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Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market

TA-10-2025-0107 · P10_TA(2025)0107 · PE772.165

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Parliament's resolution on old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market calls for reforms to remove barriers, simplify rules, and reduce administrative burdens, especially for SMEs. It urges stronger enforcement of single market rules, including market surveillance and customs, and action on emerging issues like e-commerce, digital fairness, and shrinkflation. It also calls for updating the New Legislative Framework, addressing territorial supply constraints, and integrating candidate countries, while reflecting these priorities in upcoming strategies.

Key points

  1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to eliminate unjustified obstacles to free movement of goods and services while ensuring high consumer protection.
  2. Urges a shift to a regulatory approach that empowers companies to grow and innovate, reducing administrative burdens, especially for SMEs and start-ups.
  3. Calls for further action in the services sector, including a single declaration portal and digitalisation of A1 forms for cross-border services.
  4. Stresses the need for effective recognition of professional qualifications and removal of unjustified barriers to free movement of professionals.
  5. Calls for an update to the New Legislative Framework to streamline product rules, promote digitalisation, and simplify compliance, including use of Digital Product Passports.
  6. Calls for improved monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, harmonised rules on checks, and joint inspections to ensure uniform application of EU law.
  7. Calls on the Commission to propose measures against territorial supply constraints and to investigate differentiated inflation of basic goods.
  8. Calls for empowering consumers to exercise passenger rights through national enforcement bodies with harmonised powers.
  9. Calls for proper enforcement of the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, and for the Digital Fairness Act to address digital addiction, dark patterns, and other online issues.
  10. Calls for a reinforced market surveillance framework, revision of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation, and swift adoption of the revised Union Customs Code.
  11. Calls on the Commission to assess shrinkflation practices and explore measures to enhance transparency and consumer awareness.
  12. Urges the Commission to reflect these priorities in the new single market strategy, the 2030 consumer agenda, and the Digital Fairness Act.

Who is affected

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, which face disproportionate administrative burdens and benefit from simplification.
  • Consumers, who gain from stronger protection, transparency, and enforcement against unfair practices.
  • National authorities, including market surveillance and customs, which are called to increase capacity and resources.
  • E-commerce platforms and non-EU sellers, subject to reinforced market surveillance and safety requirements.
  • EU candidate countries, such as Ukraine, which are to be gradually integrated into the single market.

Figures and deadlines

  • Services account for three quarters of EU GDP, two thirds of employment, and create 9 out of 10 new jobs.
  • The European Accessibility Act becomes applicable on 28 June 2025.
  • The new single market strategy is scheduled for June 2025, the 2030 consumer agenda for end of 2025, and the Digital Fairness Act for 2026.