Despite the proliferation of new types of personal mobility devices (PMDs) coming to the market in recent years there is no harmonised European regulations to govern their technical characteristics beyond the general requirements contained in the Machinery Regulation. The aim of this project was...

Despite the proliferation of new types of personal mobility devices (PMDs) coming to the market in recent years there is no harmonised European regulations to govern their technical characteristics beyond the general requirements contained in the Machinery Regulation. The aim of this project was...

As a company you can run into all kinds of legal and administrative obstacles preventing you from smoothly operating across the EU's single market. The European Commission is tracking these barriers in many areas, such as: insurance to do business, access to markets, including authorisations and...

As a company you can run into all kinds of legal and administrative obstacles preventing you from smoothly operating across the EU's single market. The European Commission is tracking these barriers in many areas, such as: insurance to do business, access to markets, including authorisations and...

This document, developed by unit GROW A.2 - SMEs, serves as guidebook addressed to Commission services, with the aim of assisting the drafters of new or modified legislation. It contains examples and suggestions for specific standardised SME-friendly provisions that the Commission committed to...

On 10 March 2020, the Commission adopted a new Industrial Strategy to help EU industry lead the green and digital transformations and to drive Europe's competitiveness and strategic autonomy. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the update of the EU Industrial Strategy highlighted the need to...

The study defines five future scenarios for the EU postal sector with a time horizon of 2040 to identify key challenges and market failures. The 'baseline' scenario focuses on the most 'probable' evolution of key indicators describing the postal sector based on the evidence available today....

After decades of globalization, many countries are now considering various measures to reduce their dependence on third countries and to incentivize domestic production. This paper analyzes a policy toolbox encompassing trade, industrial, and public policies and their effects on the EU and its...

This paper investigates how the import relations of the European Union (EU) have recently shifted in an increasingly fragmented global trade environment. Using trade data at a highly disaggregated product level, we analyse the reallocation of EU import flows, examining its implications in terms...

The EU aims to de-risk its economic relations with China. The EU has a nuanced China strategy, seeing it at the same time as a partner for cooperation, an economic competitor and a systemic rival. Still, in a context of increased geopolitical tensions and complexity, de-risking and economic...