Press Release: Competitiveness Council meeting (Internal Market, Industry, Research and Space), Brussels, 10 December 2010

Amongst items discussed: Single Market Act; Gambling and betting: the role of the national authorities; EU patent system: ways forward and option of enhanced cooperation; An industrial policy for the globalisation era; Impact assessments in support of the EU's decision-making process; Consumer protection; Transposition of EU directives into national legislation; Directive on services in the internal market; Work programme of the incoming EU Presidency; Location of the global navigation satellite systems agency; Single Market Award 2010