25 August 2021
Grants for making the internal market more efficient, in particular in view of the digital transformation.
Priorities and funded actions
The effective single market component of the Single Market Programme aims to make the internal market work better with imrpoved market surveillance, problem-solving support to citizens and business, and enhanced competition policy.
Objectives:
- Facilitating the prevention and removal of discriminatory, unjustified or disproportionate barriers and supporting the development, implementation and enforcement of Union legislation in the areas of the internal market for goods and services, in particular by improving the application of the mutual recognition principle, public procurement rules, company and contract law and non-contractual liability, anti-money laundering rules, free movement of capital and financial services, and competition rules, including through the development of governance tools;
- Supporting effective EU-wide market surveillance with a view to ensuring that only safe and compliant products offering a high level of protection to consumers and other end-users are placed on the EU market, including products sold online, and with a view to achieving greater homogeneity of market surveillance authorities and enhancing their capacity across the EU the Union.
Priorities:
- Implement and enforce current rules and develop them further in areas including company and contract law, anti-money laundering and the free movement of capitals, goods and services;
- Ensure financial services meet the needs of consumers, civil society and end-users;
- Enhance tools and expertise of the Commission to effectively enforce competition rules in the digital economy, as well as to strengthen cooperation with Member State authorities and enhance advocacy;
- Better functioning of the Single Market on the ground by helping public buyers to get better value for citizens’ money.
Contact
Mrs. Kerstin Jorna
+32-229-61326
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/internal-market-industry-entrepreneurship-and-smes_en
Directorate-General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
European Commission