Press Release: Free movement of goods: Commission consults on how to improve mutual recognition

The European Commission has launched an Internet consultation on how to improve the practical application of the principle of mutual recognition, which underpins the EU Internal Market. Mutual recognition should allow products legally sold in one Member State to be sold in all the others without having to comply with different rules in each Member State, thus avoiding a costly technical and bureaucratic burden for businesses. It applies to goods for which there is no EU Directive or Regulation establishing a single set of harmonised EU rules applicable in all Member States covering for example technical specifications and packaging requirements. However, many national administrations and economic operators seem to be unfamiliar with the mutual recognition principle or find it difficult to apply.

http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/mutual_recognition/index_en.htm http://europa.eu.int/yourvoice/mutual_recognition/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/internal_market/en/goods/mutrec.htm http://ec.europa.eu/comm/internal_market/en/goods/mutrec.htm

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