EuroCommerce is deeply concerned by the weakening of the Single Market after today’s European Parliament’s plenary vote that accepted opening negotiations based on the Agriculture Committee’s report on cross-border enforcement of rules on unfair trading practices (UTPs).
“To ensure the proposals in the vision for agriculture and food actually work, it is important to involve SME stakeholders in the design and implementation of these policies”, stated SMEunited Secretary General Véronique Willems.
EuroCommerce, representing the European retail and wholesale sector, views the European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food as a starting point towards shaping the future of our agri-food system. However, the association urges the Commission to better acknowledge change requires the entire food chain to work together.
Simplification first: SMEs’ views on the European Commission’s Work Programme 2025
“The European Commission must ensure that SMEs are given a clear direction for their sustainability instead of being left wandering without direction”, commented Véronique Willems, SMEunited Secretary General, on the European Commission Work Programme for 2025.
Europe urgently needs to revamp its public finance architecture – this is the finding of a new position paper published by WWF, ahead of the European Commission’s presentation of the…
Communication on e-commerce: a step forward on unfair competition, what about unfair practices?
SMEunited fully supports the Commission’s call for coordinated enforcement actions against the surge of dangerous, counterfeit or otherwise non-compliant products sold online and imported in the Union.
Europe’s troubled waters: report urges swift action as Commission plans Water Resilience Strategy
As discussions on making Europe more climate and water resilient intensify, the European Commission has released a set of reports covering the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD), Floods…