Commiltee
on
the
Internal Market and Consumer Protection
The Chairman
IMCO-10-0317
Brussels,
14
Oktobe¡ 2010
To the Chair of the Commíttee concemed
Dear Colleague,
rnvifation
for
the "single Market
Forum"
a
public
hearing
on
the
future
directions
of
single
rnarket
policy
apublic
hearing the
futu¡e
directions
of
single market
policy with
the
invõlvement
of the
European
Commission
and the
Belgian
presidency
ofthe
European
Union.
The
European Parliament's
committee
on the
lntemal Market
and
consume¡ protection
(IMCO),
of
which
I
have
the
honour to
be
chainnan,
is organising a "Single
Market
Forum',,
The Forum,
for which
a
draft programme is
attached,
is
scheduled
to take
olace
in
the
hemicycle
of the European Parliament
in
Brussels
between
15.00
p.m.
1g.30 p.rrr.
on
Tuesday
9
November
2010.
I
am
pleased to
invite
interested members
and ofFrciais
of the
relevant committee(s)
of your
national Parliament
to
attend
the Forum.
-d
The
single Markeq
a
policy
programme that lies
at
the
heart
ofthe
Eu¡opea¡
union.
has
been
unde¡
much
debate at
a
time
ofeconorric
slow
down
and
rising
unemployrneni. The
Forum
aims
to
promote
discussion a¡ound
five
reports
and
resolutioirs, ¡ecóntly
adopted
by
Parliament.
These
cover tlre
I¡ternal
Market
and
consumer Market
scoreboarás,
sórvI
and
Delivering
a
Single
Market
to
Consumers and
Citizens.
The
Forum anticþates
the adoption
of
a
"single
Market
Act" on 27
octobe¡
2010.
Three
panels,
roughly
corresponding
to
tfe
chapters
oftåe
single Market
Act,
will
discuss
the
concems.ofbusinesses,
Europeans and
govemance
issues.
Dwing
the
first
panel an
intewention
of
commissioner Bamier
is
fo¡eseen
in which
he
will
outline
the
comrnission's
proposals.
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