The Single Market Strategy (SMS) adopted in October 20151 proposes actions addressing remaining obstacles to a better functioning internal market in services, including retail services. In particular, for the retail sector, it proposes that "the Commission will set out best practices for...

The study measured the current level of development of the collaborative economy of the EU-28 across the transport, accommodation, finance and online skills sectors. The size of the collaborative economy relative to the total EU economy was estimated to be EUR 26.5 billion (0.17% of EU-28 GDP in...

The EU public procurement rules seek to promote transparency and competition in procurement markets, to the benefit of all EU contracting authorities. Penetration of cross-border purchasing in public procurement is a gauge of the extent to which public procurement rules have successfully created...

The focus of this study is to: Gather data and identify good practices among initiatives supporting migrant entrepreneurship ; disseminate lessons learned from these successful initiatives in Europe and beyond and to encourage replication of good practices ; provide a self-assessment tool to be...

The aim of this evaluation is to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and utility of operations of the EACI between the years 2011-2013. In particular, this evaluation considers the extent to which the creation of this Agency yielded the expected positive results (as per the ex-ante CBA of...

Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys aims at ensuring a high level of safety for children while safeguarding the free movement of toys in the EU. This study assesses the relevance of the Directive in addressing current needs, effectiveness and efficiency of its provisions, its coherence...

This document summarises the Final Report of the evaluation study: "Final Evaluation of Space Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration". The study has been carried out by Technopolis Group and VVA Consulting on behalf of DG...

The basis for the performance of this assignment is provided by the Commission Decision on the Seventh Framework Programme: "Two years following the completion of this Framework Programme, the Commission shall carry out an external evaluation by independent experts of its rationale,...