a
committee of the European Parliament.
Work of the committee
The committee is responsible for:
* Coordination at Community level of national legislation in the sphere of the
internal market and of the
customs union, in particular:
** The free movement of goods including the
harmonization of technical standards
** The right of establishment
** The freedom to provide services (other than in the financial and postal sectors)
* Measures aiming at the identification and removal of potential obstacles to the functioning of the internal market;
* The promotion and protection of the economic interests of consumers (other than public health and food safety issues) in the context of the establishment of the internal market.
8th European Parliament
The eighth European Parliament was elected in the 2014 European Parliament election, 2014 elections and lasted until the 2019 European Parliament election, 2019 elections.
Major events
* 22–25 May 2014
** 2014 European Parliament election, Ele ...
(2014–19)
The committee chair, elected in June 2017, is
Anneleen Van Bossuyt (
ECR,
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
). She replaces
Vicky Ford (ECR,
UK), who resigned after being elected national MP in the
2017 UK election.
Vice-Chairs are
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (
EPP,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
),
Robert Rochefort (
ALDE,
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
) and
Nicola Danti (
S&D,
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
).
10th European Parliament (2024-2029)
After a successful re-election bid in 2024,
Anna Cavazzini (
Alliance 90/The Greens,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
) continued on as the committee chair.
Vice-Chairs are
Christian Doleschal (
Christian Social Union in Bavaria, Germany),
Nikola Minchev (
Renew Europe,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
),
Maria Grapini (S&D,
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
), and
Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz (EPP,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
).
Russian invasion of Ukraine
IMCO members have noted that the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
has had a notable impact on the European Union's single or internal market and are continuing to monitor the situation.
[European Parliament]
Activities related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
accessed 19 June 2022
References
External links
Official Webpage
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