Presented the draft Of reform of market unique ofEUthat the European Commission will present on May 21.
The main objective is to create a real economic union, eliminating the regulatory and bureaucratic barriers that hinder the free movement of goods, services, capital and people within the EU.
Obstacles to the EU single market
The reform also aims to facilitate the access of SMEs and gradually integrate candidate countries such as Ukraine, Moldova and Western Balkans, guaranteeing a more digital, harmonized and competitive market.
Enrico Letta, former president of the Italian Council and current president of the Jacques Delors institute, proposes a long -term vision: streamlining the processes to create businessesremove obstacles and build a really unique and competitive market at a global level, understood as a flywheel for growth, investments and competitiveness.
There are some obstacle main ones that the EU Commission has identified as the “terrible ten”, that is:
- Divergent rules on packaging, labeling and waste;
- limited recognition of professional qualifications;
- delays in the definition of technical and regulatory standards;
- complex procedures for starting and business management;
- obsolete rules on products and lack of conformity;
- divergent national rules on services;
- Temporary detachment of workers too bureaucratic;
- territorial constraints to the commercial offer;
- poor “ownership” of the single market by the States;
- excessive regulatory complexity of the EU itself.
Fly to the SMEs
While large companies can count on the guide of large staff of consultants who can guide the internationalization processes with rodate and safe procedures, small and medium -sized enterprises, is observed, are the realities most affected by regulatory fragmentation, which has been the competitiveness. The goal is to allow entrepreneurs to create a new business on the EU territories in less than 48 hours. But to do this, as mentioned, it is necessary to prepare a more integrated, digital and accessible market.
Revolution on labels
We aim for the progressive introduction of a sort of digital passport of productswith the aim of harmonizing the labeling of goods, today very heterogeneous, to reduce the need for reconfirmation and to simplify trade within the EU. Therefore, the drafting of the new legislative framework for the products in 2026 is expected. Furthermore, the revision of the regulation on the labeling of textile products is expected.
The proposed solution, in the long term, is that of digital labeling (perhaps through a QR code), with some information still physically printed.
The Ukraine knot
The EU Commission then aims at a “highway to the single market” for Ukraine, Moldova And Balkans western. A gradual regulatory alignment is expected to encourage industrial integration before full adhesion to the EU. We aim, to be clear, to prepare the ground to prevent reality economically and socially far from the EU average to enter the union in a premature way, as happened at the time for some realities of Eastern Europe.
For his part, Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said he was willing to accept the adhesion of Ukraine to the European Union (but never to NATO), among the conditions for a respite. Some observers consider this “concession” of the Tsar the recognition of the fact that for Putin the EU is basically an harmless actor.
