Amending certain Directives as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument
TA-9-2024-0322 · P9_TA(2024)0322 · PE745.256
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Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a directive amending fourteen existing directives on product rules, to add emergency procedures for conformity assessment, common specifications and market surveillance during a single market emergency.¶¶¶ The amended version covers emergency procedures for conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if the Commission replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal.¶ As Parliament and Council reached agreement, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/2749.¶
Key points
- Parliament adopts its first-reading position on the proposed directive amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2006/42/EC, 2010/35/EU, 2013/29/EU, 2014/28/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU and 2014/68/EU.¶¶
- The amended directives are to provide emergency procedures for conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency.¶
- Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal.¶
- Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2024/2749, as an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council.¶
Who is affected
- Manufacturers and other economic operators in product sectors covered by the amended directives, who would face emergency conformity assessment and market surveillance rules.¶¶
- Member states, which would apply the emergency procedures for conformity assessment, common specifications and market surveillance.
Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Articles 91 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶