EP Plenary session - Data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services

Breakfast directive - Illustration

Breakfast directive - illustration

Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

IMCO

IMCO public hearing : Digital advertising and consumer information

EP Plenary session - Automated decision - making process: Ensuring consumer protection, and free movement of goods and services

IMCO committee meeting. Vote on the automated decision-making processes; Ensuring consumer protection, and free movement of goods and services ; Petra DE SUTTER report

IMCO Public Hearing on  Product Liability Directive: protecting consumers in the Digital Single Market

European Youth Seminar. Consumer Protection - The Power of Knowledge !

EP plenary session - Joint debate - Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain

JURI committtee meeting. Vote on the representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers

IMCO Committee - Vote the ' Implementation of the Directive 2011/7/EU on combating late payment in commercial transactions '

EP Press conference. The drinking water directive

EP Press conference - Life after geo-blocking : a quick guide for traders and consumers

Workshop for Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee members on Strengthening Competitiveness of the Internal Market by Developing the EU Customs Union and its Governance

IMCO committee meeting. Public hearing on ' Better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules '

EMPL Committee - Exchange of views with Austrian Federal Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection

IMCO Committee - Workshop on the Contribution of Internal Market and Consumer Protection to Growth (organised by Policy department A for the IMCO committee)

ENVI committee - Exchange of views with Beate HARTINGER-KLEIN, Austrian Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection

LIBE-ITRE-AFCO-JURI Joint committee hearing - Use of Facebook users' data by Cambridge Analytica and impact on data protection - Consequences -  The consumers’ trust in digital platforms and cybersecurity

Europaparlamentet, den enda direktvalda EU-institutionen, är den europeiska demokratins bultande hjärta! Det företräder EU-medborgarnas intressen. Ledamöterna debatterar, ändrar och antar lagar som har en direkt inverkan på livet för cirka 450 miljoner européer. Ta reda på mer om hur Europaparlamentet fungerar!

Hur Europaparlamentet fungerar

Digitala tjänster, från meddelandeappar till marknadsplatser online, är centrala i vårt dagliga liv. Men onlinevärlden är också hem för falska nyheter, skadligt innehåll och tvivelaktiga affärsmetoder och har blivit dominerad av stora teknikföretag. Europaparlamentet har antagit nya regler för att reglera dem och säkerställa en rättvisare och säkrare miljö för företag och konsumenter. Ta reda på mer om lagen om digitala tjänster och lagen om digitala marknader i vår korta Vanliga frågor.

Lagarna om digitala tjänster och digitala marknader dekrypterade

Som EU-medborgare kan du bo, arbeta och resa fritt i 27 EU-länder. EU stöder ekonomin och skyddar dina rättigheter genom att se till att det finns rättvisa arbetsplatser, säkrare produkter och en ren miljö. EU främjar värderingar som jämlikhet, fred och demokrati både hemma och utomlands. Läs mer om vilka fördelar EU ger dig.

Fördelarna med den Europeiska unionen

MEPs from the Agriculture Committee adopted a report on the reform of EU rules for registering and protecting geographical indications (GIs) for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products. This infoclip illustrates several EU products such as ham, wine, olive oil and cheese.

Infoclip: Geographical indications for wine and agricultural products

MEPs vote on the following topics: Empowering consumers for the green transition - Biljana BORZAN (S&D, HR); Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 x 3006-210-23. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Voting session, including the empowering consumers for the green transition

MEPs adopt their negotiating position on a directive to improve product labelling, make products last longer and end misleading claims. The Internal Market Committee’s draft text would ban the use of general environmental claims like “environmentally friendly”, “natural”, “biodegradable”, “climate neutral” or “eco” if these do not come with detailed evidence. To simplify product information, only sustainability labels based on official certification schemes or established by public authorities should be allowed. Extracts from the debate, the vote and statement by Biljana BORZAN (S&D, HR), Rapporteur.

Empowering consumers for the green transition: extracts from the debate (09/05), extracts from the vote and statement by Biljana BORZAN (S&D, HR), Rapporteur

MEPs from the ENVI (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) Committee vote on the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles. The European Parliament calls for binding EU legislation to guarantee that fashion is not produced at the cost of environmental destruction and human lives. Requirements should be set that prevent unsold clothes from being shredded or sent to landfill just because they are no longer in fashion or the warehouse is full. Only textiles that meet a minimum standard of sustainability requirements should be imported into the EU or produced within the EU. Extracts from the vote in committee and statement by Delara BURKHARDT (S&D, DE), Rapporteur.

Vote on EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles: extracts from the vote and statement by Delara BURKHARDT (S&D, DE), Rapporteur

The Parliament votes on third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Kosovo - Thijs REUTEN (S&D, NL) and on Machinery products - Ivan ŠTEFANEC (EPP, SK)

Voting session (part 1)

MEPs debate on an agreement on new rules to ensure that products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements. The new law includes more effective procedures for product recalls and the removal of dangerous goods online. Closing statements by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ), Rapporteur, and by Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission.

General Product Safety Regulation: closing statements by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ), Rapporteur, and by Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission

MEPs debate on an agreement on new rules to ensure that products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements. The new law includes more effective procedures for product recalls and the removal of dangerous goods online.

General Product Safety Regulation: MEPs debate

MEPs debate and vote on an agreement on new rules to ensure that products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements. The new law includes more effective procedures for product recalls and the removal of dangerous goods online. Extracts from the debate, the vote and statement by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ).

General Product Safety Regulation: extracts from the debate, from the vote and statement by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ)

MEPs debate on an agreement on new rules to ensure that products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements. The new law includes more effective procedures for product recalls and the removal of dangerous goods online. Opening statements by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ), Rapporteur. Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, and Commissioner for Climate Action Policy and by René REPASI (S&D, DE) JURI Committee.

General Product Safety Regulation: opening statement by Dita CHARANZOVÁ (Renew, CZ), Rapporteur, Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and by René REPASI (S&D, DE)

Från smartmobiler till smarta städer - uppkopplade objekt genererar alltmer data. Europaparlamentet vill frigöra sin potential. Data är nyckeln till innovation inom sektorer som teknik, hälsa, transport och jordbruk. Parlamentsledamöterna är oroliga för att alltför mycket av den förblir outnyttjad eller ligger i händerna på teknikjättar. De vill ha nya regler för att hjälpa mindre företag och offentliga organ att leverera bättre produkter och tjänster. Datalagen kommer att utgöra en ram för morgondagens ekonomi.

Vad innebär EU:s nya datalag för företag, innovatörer och européer?

The text, adopted in plenary, will make the building sector climate neutral by 2050, all new buildings should be zero-emission from 2028. Existing residential buildings would have to be classified as at least E on their energy performance by 2030, and D by 2033 - on a scale going from A to G, the latter corresponding to the 15% worst-performing buildings in the national stock of a member state. Non-residential and public buildings would have to achieve the same by 2027 and 2030 respectively. Ciarán CUFFE (Greens/EFA,IE), Rapporteur, gives a press conference in the EP. The transcription is the result of an automatic process, please check against delivery.

Press conference by Ciarán CUFFE (Greens/EFA,IE), Rapporteur on Energy performance of buildings

To make the building sector climate neutral by 2050, all new buildings should be zero-emission from 2028. Existing residential buildings would have to be classified as at least E on their energy performance by 2030, and D by 2033 - on a scale going from A to G. Extracts from the debate in plenary, from the vote and statement by Ciarán CUFFE (Greens/EFA, IE), Rapporteur.

Energy performance of buildings: extracts from the debate, extracts from the vote and statement by Ciarán CUFFE (Greens/EFA, IE), Rapporteur

Understanding inflation dynamics requires an understanding of the underlying concept and how it is measured. Inflation is defined as a process of continuously rising prices and falling purchasing power. In other words, a general and broad-based increase in the price of goods and services over an extended period. The main objective of central banks is to keep prices stable, to preserve the integrity and purchasing power of people's money. The most common inflation indicator measures the average change in the price of a basket of consumer goods and services over time. The Russian war on Ukraine is now likely to cause inflation to increase further, with underlying price pressure broadening and lingering supply-side bottlenecks.

EPRS - Inflation explained

With winter at our doorstep, we are all worried about high energy prices, which have been soaring, since the onset of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU imported more than 40 % of its gas from Russia. These deliveries are all but gone, a decision taken in Moscow, not Brussels. As a consequence, the EU has to look elsewhere for its natural gas imports. The gas shortage is not only increasing the price of gas itself, but also that of electricity. Restrictions: ©The material may not be edited and must be shown entirely. #energyprices #RussiaUkraineWar

EPRS - High energy prices

The single market turns 30 in 2023. It has brought unity and opportunities to Europeans, eliminating old barriers to allow more than 460 million people and business to move, communicate and trade freely across 31 countries.

The European Parliament continues to work to adapt the single market further to respond to current challenges and make full use of its potential.

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