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
A customs union is generally defined as a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.GATTArticle 24 s. 8 (a)
Customs unions are established through trade pacts where the participant countries set up ...
, in particular:
** the free movement of goods including the
harmonization
In music, harmonization is the chordal accompaniment to a line or melody: "Using chords and melodies together, making harmony by stacking scale tones as triads".
A harmonized scale can be created by using each note of a musical scale as a root ...
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 elections and lasted until the 2019 elections.
Major events
* 22–25 May 2014
** Elections to the Eighth Parliament.
* 1 July 2014
** First meeting (constitutive session) of the Eighth Pa ...
(2014–19)
The committee chair, elected in June 2017, is
Anneleen Van Bossuyt
Anneleen Van Bossuyt (born 10 January 1980 in Ghent) was a Belgian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from January 2015 to July 2019 for the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), part of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. She succeede ...
(ECR, Belgium). 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
Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (''née'' Anna Maria Corazza; born 10 March 1963) is an Italian-Swedish entrepreneur and politician, Member of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2019. She is a member of the Swedish Moderate Party, part of the Euro ...
(EPP, Sweden),
Robert Rochefort
Robert Rochefort (born 19 September 1955 in Paris) is a French economist and politician.
Political career
In 2009, Rochefort joined the MoDem, and was selected to lead the MoDem list in the South-West constituency ahead of the 2009 European ...
(ALDE, France) and
Nicola Danti
Nicola Danti (Pelago, 6 September 1966) is an Italian politician who has been serving – with a brief interruption – as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2014 elections. He is a member of Italia Viva and he is Vice-President of t ...
(S&D, Italy).
Russian invasion of Ukraine
IMCO members have noted that the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
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
Internal
Internal may refer to:
*Internality as a concept in behavioural economics
*Neijia, internal styles of Chinese martial arts
*Neigong or "internal skills", a type of exercise in meditation associated with Daoism
*''Internal (album)'' by Safia, 2016
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