Single Market: time to act ! conference

BR experts should be interested in this conference, which will take place in Brussels on 8 February.

There is a full dossier (COM(2010)608, press release, background material) online, to get an overview of how the old Common Market (1956) is being "relaunched," following the Monti report and other updates.

Also worth reading are the conclusions of the Competitiveness Council (10 Dec 2010) on the same page. There are several references to better and smart regulation (especially paragraph 17): RIAs, admin burden reduction are also relaunched, with ex-post evaluation and fitness checks naturally included. There are many reasons why the internal market needs rejuvenating: still too much fragmentation, emergence of the digital economy, challenges of globalisation. The aim is to build a competitive social market economy. Citizens and consumers to be placed at the heart of the single market.

According to  the invitation, the conference "will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas with MEPs, the EU Presidency, governments, regional and local authorities, stakeholders, the academic community, think tanks and media active on European issues. The conclusions of this event will enrich and complement the debate, allowing the Commission to take account of different views when proposing the definitive action plan for the relaunch of the Single Market in spring 2011."