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Document 52018DC0800

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Commission Work Programme 2019 Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future

COM/2018/800 final

Strasbourg, 23.10.2018

COM(2018) 800 final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EMPTY













Commission Work Programme 2019






















Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future




























I.Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future

The next months will be decisive for our European Union. Next May, Europeans will vote in the elections to the European Parliament. As the President of the Commission highlighted in his State of the Union Address on 12 September 2018, the decisions they make will reflect their confidence in the ability of the European Union to deliver solutions to the challenges that cannot be addressed by any of our Member States acting alone.

Challenges such as ensuring that Europe’s return to economic growth really benefits all which means investing in the jobs of the future and making an opportunity out of the digital and low-carbon transition. Challenges linked to migration, which even if far reduced from the crisis years of 2015-2016, will be with us for some time and need sustainable European solutions. Challenges to our democratic societies, our values and our security, which arise from terrorist and cyber-attacks, and increasingly from disinformation campaigns too. Challenges arising from an increasingly volatile global situation in which demographics, competition for resources, and climate change which require a shared push to sustainability, while some are questioning their commitment to the institutions and rules which have shaped the world order for the good over the past 50 years.

More than ever, Europe needs to show that our Union is united, strong and democratic and that only together can we deliver solutions to these challenges and so protect, empower and defend our citizens.

In our annual Work Programmes since the start of the mandate, this Commission has focussed on the biggest challenges where we believe European action can make a difference. With the initiatives presented alongside the State of the Union address, we have now tabled all of the legislative proposals needed to deliver positive change across the ten priorities of the European Commission for 2014-2019. Together with the European Parliament and Council, we have found agreement on nearly half of these and a further 20 percent is well advanced in the legislative process. The priority now must be to turn the rest of the proposals, including all the priority proposals identified in the Joint Declarations, into legislation, and then to implement it effectively. The dialogue the Commission has had with the European Parliament and the Council in the preparation of this Work Programme has confirmed that there is a shared commitment to maintain and further step up the momentum. Now is the time to show that together we can deliver.

To keep the focus on what is already on the table, in this year’s Work Programme, the Commission is presenting only a limited number of new initiatives, which alongside those presented with the State of the Union address, are essential to deliver fully on the 10 priorities. These initiatives address outstanding challenges that require collective and decisive action: completing the work in the area of migration; reinforcing the Economic and Monetary Union; addressing increasing tensions in the global trading system; tackling continued challenges to the Rule of Law in some Member States; and finding an agreement with the United Kingdom on its withdrawal from the Union. The Commission will also pay attention to implementing the legislation that has been adopted and to evaluating the existing acquis to prepare for the future, and we propose the withdrawal or repeal of a series of obsolete proposals and laws.

Finally, this Work Programme takes forward the Roadmap to Sibiu which found strong support in the European Parliament and was taken up in the Leaders’ Agenda. The Sibiu Summit will take place on Europe Day, 9 May 2019, six weeks after Brexit and two weeks before the European elections. This will be a crucial moment for the EU of 27 to shape its own future for 2025. With that in mind, it is important that a political agreement is reached on the Commission’s proposal for a simpler and flexible future budget framework ahead of Sibiu. Beyond that, the Commission will over the next months make a series of forward-looking contributions to prepare the Summit, so that EU Leaders can provide renewed confidence in the future of our Union of 27.

II.Full delivery of the 10 priorities of the Juncker Commission before the European Parliament elections    

A new boost for jobs, growth and investment

Europe’s economy is performing well. Growth reached a 10-year peak in 2017. Employment and investment have returned to pre-crisis levels and the state of public finances has significantly improved. However, the economic, social and fiscal situation is still uneven among Member States. As global economic weather conditions are changing, we must use the current momentum to continue to promote policies that allow us to seize new economic opportunities and which prepare the economy to withstand future challenges which will come our way.

This means continuing to invest in the reforms needed to keep the Union on a stable and sustainable growth path. The Commission’s modern, fair and balanced proposals for the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the Union of 27 will underpin the delivery of the common objectives for the Union for the next decade. They focus on the areas which EU leaders in Bratislava and Rome agreed where the Union is best placed to deliver. They will allow us to deal with major challenges such as youth unemployment, migration, security, the technological and digital transformation as well as the transition to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy. The Sibiu Summit should confirm political agreement on the future budget. This would show that the Union of 27 is united, has a clear sense of direction, and is ready and able to drive its own destiny and deliver for its citizens.

Public money has its place in stimulating the right sort of investment, but ultimately it is businesses which create jobs and growth. We must therefore continue to leverage the resources available. The Investment Plan for Europe, the Juncker Plan, has already generated 344 billion euro of additional investments, thus surpassing its original target of 315 billion euro, and is expected to create 1.4 million jobs and increase EU Gross Domestic Product by 1,3% by 2020. The Juncker Plan has been reinforced and extended to mobilise an estimated 500 billion euro in additional investment by the end of 2020. The Commission will take stock of progress and identify further ways of boosting investment, including under the future InvestEU programme.

We also need to agree on the remaining proposals to drive the transition towards a circular economy that supports innovation, jobs and growth and promotes the sustainable use of our scarce resources. Speedy agreement on the proposal on single-use plastics is necessary to reduce the amount of harmful plastics entering our oceans and seas and to provide companies with a strong incentive to look for sustainable and innovative alternatives. This will incentivise European innovation and give European companies a technological lead over their global competitors, thus boosting sustainable growth and jobs for the future.

A connected Digital Single Market

The Digital Single Market is already delivering benefits for Europeans: roaming charges have ended, citizens can now access film, sport, music, video game and e-book subscriptions wherever they are in the EU, and from December this year they will be able to shop online without unjustified discrimination just because of where they happen to live.

Of the 30 legislative initiatives which the Commission has made for the Digital Single Market, 18 have been adopted into law. It is now crucial to conclude the remaining proposals, including on copyright, ePrivacy and contract law. It is important to quickly establish the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre together with the Network of National Coordination Centres to help the EU retain and develop the technological and industrial capacities on cybersecurity which are necessary to secure our Digital Single Market.

We will continue work on the emerging challenge of Artificial Intelligence by enabling coordinated action across the European Union and by following up on the various steps set out earlier this year. The Commission and the High Representative will also present a new Joint Action Plan to tackle the pervasive spread of online disinformation in Europe which undermines Europeans’ trust in democratic processes and institutions as well as our independent and free media. This is an issue which it is particularly important to address ahead of next year’s elections to the European Parliament.

We will also produce a recommendation to establish a format for the exchange of European Electronic Health Records. This will facilitate the exchange of patient data across borders. It will benefit patients and healthcare providers and help to promote medical progress through the digitalisation of health services. In the area of public health, we will also put forward a comprehensive framework on endocrine disruptors.

A resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy

The last four years have seen the EU investing in our own Energy Union to promote sustainable, independent and secure supplies for citizens. We have led the global fight against climate change and are the only large economy to legislate to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 in line with the Paris Agreement.

We need to continue the work to secure agreement by the co-legislators on the remaining proposals in the Clean Energy for all Europeans package. To improve the functioning of the EU internal energy market and enhance solidarity between Member States it is also essential for the co-legislators to agree on common rules for gas pipelines entering the European gas market and finalise the new legislation on the electricity markets. We also need agreement on the Commission proposals under the ‘Europe on the Move’ Mobility packages to ensure timely implementation of our agenda for safe, clean and connected mobility, and on the Commission proposals on sustainable finance to mobilise the private capital necessary to support the EU's climate and sustainable development agenda.

The timely adoption of these measures will ensure that the supporting tools and legal framework of the EU’s 2030 climate policy are in place. Together, these climate and energy policies will deliver total greenhouse gas emission reductions of around 45% by 2030, surpassing the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions by at least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990. They will also put us on a trajectory to achieve projected emission reductions of around 60% by 2050. This is, however, not sufficient for the EU to contribute to the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report unequivocally confirms the negative impacts of climate change, and against this background the Commission will propose an EU strategy for long-term greenhouse gas reductions in the run-up to the Katowice Climate Change Conference in December 2018. We will also report on the State of the Energy Union, as well as on the progress made to promote European capacity as a leader in the batteries sector.

A deeper and fairer Internal Market with a strengthened industrial base

2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the Single Market. Accounting for a fifth of the world’s economy, the Single Market is unique and is Europe’s strongest asset to generate economic growth and to help European companies thrive, innovate and create jobs. Our collective weight allows us to be the effective standard-setter and global reference point on issues such as data protection, big data, artificial intelligence and automation, and so export our values and shape the global economy.

We now need to deliver on our promise to make the most of the potential of the Single Market in all its dimensions. Agreement is essential on pending proposals under the Goods and Services Packages to ensure safe products and reinforce trust in the Single Market. We must intensify efforts to agree on a common consolidated corporate tax base and on the proposals for a fair and efficient taxation of the digital economy so that all companies, big and small, pay their fair share of tax where their profits are earned. It is also time to reach agreement on the fair and efficient Value Added Tax proposals, to simplify the system particularly for small businesses, to make it fraud-proof and to modernise the system for setting reduced Value Added Tax rates. Agreement should also be reached on the company law proposals to ensure that the right of companies to move and grow across national borders is not abused by a few to evade tax or to undermine workers’ rights. Agreement should also be reached urgently on the legislative proposals for a New Deal for Consumers. This New Deal will modernise and simplify consumer legislation and introduce strengthened individual redress through representative actions.

A fully functioning Capital Markets Union with deep and liquid markets is crucial for financial stability, to support the Single Market, and to diversify sources of finance for European business, including for smaller companies. It is high time to find agreement on the proposals on the pan-European Personal Pension Product, the European Market Infrastructure reform, the improvement of the EU’s financial supervisory architecture and the proposal on business insolvency, restructuring and second chance. Agreement should also be reached on other Capital Markets Union proposals on crowdfunding, covered bonds, facilitating cross-border distribution of investment funds, promoting SME listing on public markets, and more proportionate and effective rules for investment firms. In light of the recent serious revelations of money laundering in the financial sector, it is also vital to reach swift agreement on the proposals to establish stronger anti-money laundering supervision to ensure that rules are better supervised and enforced across the EU.

Beyond delivering results for business, the Single Market is also the guarantor of high social standards and workers’ protection. One year ago, at the Gothenburg Social Summit, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights. Within its field of competences, the Commission has taken action to follow it up with concrete initiatives. Agreement is now needed on the establishment of a European Labour Authority, and on the proposals to create a better work-life balance and more transparent and predictable working conditions for everyone, including people working in atypical contracts. We need to agree on the revision of the rules on the coordination of Member States’ social security systems, on protecting workers against chemicals which cause cancer, and on access to social protection. It is also high time to finalise the European Accessibility Act, so that people with disabilities can more effectively exercise their equal right to participate fully in society and the labour market.

Maintaining, enforcing and deepening the Single Market is a continuous task. We need to address remaining gaps and improve how it functions. Agreement on pending legislative files and proper implementation of regulation in Member States is therefore of utmost importance. In view of the Leaders’ discussion at the December European Council, the Commission will table a Communication focusing on the elimination of remaining barriers and options for action to ensure that Europe seizes the new opportunities of a changing global environment.

A deeper and fairer Economic and Monetary Union

On 1 January 2019, we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the single currency. 340 million Europeans use the euro every day throughout 19 Member States. The euro area represents almost 85% of the Gross Domestic Product of the Union of 27. It has weathered the worst financial crisis in our lifetime and has emerged stronger. It is now time to focus more clearly on the strategic role that the euro should play on the global scene and to strengthen its foundations. The completion of Capital Markets Union is particularly important in this context.

It is also crucial to deliver on the proposals which are part of the roadmap to deepen Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union, including the budgetary instruments proposed under the next Multiannual Financial Framework. This will equip the Economic and Monetary Union – notably the European Stabilisation Function and the Reform Support Programme – to ensure greater macroeconomic resilience and to pursue structural reforms and strengthen convergence. In June 2018, at the Euro Summit in which all Member States participated, Leaders agreed to complete the Banking Union, including through creating a common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund and progress towards the European Deposit Insurance Scheme. They also agreed on strengthening the role and developing further the European Stability Mechanism as a crisis management tool. This work needs to be taken forward as a priority, whilst swift agreement is now required in particular on the proposals on risk reduction in the banking sector as well as the package on the reduction of non-performing loans. A resilient euro area requires resilient Member States and reinvigorated economic and social convergence. With this objective in mind, the Commission will continue to strengthen and focus the European Semester to support and guide Member States to achieve sustainable, inclusive and long-term growth.

Trade: A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

Our scale, common values and purpose mean that the European Union is unique in having trade agreements with 69 countries around the world which account for 40% of global Gross Domestic Product. But increasing tensions and the growing lack of predictability in the global trade order mean that we need to continually reassert our commitment to preserving and strengthening the rules-based international system. Swift conclusion of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, the biggest trade deal ever negotiated by the European Union, will be a powerful signal of this commitment. We will also work to ensure the rapid entry into force of the agreements with Singapore and Vietnam and to finalise those negotiations for which an agreement in principle has been reached (Mexico) or that are already at an advanced stage such as those with Chile and MERCOSUR. We must also make as much progress as possible in other ongoing trade negotiations, including with Australia and New Zealand.

The EU has every reason to be confident and assertive in our trade relations, but we will not be naïve. It is important that the co-legislators agree swiftly on the proposal on the screening of foreign direct investment, in order to monitor and prevent foreign take-overs that would be detrimental to EU interests. It is also time for Member States to break the deadlock on the proposal for an International Procurement Instrument so that we can prevent discrimination against EU companies in the procurement markets of third countries, and to agree to the reform of the dual use rules so that trade can never be misused as a cover for goods which can be used to violate basic human rights.

An area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on mutual trust

Safeguarding fundamental rights and security has been a top priority in the past four years. To complete the work to deliver an effective Security Union it is now crucial to agree on the proposals on cross border access of law enforcement authorities to electronic evidence, on marketing and use of explosive precursors, on improving the security features of identity cards and on facilitating cross-border access to and use of financial data by law enforcement authorities. We must also go further to deny terrorists the means to act by agreeing measures on the prevention of the dissemination of terrorist content online and extending the mandate of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include the fight against cross-border terrorism.

To ensure that European information systems for security, migration and border management work together in a smarter and more efficient way, the proposal on interoperability of these systems should be agreed swiftly, together with the upgrades of for example the European Criminal Records Information System, Eurodac and the Visa Information System.

Revelations from Dieselgate to Luxleaks, from the Panama papers to the Cambridge Analytica affair have shown that whistle-blowers play an important role in uncovering unlawful activities that damage the public interest and the welfare of citizens. We therefore need to agree on improved protection for whistle-blowers who report breaches of EU law.

We must also ensure that the EU can deliver help more effectively to those affected by natural disasters by agreeing on the proposal on the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU).

Abiding by the rule of law, as one of the Union’s values, is essential for democracy and for the respect for fundamental rights. It is also an essential guarantee for the functioning of the European Union – as an internal market and an area where laws are applied uniformly and the budget is spent properly, and in which Member States and their citizens can work together in a spirit of mutual trust towards common objectives. The procedure set out in the Treaties to determine whether there is a clear risk of a serious breach of values, and in particular the rule of law, has been triggered as regards two Member States. There are also mounting concerns about some other Member States. As a consequence there is a growing understanding that the European Union and its Member States need to do more to uphold and enforce the rule of law. In this context, the Commission intends to present an initiative with a view to further strengthening the 2014 rule of law framework.

Towards a new policy on migration

Migratory pressures remain key concerns of European citizens, despite the fact that the crisis has been overcome. Proper migration management will remain a challenge for many years to come and requires a comprehensive response.

Irregular arrivals in the European Union have dropped by 95% from the peak in October 2015. However, this year has also shown the importance of vigilance on all routes with a substantial fall on the Central Mediterranean route, but rises in the Eastern and in particular the Western Mediterranean routes. Migratory routes and their drivers are constantly changing and we need to prepare for the future. The top priority remains agreeing on a well-functioning Common European Asylum System based on the principles of responsibility and solidarity. Five of the seven initial proposals to reform the System have been provisionally or partly agreed and the final steps towards adoption should now be taken, integrating the changes to strengthen the operational capabilities of the new European Asylum Agency proposed alongside the State of the Union address. We need in parallel to focus efforts on agreeing the remaining two proposals: the reform of the Dublin system and the Asylum Procedures Regulation.

A credible migration policy means citizens must be assured that we effectively manage our external borders and that we can both protect those in need and return those who are not. Strengthening the coherence and effectiveness of our return policy and reducing incentives for irregular migration is crucial and the Commission has presented the necessary proposals to do so. In the same vein, we need to agree quickly on the reform of the return Directive and to strengthen the capacity of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, by establishing a standing corps of 10.000 EU border guards by 2020, strengthening its powers in the field of returns, and allowing it to operate more widely in partner countries outside the EU.

At the same time, Europe must do more on legal migration. We need to be able to address adequately labour market needs and skills shortages in the future, while pursuing the EU’s interests. It is therefore essential to agree on the revised EU Blue Card scheme, which will make it easier and more attractive for highly skilled third-country nationals to come to work in Europe and contribute to the performance of our economies.

By December 2018, the Commission will publish a Communication on Visa Reciprocity to take stock of the state of play and the possible ways forward as regards the situation of non-reciprocity with the United States in the area of visa policy.

A stronger global actor

When we stand together, Europe has all the weight we need to be a strong global actor, working towards peace, sustainable development, security and stability, while supporting democracy, defending human rights and promoting the rule of law.

To ensure that this is the case, and alongside efforts to reach an agreement on the proposed financial programmes to underpin Europe’s role as global actor, the Commission will continue to call for swift follow-up to its initiative for more efficient decision-making in the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. It will also continue to work on implementing the EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, notably as regards India, Latin America and Central Asia.

The implementation of the proposed new Africa – Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs will be taken forward. To that end, the EU’s External Investment Plan will be further operationalised and implemented to deliver on its ambitious objective of leveraging up to 44 billion euro in sustainable investments by 2020.

Implementing our neighbourhood policy both in the East and in the South will remain a key priority. With regard to the enlargement of the EU, the Commission will issue the yearly reports on all the progress made in the relationship with all partners concerned. Moreover, the Commission will assess and adopt an opinion on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s request to become a candidate for membership.

A Union of Democratic Change

In the last four years the Commission has sought to make the European Union more democratic, for example by opening up policymaking to citizens’ inputs, by boosting transparency of meetings between Commission decision-makers and interest representatives, by publishing negotiating mandates for trade agreements, and by embedding Better Regulation principles in policy design. Important revisions have been made to the rules for funding of European political parties, which will increase the transparency of links between European political parties and their member parties, improve democratic legitimacy with funding better reflecting the electorate’s choices and strengthen enforcement to prevent abuses of public spending.

To protect our democratic values, we must guarantee that the upcoming elections take place in a free and fair way, which is why it is urgent that the proposals to better protect our democratic processes from manipulation by third countries or private interests are agreed quickly. The proposal to allow European political parties to be sanctioned for breaching personal data protection in order to deliberately influence the outcome of the European elections should also be agreed as a matter of priority.

European Citizens’ Initiatives offer citizens a unique and innovative way to participate in setting the agenda at EU level by directly asking the Commission to take action on a matter that they care about. To make the instrument more user-friendly and to allow it to achieve its full potential it is essential to reach swift agreement on the reform of the Regulation to make it easier for citizens to launch and support new initiatives. We are also responding to citizens’ wishes expressed in public consultations, for example with the proposal to end the twice-yearly time change.

From the beginning of its mandate, this Commission has underlined the need for a Union with a stronger focus on things that matter and the need to improve the democratic legitimacy of what the Union does. An essential aspect of this is ensuring respect for the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. The Commission is presenting alongside this Work Programme a Communication setting out how we intend to strengthen the role of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles in the EU’s policymaking, building on the rich input received from the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and “Doing Less More Efficiently”. In line with the views of the Task Force, this will be done as part of the wider better regulation agenda including in the planned stocktaking. The Communication is accompanied by the Annual Reports on relations between the European Commission and national Parliaments and on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.



III.Offering all Europeans a strong perspective for the future

The Summit in Sibiu on 9 May 2019 will take place at a pivotal moment – six weeks after Brexit and two weeks before the European Parliament elections. This will be the moment when Leaders provide renewed confidence in the future of the new Union of 27. The Commission will contribute to the process leading up to and beyond Sibiu with a number of reports and communications with a 2025 perspective. It has presented, or will put forward, initiatives aiming to:

·Strengthen the international role of the euro, as part of global efforts to strengthen Europe’s sovereignty;

·Enhance the use of qualified majority voting and allow more efficient decision-making in key fields of taxation and social policies, so that the EU Single Market legislation can keep pace with economic and societal developments, as well as in several targeted areas of our external relations to offer the right decision-making tools for our Common Foreign and Security Policy;

·Reflect on the road towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030 to follow up on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including the Paris agreement on Climate Change;

·Pave the way for a new institutional framework for our energy and climate policy by outlining options for enhanced qualified majority voting and possible reform of the Euratom Treaty;

·Further strengthen the 2014 rule of law framework;

·Outline how to make the Union more united, stronger and more democratic in communication terms.

IV.Brexit and Preparedness

While significant efforts are being made to ensure the conclusion of an agreement on an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and a framework for the future EU-UK relations, certain measures will be necessary to adapt the EU acquis in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom and irrespective of the outcome of the negotiations. In addition to six legislative acts which are already on the table of the co-legislators, the Commission will adopt two more Brexit-preparedness legislative proposals that will address, respectively, the visa status of UK nationals after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom and the adjustment of figures for primary and final energy consumption in the energy efficiency legislation. The proposals will be tabled in November 2018 so that sufficient time is left for the co-legislators to adopt them before the withdrawal date.

The Commission will also present before the end of 2018 a number of delegated and implementing acts that are required in the context of Brexit-preparedness. It will continue to monitor the situation closely as the negotiations evolve, and will propose further measures as necessary, with due regard to the time necessary for the co-legislators to complete their work.

V.Better regulation and the implementation and enforcement of EU Law

From the start of the mandate, this Commission has invested heavily in Better Regulation which is now part of our DNA. The OECD has recently ranked the Commission as a top performer in good regulatory practices. To further consolidate this progress, we are carrying out a stocktaking of our Better Regulation policy and will report in the spring on the results and lessons to be learned. In the meantime, we will pay particular attention to using our Better Regulation tools to look hard at our existing policies and ensure that they remain fit for purpose and avoid unnecessary costs. Annex II of this Work Programme sets out the most significant evaluations and Fitness Checks we will undertake, including those that follow up on the Opinions of the REFIT Platform. The Platform continues its work and it is expected to adopt further Opinions shortly, after which the Commission will provide a detailed presentation of the follow-up to all past and new Opinions in the online REFIT Scoreboard, as well as in the second Annual Burden Survey.

Any rule, no matter how carefully drafted and prepared, is only effective if it is implemented properly in practice. This is why the Commission will continue to pay as much attention to ensuring that laws are properly applied as we do to designing them in the first place. The key to effective implementation of EU law is close cooperation and communication between the Commission and the Member States. We will continue to engage in dialogue with Member States to support them in implementing EU law. Significant efforts will be required in the months ahead as concerns the process of transposing and implementing legislation that has been recently adopted or will be soon. At the same time, the Commission will continue to prioritise serious breaches of EU law that undermine the added value of EU rules, and will take firm action where needed, as it has recently done in areas such as air quality.

VI.Conclusion

The remaining months of this mandate will be crucial to show citizens that we have delivered on our agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change. The Commission Work Programme for 2019 outlines a clear and focused agenda to complete the work we committed to do at the start of this mandate. The Commission will continue to work intensively with the European Parliament and the Council to complete this agenda by adopting and implementing all of the proposals the Commission has made. This common European effort is crucial if we are to show to citizens that Europe can make a difference through focused and effective action and tangible results. On 9 May in Sibiu we will also be able to show that the European Union of 27 has a clear perspective for the future and has reinforced the foundations for a strong, united and sovereign Europe.

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ANNEXES

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS


Commission Work Programme 2019

Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future


Annex I: New initiatives

Nº

Policy objective

Initiatives 1  

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

1.

Getting Europe investing again

Communication on the Investment Plan for Europe: stock-taking and next steps (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

2.

A sustainable European future

Reflection Paper "Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030, on the follow-up to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, including on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change" (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

A Connected Digital Single Market

3.

Completing the Digital Single Market

Coordinated Plan on the development of Artificial Intelligence in Europe (non-legislative, Q4 2018); Action Plan on Disinformation (non-legislative, Q4 2018); Commission Recommendation to establish a format for European Electronic Health Record (non legislative, Q1 2019)

A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy

4.

Implementation of the Paris Agreement

Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction in accordance with the Paris Agreement (in advance of the Katowice Climate Change Conference of 3-14 December) (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

5.

Completing the Energy Union

4th State of the Energy Union Report (non-legislative, Q1 2019); Report on the Strategic Action Plan on batteries (non-legislative, Q1 2019)

6.

Future of Energy and Climate policy

Towards a new institutional framework for our energy and climate policy by 2025: options for enhanced qualified majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty (non-legislative, Q1 2019)

7.

Energy efficiency targets – preparing for Brexit

Proposal to adapt references to EU energy efficiency targets (expressed in absolute values) for 2030 to an EU at 27 (Legislative, Article 194 TFEU, Q4 2018) (Brexit preparedness)

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

8.

Fair and Future-proof Single Market

Communication Towards a fully functioning Single Market in a rapidly changing global environment: eliminating barriers and seizing new opportunities for the benefit of citizens and businesses (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

9.

Health Protection

Communication on a comprehensive European Union framework on endocrine disruptors (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

10.

More efficient Single Market law-making

More efficient law-making in the field of taxation: identification of areas for a move to qualified majority voting (non-legislative, Q1 2019); More efficient law-making in social policy: identification of areas for an enhanced move to qualified majority voting (non-legislative, Q1 2019)



A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

11.

Promoting the international role of the euro

Communication on strengthening the international role of the euro (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

12.

Rule of Law

Further strengthening of the 2014 Rule of Law framework (non-legislative, Q1 2019)

Towards a New Policy on Migration

13.

Implementing the common visa policy

Communication on Visa Reciprocity (non-legislative, Q4 2018) 

14.

Visa policy - preparing for Brexit

Proposal to place the United Kingdom on either the ‘visa required’ list of third countries or the ‘visa free’ list (legislative, Article 77(2) TFEU, Q4 2018) (Brexit preparedness)

A Union of Democratic Change

15.

Communicating Europe

Communication on how to make the Union more united, stronger and more democratic in communication terms (non-legislative, Q2 2019)

Annex II: REFIT initiatives 2

Nº

Title

Description

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment 

1.

The Fitness Check of the Water Framework and Floods Directives together with the evaluation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

The Water Framework Directive 2000/50 is the most comprehensive instrument of EU water policy and its main objective is to protect and enhance EU water resources to achieve good status. The Fitness Check will evaluate this Directive, two other Directives directly linked to it (Directive 2006/118 on Groundwater and 2008/105 on Environmental Quality Standards) and the Floods Directive (2007/60), which has been the catalyst for introducing a risk management approach to floods across the EU. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271) is closely linked to the Water Framework Directive, as it is essential for the achievement of its objectives.

2.

The Fitness Check of the Air Quality Directives

This Fitness Check, expected to be concluded in 2019, will look at the performance of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives (2008/50 and 2004/107). These Directives set air quality standards to be met throughout the EU and requirements to ensure that Member States adequately monitor and assess air quality on their territory, in a harmonised and comparable manner.

3.

Evaluation of the Regulation on the shipment of waste.

The evaluation of Regulation 1013/2006 will assess all aspects relating to its implementation, including the question of illegal trade in waste products, and also provides follow-up to a REFIT Platform opinion IX.3.a-c adopted on 19/03/2018 in which the REFIT Platform considers that more types of waste should be added to the “green list” and highlights the challenge to companies that arises from the obligatory registration of waste carriers in all Member States.

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

4.

Evaluation of the Directive on the legal protection of designs and the Regulation on Community designs.

The evaluation of Directive 98/71 and Regulation 6/2002 will provide an in-depth assessment of the overall functioning of the design protection system in the European Union including both Union and national levels, in particular in view of the recent EU trademark revision, the development of new technologies such as 3D-printing and the spare parts market.

5.

Evaluation of the Construction Products Regulation

The evaluation of Regulation 305/2011 is linked to the REFIT Platform opinion XII.8.b adopted on 7/6/2017 inviting the Commission to review the issue of the obligation to keep the Declaration of Performance for 10 years considering the distinction between retailers selling to businesses and/or consumers as well as to REFIT Platform opinion XII.8.c adopted on 23/11/2017 and XII.8.a adopted on 27-28/6/2016.

6.

Evaluation on maximum residue levels for pesticides and authorisation of plant protection products.

This evaluation wil look at the authorisation procedure and in particular at the dual system of authorisation of active substance at EU level and plant protection product at national level and the delay in time to market; the mutual recognition of national level, the comparative system to allow for substitution with less hazardous substances, the system of residue limit setting, its enforcment and the costs of the system. The evaluation covers Regulation 1107/2009 and Regulation 396/2005. This evaluation will look into the issues raised in the REFIT Platform opinion XI.10.a on Multiple use/Multiple source substances – Chlorate adopted on 7/6/2017.

A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

7.

Fitness Check of Supervisory Reporting

This Fitness Check will analyse cross-sectoral reporting requirements to supervisory authorities stemming from EU Financial Services Legislation (e.g. Capital Requirements Directives - CRR/CRDIV, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive - MiFID/MiFIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation - EMIR etc.). It provides follow-up to the REFIT Platform opinion X.13.a adopted on 27/06/2016.

8.

Fitness Check of corporate reporting

This Fitness Check will evaluate corporate reporting requirements including the Accounting Directive 2013/34, Non financial reporting Directive 2014/95/EC, the Transparency Directive 2013/50, and the International Accounting Standards Regulation 1606/2002.

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust 

9.

Evaluation of the Directive on Equal pay for equal work and work of equal value

The evaluation of Directive 2006/54/EC will focus on how the existing legal provisions on equal pay have worked in practice, the approaches that have been implemented in EU Member States, how effectively they are enforced, and the extent to which their initial goals have been reached.

10.

Consumer credit (Directive 2008/48/EC) and Distance marketing of consumer financial services (Directive 2002/65/EC)

The evaluation of Directive 2008/48/EC and Directive 2002/65/EC will look into the functioning of the consumer credit market and the distance marketing and selling of retail financial services. The evaluation on the consumer credit market will consider in particular the issues raised by the REFIT Platform in its opinion (VI.4.a-f) adopted on 21/9/2017

Annex III: Priority pending proposals

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A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and and Investment

1.

Circular Economy package

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)**

COM(2017)753 final
2017/0332 (COD) 
01.02.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on minimum requirements for water reuse**

COM(2018)337 final
2018/0169 (COD) 
28.05.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment**

COM(2018)340 final
2018/0172 (COD) 
30.05.2018

2.

Fisheries control

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008, and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control**

COM(2018)368 final
2018/0193 (COD) 
30.05.2018

3.

Alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy and thereby amending Directives 86/278/EEC, 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU, Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010, and Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005**

COM(2018)381 final
2018/0205 (COD) 
31.05.2018

4.

Accessibility requirements for products and services

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services*

COM(2015)615 final
2015/0278 (COD) 
02.12.2015

5.

Multiannual Financial Framework

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of the Reform Support Programme

COM(2018)391 final
2018/0213 (COD)
31.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the InvestEU Programme

COM(2018)439 final
2018/0229 (COD)
06.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down implementing measures for the system of Own Resources of the European Union

COM(2018)327 final
2018/0132 (APP)
02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the system of Own Resources of the European Union

COM(2018)325 final
2018/0135 (CNS)
02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 on the definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax

COM(2018)328 final
2018/0133 (NLE)
02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the methods and procedure for making available the Own Resources based on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, on the European Union Emissions Trading System and on Plastic packaging waste that is not recycled, and on the measures to meet cash requirements

COM(2018)326 final
2018/0131 (NLE)
02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027

COM(2018)322 final
2018/0132 (APP)
02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (Ignalina programme); and repealing Council Regulation (EU) No 1369/2013

COM(2018)466 final
2018/0251 (NLE)
13.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing a dedicated financial programme for decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste, and repealing Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1368/2013

COM(2018)467 final
2018/0252 (NLE)
13.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it

COM(2018)445 final
2018/0235 (NLE)
07.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

COM(2018)390 final
2018/0210 (COD)
12.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013

COM(2018)385 final
2018/0209 (COD)
1.6.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)

COM(2018)380 final
2018/0202 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)

COM(2018)382 final
2018/0206 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the 'Customs' programme for cooperation in the field of customs

COM(2018)442 final
2018/0232 (COD)
08.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the 'Fiscalis' programme for cooperation in the field of taxation

COM(2018)443 final
2018/0233 (COD)
08.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the ‘Pericles IV programme')

COM(2018)/369 final
2018/0194 (COD)
31.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of a European Investment Stabilisation Function

COM(2018)387 final
2018/0212 (COD)
31.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013

COM(2018)393 final
2018/0217 (COD)
01.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products, (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and (EU) No 229/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands

COM(2018)394 final
2018/0218 (COD)
01.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

COM(2018)392 final
2018/0216 (COD)
01.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014

COM(2018)438 final
2018/0228 (COD)
06.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics and repealing Regulations (EU) No 99/2013, (EU) No 1287/2013, (EU) No 254/2014, (EU) No 258/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) 2017/826

COM(2018)441 final
2018/0231 (COD)
07.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the space programme of the Union and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013, (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision 541/2014/EU

COM(2018)447 final
2018/0236 (COD)
06.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Fund

COM(2018)476 final
2018/0254 (COD)
13.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Solidarity Corps programme and repealing [European Solidarity Corps Regulation] and Regulation (EU) No 375/2014

COM(2018)440 final
2018/0230 (COD)
11.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013

COM(2018)366 final
2018/0190 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013

COM(2018)367 final
2018/0191 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument

COM(2018)375 final
2018/0196 (COD)
29.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund

COM(2018)372 final
2018/0197 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context

COM(2018)373 final
2018/0198 (COD)
29.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments

COM(2018)374 final
2018/0199 (COD)
29.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 of 13 July 2015 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of horizontal State aid

COM(2018)398 final
2018/0222 (NLE) 
06.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination

COM(2018)435 final
2018/0224 (COD)
07.06.2018

Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

COM(2018)436 final
2018/0225 (COD)
07.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2021-2025 complementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

COM(2018)437 final
2018/0226 (NLE)
07.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Digital Europe programme for the period 2021-2027

COM(2018)434 final
2018/0227 (COD)
06.06.2018

6.

Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020: withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013)
(Brexit preparedness)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

COM(2018)568 final
2018/0299 (COD)
01.08.2018

7.

Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations: withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (amending Regulation (EC) No 391/2009)
(Brexit preparedness)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

COM(2018)567 final
2018/0298 (COD)
01.08.2018

A Connected Digital Single Market

8.

Digital Contracts

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content*

COM(2015)634 final
2015/0287 (COD) 
09.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on certain aspects concerning contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods*

COM(2015)635 final
2015/0288 (COD) 
09.12.2015

9.

Implementation and functioning of the .eu Top Level Domain name

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the implementation and functioning of the .eu Top Level Domain name and repealing Regulation (EC) No 733/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004**

COM(2018)231 final
2018/0110 (COD) 
27.04.2018

10.

Re-use of public sector information (recast)

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the re-use of public sector information (recast)**

COM(2018)234 final
2018/0111 (COD) 
25.04.2018

11.

Promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services*

COM(2018)238 final
2018/0112 (COD) 
26.04.2018

12.

Respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications (e-privacy)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)*

COM(2017)10 final
2017/0003 (COD) 
10.01.2017

13.

Cybersecurity

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on ENISA, the "EU Cybersecurity Agency", and repealing Regulation (EU) 526/2013, and on Information and Communication Technology cybersecurity certification (''Cybersecurity Act'')*

COM(2017)477 final
2017/0225 (COD) 
13.09.2017

 

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and the Network of National Coordination Centres A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)630 final
2018/0328 (COD) 
12.09.2018

14.

Copyright package

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on copyright in the Digital Single Market*

COM(2016)593 final
2016/0280 (COD) 
14.09.2016

 

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes*

COM(2016)594 final
2016/0284 (COD) 
14.09.2016

A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy

15.

Mobility and Climate Change package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles**

COM(2018)284 final
2018/0143 (COD)
17.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (recast)*

COM(2017)676 final
2017/0293 (COD) 
08.11.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services*

COM(2017)647 final
2017/0288 (COD) 
08.11.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States*

COM(2017)648 final
2017/0290 (COD) 
08.11.2017

16.

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2009/33/EU on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles*

COM(2017)653 final
2017/0291 (COD) 
08.11.2017

17.

Common rules for the internal market in natural gas: pipelines to and from third countries

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas**

COM(2017)660 final
2017/0294 (COD) 
08.11.2017

18.

Clean Energy Package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC*

COM(2016)862 final
2016/0377 (COD) 
30.11.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast)*

COM(2016)863 final
2016/0378 (COD) 
30.11.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the internal market for electricity (recast)*

COM(2016)861 final
2016/0379 (COD) 
30.11.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast)*

COM(2016)864 final
2016/0380 (COD) 
30.11.2016

19.

Europe on the Move Package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on streamlining measures for advancing the realisation of the trans-European transport network**

COM(2018)277 final
2018/0138 (COD)
17.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment and repealing Directive 2010/65/EU**

COM(2018)278 final
2018/0139 (COD)
17.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on electronic freight transport information**

COM(2018)279 final
2018/0140 (COD)
17.05.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2006/1/EC on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road*

COM(2017)282 final
2017/0113 (COD)
31.05.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures*

COM(2017)275 final
2017/0114 (COD)
31.05.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2006/22/EC as regards enforcement requirements and laying down specific rules with respect to Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting drivers in the road transport sector**

COM(2017)278 final
2017/0121 (COD)
31.05.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards on minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) 165/2014 as regards positioning by means of tachographs**

COM(2017)277 final
2017/0122 (COD)
31.05.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 with a view to adapting them to developments in the sector*

COM(2017)281 final
2017/0123 (COD)
31.05.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)*

COM(2017)280 final
2017/0128 (COD)
31.05.2017

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation**

COM(2017)276 final
2017/0115 (CNS)
31.05.2017

20.

Discontinuing seasonal changes of time

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL discontinuing seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 2000/84/EC**

COM(2018)639 final
2018/0332 (COD)
12.09.2018

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

21.

Sustainable Finance Package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment**

COM(2018)353 final
2018/0178 (COD)
24.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341**

COM(2018)354 final
2018/0179 (COD)
24.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 2016/1011 on low carbon benchmarks and positive carbon impact benchmarks**

COM(2018)355 final
2018/0180 (COD)
24.05.2018

22.

Cross-border investment funds

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to cross-border distribution of collective investment funds**

COM(2018)92 final
2018/0041 (COD)
12.03.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards exposures in the form of covered bonds**

COM(2018)93 final
2018/0042 (COD)
12.03.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the issue of covered bonds and covered bond public supervision and amending Directive 2009/65/EC and Directive 2014/59/EU**

COM(2018)94 final
2018/0043 (COD)
12.03.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment funds and amending Regulations (EU) No 345/2013 and (EU) No 346/2013**

COM(2018)110 final
2018/0045 (COD)
12.03.2018

23.

Crowdfunding services

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments**

COM(2018)99 final
2018/0047 (COD)
08.03.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for Business**

COM(2018)113 final
2018/0048 (COD)
08.03.2018

24.

Minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures*

COM(2018)134 final
2018/0060 (COD)
14.03.2018

25.

Amendments to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as regards the clearing obligation, the suspension of the clearing obligation, the reporting requirements, the risk-mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a central counterparty, the registration and supervision of trade repositories and the requirements for trade repositories**

COM(2017)208 final
2017/0090 (COD)
04.05.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority) and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as regards the procedures and authorities involved for the authorisation of CCPs and requirements for the recognition of third-country CCPs**

COM(2017)331 final
2017/0136 (COD)
20.09.2017

26.

Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)**

COM(2017)343 final
2017/0143 (COD)
29.06.2017

27.

Tasks, governance and financing of the European Supervisory Authorities

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL Amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; and Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market**

COM(2017)536 final
2017/0230 (COD )
20.09.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments and Directive 2009/138/EC on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)**

COM(2017)537
2017/0231 (COD)
20.09.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 on European Union macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board**

COM(2017)538 final
2017/0232 (COD)
20.09.2017

28.

Requirements and supervision of investment firms

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the prudential requirements of investment firms and amending Regulations (EU) No 575/2013, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 1093/2010**

COM(2017)790 final
2017/0359 (COD)
20.12.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the prudential supervision of investment firms and amending Directives 2013/36/EU and 2014/65/EU**

COM(2017)791 final
2017/0358 (COD)
20.12.2017

29.

Disclosure of income tax information

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches**

COM(2016)198 final
2016/0107 (COD)
12.04.2016

30.

Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 [on general food law], Directive 2001/18/EC [on the deliberate release into the environment of GMOs], Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 [on GM food and feed], Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 [on feed additives], Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 [on smoke flavourings], Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 [on food contact materials], Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 [on the common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 [on plant protection products] and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 [on novel foods]**

COM(2018)179 final
2018/0088 (COD)
11.04.2018

31.

Social dimension internal market

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a European Labour Authority**

COM(2018)131 final
2018/0064 (COD)
13.03.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Third batch)**

COM(2018)171 final
2018/0081 (COD)
05/04/2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union**

COM(2017)797
2017/0355 (COD)
21.12.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU**

COM(2017)253 final
2017/0085 (COD)
26.04.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75**

COM(2016)531 final
2016/0256 (COD)
23.08.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (Text with relevance for the EEA and Switzerland)*

COM(2016)815final
2016/0397 (COD)
13.12.2016

32.

Common system of value added tax: special scheme for small enterprises

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises**

COM(2018)21 final
2018/0006 (CNS)
18.01.2018

33.

Fair taxation

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services**

COM(2018)148 final
2018/0073 (CNS)
21.03.2018

Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence**

COM(2018)147 final
2018/0072 (CNS)
21.03.2018

34.

Value Added Tax Reform Package

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards harmonising and simplifying certain rules in the value added tax system and introducing the definitive system for the taxation of trade between Member States**

COM(2017)569 final
2017/0251(CNS)
04.10.2017

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the certified taxable person**

COM(2017)567 final
2017/0248 (CNS)
04.10.2017

35.

Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)**

COM(2016)683 final
2016/0336 (CNS)
25.10.2016

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a Common Corporate Tax Base**

COM(2016)685 final
2016/0337 (CNS)
25.10.2016

36.

General arrangements for excise duty

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (recast)**

COM(2018)346 final
2018/0176(CNS)
25.05.2018

37.

Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain**

COM(2018)173 final
2018/0082 (COD)
12.04.2018

38.

Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products**

COM(2018)317 final
2018/0161 (COD)
28.05.2018

39.

Services package

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the enforcement of the Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, laying down a notification procedure for authorisation schemes and requirements related to services, and amending Directive 2006/123/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System**

COM(2016)821 final
2016/0398 (COD)
10.01.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ....[ESC Regulation]....**

COM(2016)823 final
2016/0402 (COD)
10.01.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities**

COM(2016)824 final
2016/0403 (COD)
10.01.2017

40.

Conditions and procedure by which the Commission may request undertakings to provide information

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL setting out the conditions and procedure by which the Commission may request undertakings and associations of undertakings to provide information in relation to the internal market and related areas**

COM(2017)257 final
2017/0087 (COD)
02.05.2017

41.

Goods package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules and procedures for compliance with and enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation on products and amending Regulations (EU) No 305/2011, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426 and (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Directives 2004/42/EC, 2009/48/EC, 2010/35/EU, 2013/29/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/28/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council**

COM(2017)795 final
2017/0353 (COD)
19.12.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State**

COM(2017)796 final
2017/0354 (COD)
19.12.2017

42.

Company law package

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards the use of digital tools and processes in company law**

COM(2018)239 final
2018/0113 (COD)
25.04.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions**

COM(2018)241 final
2018/0114 (COD)
25.04.2018

43.

Insolvency and Discharge procedures

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures and amending Directive 2012/30/EU**

COM(2016)723 final
2016/0359 (COD)
22.11.2016

44.

EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union
(Brexit preparedness)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL complementing EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

COM(2018)397 final
2018/0220 (COD)
04.06.2018

A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

45.

Sovereign bond-backed securities

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on sovereign bond-backed securities*

COM(2018)339 final
2018/0171 (COD)
24.05.2018

46.

Credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral**

COM(2018)135 final
2018/0063 (COD)
14.03.2018

47.

Support to structural reform in the Member States

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards support to structural reforms in Member States*

COM(2017)826 final
2017/0336 (COD)
06.12.2017

48.

Strengthening fiscal responsibility and medium-term budgetary orientation in Member States

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE laying down provisions for strengthening fiscal responsibility and the medium-term budgetary orientation in the Member States*

COM(2017)824 final
2017/0335 (CNS)
06.12.2017

49.

 Banking Package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012*

COM(2016)850 final 
2016/0360 (COD)
23.11.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards loss-absorbing and Recapitalisation Capacity for credit institutions and investment firms*

COM(2016)851 final
2016/0361 (COD)
23.11.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2014/59/EU on loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 98/26/EC, Directive 2002/47/EC, Directive 2012/30/EU, Directive 2011/35/EU, Directive 2005/56/EC, Directive 2004/25/EC and Directive 2007/36/EC*

COM(2016)852 final
2016/0362 (COD)
23.11.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards exempted entities, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies, remuneration, supervisory measures and powers and capital conservation measures*

COM(2016)852 final
2016/0364 (COD)
23.11.2016

50.

Recovery and resolution of central counterparties

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties and amending Regulations (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 648/2012, and (EU) 2015/2365*

COM(2016)856 final
2016/0365 (COD)
28.11.2016

51.

European Deposit Insurance Scheme

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 806/2014 in order to establish a European Deposit Insurance Scheme*

COM(2015)586 final
2015/0270 (COD)
24.11.2015

52.

Unified representation of the euro area in the International Monetary Fund

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION laying down measures in view of progressively establishing unified representation of the euro area in the International Monetary Fund**

COM(2015)603 final
2015/250 (NLE)
21.10.2015

53.

Anti-Money Laundering

Amended proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation (EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market; and (EU) Directive 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money-laundering or terrorist financing **

COM(2018)646 final

2017/0230 (COD)

12.09.2018

54.

European Monetary Fund

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the establishment of the European Monetary Fund*

COM(2017)827 final
2017/0333 (APP)
06.12.2017

55.

Multiannual Financial Framework

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Regulation (EU) No …/2018 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the ‘Pericles IV’ programme)

COM(2018)371 final
2018/0219 (APP)
31.05.2018

Trade: A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

56.

Screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union*

COM(2017)487 final
2017/0224 (COD)
13.09.2017

57.

Amended proposal, Access of third country goods and services to the European Union's internal market
(Public procurement with third countries)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries**

COM(2016)34 final
2012/0060 (COD) 29.01.2016

58.

Tariff rate quotas included in the World Trade Organization (WTO) following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union
(Brexit preparedness)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000

COM(2018)312
2018/0158 (COD)
22.05.2018

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on Mutual Trust

59.

Marketing and use of explosives precursors

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the marketing and use of explosives precursors, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors**

COM(2018)209 final
2018/0103 (COD)
17.04.2018

60.

Use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA*

COM(2018)213 final
2018/0105 (COD)
17.04.2018

61.

Combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/413/JHA**

COM(2017)489 final
2017/0226 (COD)
13.09.2017

62.

Interoperability between EU information systems

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (borders and visa) and amending Council Decision 2004/512/EC, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Council Decision 2008/633/JHA, Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2226*

COM(2017)793 final
2017/0351 (COD)
12.12.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration)*

COM(2017)794 final
2017/0352 (COD)
12.12.2017

63.

Preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)640 final
2018/0331 (COD)
12.09.2018

64.

Union Civil Protection Mechanism

Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism**

COM(2017)772 final
2017/0309 (COD)
23.11.2017

65.

Consumer protection

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC**

COM(2018)184 final
2018/0089 (COD)
11.04.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993, Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules**

COM(2018)185 final
2018/0090 (COD)
11.04.2018

66.

Strengthening the security of identity cards

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement**

COM(2018)212 final
2018/0104 (COD)
17.04.2018

67.

Whistleblower protection proposal

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law**

COM(2018)218 final
2018/0106 (COD)
23.04.2018

68.

European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters*

COM (2018)225 final
2018/0108 (COD)
17.04.2018

69.

European Criminal Records Information System

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) to supplement and support the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN system) and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011*

COM(2017)344 final
2017/0144 (COD)
29.06.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA*

COM(2016)7 final
2016/0002 (COD)
19.01.2016

70.

EU Emergency Travel Document

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing Decision 96/409/CFSP**

COM(2018)358
2018/0186 (CNS)
31.05.2018

71.

Civil and commercial matters

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents)**

COM(2018)379 final
2018/0204 (COD)
31.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters**

COM(2018)378 final
2018/0203 (COD)
31.05.2018

72.

Multiannual Financial Framework

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States

COM(2018)324 final
2018/0136 (COD)
02.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the EU Anti-Fraud Programme

COM(2018)386 final
2018/0211 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Rights and Values programme

COM(2018)383 final
2018/0207 (COD)
30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Justice programme

COM(2018)384 final
2018/0208 (COD)
30.05.2018

Towards a New Policy on Migration

73.

Visa Code

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)**

COM(2018)252 final
2018/0061 (COD)
14.03.2018

74.

Visa information systems

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Regulation (EU) 2016/399, Regulation XX/2018 [Interoperability Regulation], and Decision 2004/512/EC and repealing Council Decision 2008/633/JHA**

COM(2018)302 final
2018/0152 (COD)
16.05.2018

75.

European network of immigration liaison officers

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the creation of a European network of immigration liaison officers (recast)**

COM(2018)303 final
2018/0153 (COD)
16.05.2018

76.

Temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the rules applicable to the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders**

COM(2017)571 final
2017/0245 (COD)
27.09.2017

77.

European Border and Coast Guard

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action n°98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) n° 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) n° 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)631 final
2018/0330 (COD)
12.09.2018

78.

Return policy

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (recast) A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)634 final
2018/0329 (COD)
12.09.2018

79.

Entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment (“Blue Card Proposal”)

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment*

COM(2016)378 final
2016/0176 (COD)
07.06.2016

80.

Common European Asylum System

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010

Amended proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2016)0271 final

COM(2018)633 final
2016/0131 (COD)
12.09.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of [Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person] , for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)*

COM(2016)272 final
2016/0132 (COD)
04.05.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast)* (Reform of the Dublin system)

COM(2016)270 final
2016/0133 (COD)
04.05.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)*

COM(2016)465 final
2016/0222 (COD)
13.07.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents*

COM(2016)466 final
2016/0223 (COD)
13.07.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2013/32/EU*

COM(2016)467 final
2016/0224 (COD)
13.07.2016

81.

Multiannual Financial Framework

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for border management and visa

COM(2018)473 final
2018/0249 (COD)
12.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund

COM(2018) 471 final
2018/0248 (COD)
12.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Internal Security Fund

COM(2018)472 final
2018/0250 (COD)
13.06.2018

Stronger Global Actor

82.

Multiannual Financial Framework

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment

COM(2018)474 final
2018/0258 (COD)
12.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument

COM(2018)460 final
2018/0243 (COD)
14.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other ('Overseas Association Decision')

COM(2018)461 final
2018/0244 (CNS)
14.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing a European Instrument for Nuclear Safety complementing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument on the basis of the Euratom Treaty

COM(2018)462 final
2018/0245 (NLE)
14.06.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)

COM(2018)465 final
2018/0247 (COD)
16.06.2018

Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility (off-budget fund for the duration of the next Multiannual Financial Framework)

HR(2018)94



A Union of Democratic Change

83.

Comitology

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union**

COM(2016)799 final
2016/0400 (COD)
14.12.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL adapting a number of legal acts in the area of Justice providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

COM (2016)798 final

2016/0399 (COD)

14.12.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers

COM(2017)85 final
2017/035 (COD)
14.02.2017

84.

Protection of personal data in the context of elections to the European Parliament

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 as regards a verification procedure related to infringements of rules on the protection of personal data in the context of elections to the European Parliament A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders' meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018 **

COM(2018)636 final
2018/0336 (COD)
12.09.2018

85.

European citizens’ initiative

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European citizens’ initiative*

COM(2017)482 final
2017/0220 (COD)
13.09.2017

Annex IV: Withdrawals 4

No

COM/ Inter-institutional reference

Title

Reasons for withdrawal

Economic & Financial Affairs, Taxation & Customs

1.

SEC(2008)2302 final

Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to negotiate an agreement with the Kingdom of Norway for the application of measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments

Obsolete: The matter is covered under the Common Reporting Standard on tax matters (CRS), developed in response to the G20 request and approved by the OECD Council on 15 July 2014. The multilateral agreement implementing the CRS covers the EU and Norway.

2.

COM(2009)644 final

2008/0234 (CNS)

Amended Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and to ensure exchange of information on tax matters

Obsolete: The matter is covered by the EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the taxation of savings as amended in 2015 ("agreement on the automatic exchange of tax information"), which are in line with the OECD Common Reporting Standard on tax matters (CRS).

3.

COM(2009)648 final

2008/0234 (CNS)

Amended Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and to ensure exchange of information on tax matters

Obsolete: The matter is covered by the EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the taxation of savings as amended in 2015 ("agreement on the automatic exchange of tax information"), which are in line with the OECD Common Reporting Standard on tax matters (CRS).

Maritime Affairs & Fisheries

4.

COM(2012)021 final 2012/0013 (COD)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks

Obsolete: The matter is covered by the new North Sea multiannual management plan (REGULATION (EU) 2018/973, OJ L 179 of 16.07.2018).

Security and Migration

5.

COM(2016) 491 final

2016/0236 (COD)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Union certification system for aviation security screening equipment

Following inter-institutional discussions, a common understanding was reached that the creation of an EU certification could be better achieved by amending implementing legislation based on Articles 4(3) and 18(a) of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security. The Commission will begin preparations for the possible amendment of the implementing legislation of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008.

6.

COM(2015) 452 final

2015/0211 (COD

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing an EU common list of safe countries of origin for the purposes of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection, and amending Directive 2013/32/EU

An updated approach to the matter is set out in the proposal on Asylum Procedures Regulation (COM(2016)467 final), which is in the inter-institutional process as part of the package on the reform of the Common European Asylum System.

7.

COM(2014) 382 final

2014/0202 (COD)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 as regards determining the Member State responsible for examining the application for international protection of unaccompanied minors with no family member, sibling or relative legally present in a Member State

An updated approach to the matter is set out in the proposal on the reform of the Dublin system (COM(2016)270 final), which is in the inter-institutional process as part of the package on the reform of the Common European Asylum System.

8.

COM (2015) 450 final

2015/0208/COD

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a crisis relocation mechanism and amending Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third country national or a stateless person

An updated approach to the matter is set out in the proposal on the reform of the Dublin system (COM(2016)270 final), which is in the inter-institutional process as part of the package on the reform of the Common European Asylum System.

9.

COM(2018)167 final

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to approve, on behalf of the Union, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the field of development cooperation

Proposal not needed any more as the adoption of the Global Compact will go through a two-step process, - the adoption of the negotiated outcome at the Intergovernmental Conference and then subsequent formal endorsement by a UN General Assembly resolution. Proposal linked to COM(2018) 168.

10.

COM(2018)168 final

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to approve, on behalf of the Union, the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the area of immigration policy

Proposals not needed any more as the adoption of the Compact will go through a two-step process, i.e. the adoption of the negotiated outcome at the Intergovernmental Conference and then subsequent formal endorsement by a UN General Assembly resolution.

Annex V: List of envisaged repeals

Nº

Policy Area

Title

Reasons for repeal

1.

Capital Markets Union

Directive 2001/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 May 2001 on the admission of securities to official stock exchange listing and on information to be published on those securities

Most of the requirements of this Directive are now covered by Directive 2013/50/EU (amended Transparency Directive) and in the Prospectus Regulation. The remaining applicable provisions of Directive 2001/34/EC can be repealed.

2.

Taxation and Customs

Commission Regulation (EC) No 964/2007 of 14 August 2007 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quotas for rice originating in the least developed countries for the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

Obsolete: The tariff quotas covered by this act were part of the implementation period of the "Everything But Arms" initiative from 2001. They do not exist any longer as since 2009 the tariff quotas are no longer used and the trade in rice from these countries is now duty free and quota free.

3.

Taxation and Customs

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3512/80 of 23 December 1980 derogating in respect of the countries of the Central American Common Market from Articles 1, 6 and 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/80 of 23 December 1980 on the definition of the concept of originating products for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries

Obsolete: This act pertains to rules of origin for Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) schemes of the Union which have become obsolete (Council Regulation N. 3322/80 of 16 December 1980). It derogates from some Articles of another act (Regulation 3510/80) which has already been repealed.

4.

Taxation and Customs

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3513/80 of 23 December 1980 derogating in respect of the countries which have signed the Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group) from Articles 1, 6 and 12 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/80 of 23 December 1980 on the definition of the concept of originating products for purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries

Obsolete: This act pertains to rules of origin for Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) schemes of the Union which have become obsolete (Council Regulation N. 3322/80 of 16 December 1980). It derogates from some Articles of another act (Regulation 3510/80) which has already been repealed.

5.

Food safety

Council Directive 78/142/EEC of 30 January 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

The matters dealt with by this Council Directive are covered by the scope and provisions of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastics materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The Council Directive has therefore become obsolete.

6.

Food safety

Council Directive 85/572/EEC of 19 December 1985 laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

The matters dealt with by this Council Directive are covered by the scope and provisions of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastics materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The Council Directive has therefore become obsolete.

7.

Food safety

Council Directive 82/711/EEC of 18 October 1982 laying down the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

The matters dealt with by this Council Directive are covered by the scope and provisions of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastics materials and articles intended to come into contact with food. The Council Directive has therefore become obsolete.

(1)    In this annex the Commission provides further information, as far as available, on the initiatives included in its Work Programme, in line with the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-making. This information, which is provided in brackets under the description of each initiative, is indicative only and subject to change during the preparatory process, notably in view of the outcome of an impact assessment process. Items highlighted in grey refer to initiatives to give perspective for the future of the Union.
(2)

 This annex sets out the most significant evaluations and Fitness Checks we will undertake, including evaluation work to follow up the Opinions of the REFIT Platform.

(3) * = proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2018 and 2019, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission** = priority files CWP 2018 and Letter of Intent 2018
(4)  This list includes pending legislative proposals, which the Commission intends to withdraw within six months (by April 2019).
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