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Commission services outline the current acquis on video games, IP and consumer protection and the pending assessment of consumer law, followed by academic experts and MEPs testing legal qualifications such as unfair practices and a ‘right to resurrect’, and debating impacts on copyright, cultural heritage and digital guarantees.
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Chairs from IMCO, JURI and PETI open the joint hearing, position the ‘Stop destroying video games’ ECI in the Parliament’s consumer and right‑to‑repair agenda, and the organisers define ‘destruction’ as remote deactivation of purchased games while calling for binding EU‑level rules over self‑regulation.
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Temu presents its EU operations, shift towards a first‑party model and compliance tools, followed by intensive MEP questioning on liability, dangerous and banned products, systemic risks, DSA breaches and the impact of the new customs rules, before Temu and the Commission outline enforcement commitments and possible stronger powers for consumer authorities.
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The IMCO chair opens the meeting, steers adoption of the Union Customs Code and EU Customs Authority reform, and then launches a new recurring scrutiny mandate on major e‑commerce platforms with an initial focus on Temu, based on Commission assessments of product safety, DSA enforcement and consumer protection risks.
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Commissioner Šefčovič presents the EU customs reform, the future Customs Authority and measures on low-value ecommerce parcels, then MEPs question him on China, financing customs capacity, rules of origin, CBAM flexibility, deemed-importer enforcement, EU–US/UK digital and trade relations, and the €3 parcel duty design; after his departure DG TAXUD details implementation steps, the EU Customs Data Hub, AI-driven risk analysis and budgetary timelines.
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DG CONNECT and DG TAXUD outline the first coordinated cyber-risk assessment of customs detection equipment, identifying high-risk dependencies and proposed mitigation, followed by MEPs’ questions on sovereignty, reliance on Chinese and US suppliers, EU industrial capacity and procurement tools, and Commission replies on cyberattacks, mandatory security requirements and joint procurement via the future customs agency.
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The Commission presents the 2025 Safety Gate figures, main risk categories and notifier trends, followed by MEPs’ questions on product origin, uneven national performance, enforcement capacity and customs cooperation, and DG JUST’s replies on Chinese-origin products, resource needs, coordinated actions and possible EU-level strengthening.
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Chair resumes the session, adjusts the agenda and introduces the draft IMCO opinion on the European Business Wallet, followed by the rapporteur’s replacement and shadows outlining priorities, safeguards and positions, and the Commission defending the proposal as a tool for the digital single market and EU digital sovereignty.
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The Chair closes the TSC workshop, informs members that experts’ materials will be uploaded, and adjourns the IMCO meeting with notice of the coordinators’ meeting and upcoming voting session logistics. This marks the formal conclusion of the day’s institutional proceedings.
Professor Van Rompuy presents relative market power approaches and design questions for any EU‑level TSC instrument, followed by MEPs’ second Q&A focused on price differentials and vulnerabilities in smaller and Eastern member states, and both experts’ replies on the limits of competition law and possible complementary tools. DG GROW then outlines the Commission’s ongoing TSC initiative, summarising evidence, recent cases and four regulatory options under assessment, framing the forthcoming policy choice at EU level.
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The Chair launches the workshop on territorial supply constraints (TSCs) within the single market strategy and invites Professor Dascalova to outline the legal definition, forms and current (incomplete) coverage of TSCs under competition and unfair trading practices rules. MEPs’ first Q&A and Dascalova’s replies explore empirical gaps, policy‑design options, enforcement architecture and how to distinguish unjustified territorial restrictions from potentially efficient business practices.
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The European Court of Auditors presents its special report on the single market for services, followed by the Commission’s initial response and a detailed exchange with MEPs on barriers, enforcement gaps, posting of workers, social protection and competitiveness, including a focused Arias–Lindblad Q&A on the macroeconomic cost of incomplete integration. The block clarifies institutional responsibilities, quantitative estimates and political sensitivities around deepening the services market.
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The Chair opens the IMCO meeting with practical arrangements and agenda points before rapporteurs brief on the state of trilogue negotiations for the AI digital omnibus, Union Customs Code reform and defence transfers/procurement, highlighting timing pressures, key divergences with Council and contested Commission empowerment. The segment orients members on legislative files’ status and upcoming steps in each dossier.
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The committee opens the DSA global context item, hearing Congressman Raskin’s response to a US House report attacking the DSA, followed by an MEP debate on free speech, platform regulation and transatlantic tensions, after which Raskin and the Commission address misconceptions, US domestic politics, big‑tech influence and ongoing EU–US technical dialogue before the Chair closes the meeting.
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DG GROW presents consultation results on revising the 2014 procurement directives, stressing quality‑based awards, simplification, SME access, strategic (green, social, industrial) use of procurement and digital marketplaces, while MEPs press on binding social/environmental criteria, ‘Buy European’, enforcement and SME testing, and the Commission outlines impact assessment work, timing, possible mandatory rules and the future legal instrument.
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The Chair introduces the ECA opinion on SMCP design, governance and performance framework, then rapporteur, shadows and Commission engage in a detailed exchange on budget flexibility, definition of EU added value, protection of mandatory IT and anti‑fraud systems, and safeguards for traceability, audit rights and a coherent EU anti‑fraud architecture.
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The committee opens the SMCP item, with the rapporteur detailing objectives, budget structure and governance needs, followed by shadow rapporteurs and opinion‑giving committees setting out political priorities on customs reform, anti‑fraud, digital tools, EU sovereignty, budget stability, evaluation indicators and consumer/SME impacts.
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The chair formally closes agenda item 11, thanks Executive Vice‑President Stéphane Dijan and members for the structured dialogue, and announces the in camera coordinators’ meeting and the afternoon resumption of the IMCO committee.
From the official opening of the structured dialogue, the Executive Vice‑President presents the four‑pillar industrial strategy and 2027 single market roadmap, followed by MEPs’ questions on single market governance, energy and SMEs, green and digital transitions, reciprocity in trade and procurement, the Industrial Accelerator Act, product safety and circular economy instruments, and a specific case on defective Irish construction blocks and surveillance failures.
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Initial IMCO agenda items cover the trilogue on accelerated defence permits and the committee’s opinion on the European Competitiveness Fund, followed by a voting block on space activities, DMA enforcement and several 2027 budget pilot projects and preparatory actions relevant to the internal market and digital policy.
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AliExpress presents its role and self‑regulatory initiatives, faces critical questioning by MEPs on persistent non‑compliance and business model incentives, gives technical replies on product safety, recommender systems and trader traceability, and the Commission and Chair conclude with messages on future EU rules and the need to improve e‑commerce product compliance before adjournment.
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Chair opens the AliExpress scrutiny hearing, Commission (DG GROW, DG CONNECT, DG TAXUD) outlines systemic e‑commerce enforcement problems, DSA proceedings against AliExpress as a VLOP, and customs risk‑based evidence showing high non‑compliance in imports across product categories.
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Commission details consultation results on Digital Product Passport, CE marking, circularity and notified bodies, presents evaluation of the Market Surveillance Regulation and planned reforms, and answers MEPs’ questions on imports, online products, CE marking and enforcement architecture.
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Chair opens the IMCO meeting, adopts agenda and corrigendum on defective products, reports on AI Act implementation, and then introduces the Future European Product Act item and invites the Commission to present its consultation work.
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Study author presents the Commission’s digital omnibus package, detailing links to existing data, AI, and cybersecurity legislation and proposed simplifications, repeals, and institutional changes. MEPs then question impacts on GDPR, digital sovereignty, platform regulation and administrative burden, followed by the expert’s replies on data access risks, safeguards, and open political choices, before the Chair closes the agenda item and meeting.
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A study on funding gaps for market surveillance and customs authorities under the MFF is presented, outlining workload pressures, fragmented financing and possible EU and fee‑based solutions, followed by MEP questions on directing revenues, staffing and enforcement, and expert replies on training, risk‑based controls, IT investment and alternative designs for a Union handling fee.
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IMCO examines its opinion on the new EU–Switzerland bilateral agreements, with the rapporteur presenting the package’s internal‑market, state aid, labour mobility and legal‑certainty elements, shadows signalling broad support with targeted amendments, and the Commission detailing the ‘same market, same rules’ architecture before the rapporteur urges strong backing.
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The Chair opens the voting block on IMCO’s opinion to CULT, outlining key priorities on age limits, age assurance, protection of minors, influencer marketing and platform liability, then proceeds through compromise amendment votes and a final roll‑call that adopts the opinion by a large majority.
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IMCO sets its Rule 57 opinion framework on the European Competitiveness Fund, followed by the rapporteur’s priorities on competitiveness, SMEs and Single Market deepening, political group positions on focus, governance and safeguards, and the Commission’s response with clarification on SME support, simplification and private capital crowding‑in before the rapporteur’s closing.
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Breton defends the DSA’s compatibility with freedom of expression and its distinct legal basis from US First Amendment standards, highlights broad political backing and calls for high‑level political dialogue with the US, while CSO representatives stress the need for firm enforcement, warn about doxxing risks from the US House report, underline platform dominance and civil‑society monitoring, and the Chair closes with Parliament’s political support and a call for lifting sanctions.
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