Monitoring Report for Euralarm June 2012

July 4th, 2012

On 8 June the European Commission adopted a “Services Package”, taking stock of progress achieved by member states in the implementation of the Services Directive and setting out actions that the Commission is proposing to stimulate growth in the services sector. The Commission highlights that further measures are needed to fully realise the objectives of the Services Directive and deliver a well-functioning single market for services. The European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) has reached an agreement with the Council Presidency and the Commission on the proposal for European Standardisation. The agreement, which includes services within the scope of the regulation, must still be finally approved by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament as a whole. Parliament´s vote is expected to take place at the September plenary session in Strasbourg. The regulation will apply directly in all member states from 1 January 2013.

Martin Ehrenhauser MEP (NI, Austria) has put a question to the European Commission on Horizon 2020 and the security sector. Given that one of the objectives identified in the Communication on Horizon 2020 is the promotion of ‘inclusive, innovative and secure societies’, Mr. Ehrenhauser asks the European Commission about the budget that will be allocated to the security research area in the next EU research funding programme.

Discussions continue in the European Parliament on the proposals for and draft reports on Horizon 2020, the EU’s new research framework programme. At a hearing on 18 June, Teresa Riera Madurell MEP (S&D, Spain) outlined her report on Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020, in which she proposes having a dedicated heading and budget to research and security issues.

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