Brussels, 3 January 2024
Today, the EU Commission is launching a call for evidence inviting all interested parties to submit their views and ideas to inform the future Single Market Strategy.
With this call for evidence, the Commission seeks to gather information on the main obstacles to the free movement of goods and services, the main regulatory and administrative challenges for businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises, governance and enforcement issues, as well as possible solutions.
Following the European Council’s call for a horizontal strategy for the single market by June 2025, the Commission has committed to presenting a modernised single market project to enable EU businesses to grow and compete globally, support the EU’s green and digital transitions and boost our prosperity.
Interested stakeholders, including businesses, business associations, public authorities in the Member States, as well as other relevant organisations, are invited to submit their contribution by 31 January. The ideas collected will be discussed at the Single Market Forum in Krakow on 17 February 2025, which the Commission is co-organising with the Polish Presidency of the Council. The call for papers is available on the “Have Your Say” portal.
Source – EU Commission
Single Market Strategy 2025
In preparation
Call for evidence
- Feedback period: 3 – 31 January 2025
Commission adoption
- Planned for second quarter 2025
Summary
The objective of the Strategy is the further development of a single market that allows companies to scale up and compete globally – and citizens to make use of the opportunities the single market offers them. The Strategy will promote the cross-border provision of services and cross-border movement of goods. It will strive to ensure the existing rules are fully implemented, to remove existing regulatory and administrative barriers and to prevent new ones.
Source – EU Commission