- single market
- Friday 6 May 2022, 09:00 - 13:00 (CEST)
- Online only
Programme
- 6 May 2022, 09:00 - 09:10 (CEST)Introduction: objectives and scope of the Single Market Emergency Instrument
- 09:10 - 12:45 (CEST)Feedback on policy measures and options
- Possible crisis response measures
- Obtaining information from Member States and businesses and exchanging and disseminating this information
- Ensuring the availability of products relevant for a certain type of crisis
- Ensuring free movement of crisis-relevant goods, persons and services
- Clarification on public procurement for crisis, including joint actions
- Measures of last resort
- Possible crisis preparedness measures
- Targeted monitoring of identified strategic supply chains
- Risk assessment and preparedness, including as emergency trainings and drills
- Enhancing the resilience of strategic supply chains through storage or stockpiling
- Governance structure and role
- Possible crisis response measures
- 12:45 - 13:00 (CEST)Debrief and conclusions: next steps
Practical information
- When
- Friday 6 May 2022, 09:00 - 13:00 (CEST)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English
Description
The single market is a key asset in managing a crisis and strengthening the EU’s economic resilience. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that some of the current rules and tools for the single market are insufficiently adapted to crises and emergencies. The ongoing conflict at Europe’s doorstep further highlights these shortcomings.
For this reason, the Commission will propose a Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) to ensure greater transparency and better coordination between EU countries when responding to a crisis. This will help mitigate the harmful impacts on the single market, safeguard the free movement of persons, goods and services and maximise the availability of products needed in the crisis response. The main policy objective is therefore to enhance the single market’s preparedness for, response to and smooth functioning in times of crisis.
In addition to the call for evidence and public consultation launched on 13 April, the Commission is organising a workshop in order to collect feedback from all stakeholders on potential solutions concerning crisis-related disruptions of the single market. The Commission is looking for input to set out the policy options and identify the likely positive and negative impacts emerging from the different options for SMEI. It will use this evidence when carrying out an impact assessment and designing the future SMEI proposal. All participants are welcome to register by 4 May 2022.
More information
General page for the single market
Contact
GROW-A4
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (GROW-A4[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)
