Regulation (EU) 2024/2748

What it is

to make targeted amendments to certain Regulations regarding emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to a Single Market emergency. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: recent crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have demonstrated some vulnerability of the Single Market and its supply chains in case of unforeseen disruptions and, at the same time, how much the European economy and all its stakeholders rely on a well-functioning Single Market. In the future, in addition to geopolitical instability, climate change and resulting natural disasters, biodiversity loss, and global economic instability may lead to other, new emergency situations. For this reason, the functioning of the Single Market needs to be guaranteed in times of emergency . The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the report by Andreas SCHWAB (EPP, DE) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2019/1009 and (EU) No 305/2011 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to a Single Market emergency. The proposal aims to address two distinct but interrelated problems: obstacles to the free movement of goods, services and persons in times of crisis, and shortages of crisis-relevant goods and services. It is part of a package of texts establishing the single market instrument for emergencies, which Members propose to rename the Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act (IMERA regulation). The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows. The proposal aims to amend the harmonised rules established by a number of EU sectoral frameworks. These frameworks do not provide for the possibility for Member States to adopt crisis response measures by way of derogation from the harmonised rules. The Commission proposes to amend the following sectoral frameworks: - Regulation (EU) 2023/988 laying down essential rules on the general safety of consumer products placed or made available on the market. The proposal provides for the possibility for competent national authorities to exceptionally and temporarily authorise the placing on the market of products that have not been subject to the usual conformity assessment procedures required by the Union. Members specified that the authorisation granted for products on an exceptional and temporary basis should remain valid for six months after the deactivation or expiration of the internal market emergency mode, where it does not affect the health and safety of consumers. After this period, products should only be made available on the market after having received authorisation under the…

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