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Update: Publication of the Independent Review of the UK Consumer Product Recall System
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Jesse Williams, Posted on:
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Categories:
EU Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Single Market
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution Lynn Faulds Wood An independent review of the UK's system for the recall of unsafe products has been published, followed by the official response of the UK government.
What are EU Council Meetings and Why Do We Attend?
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Jesse Williams, Posted on:
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Categories:
Digital Single Market, Entrepreneur, Single Market, Single Market for Services
We are delighted to host a guest post from Blake Bower, Deputy Director for EU Strategy at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Blake will explore why we attend these meetings and what they are for.
State aid: what is it and why does it matter?
What do the British Business Bank, Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm, and support for energy intensive industries have in common? The answer: all of these schemes involved State aid.
Getting your qualifications recognised in the EU more easily
We implemented the revised Professional Qualifications (PQ) Directive in the UK on 18th January. This will make it easier for qualified professionals to work anywhere in Europe and help support economic growth.
Digital Single Market Consultations and Progress to Date
This time we are delighted to host a guest post from Ed Vaizey MP, Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy.
Technical Barriers in the Single Market
We get a lot of queries from UK businesses asking why other EU countries are allowed to have additional technical requirements – “Isn’t this against the rules of the Single Market?” they ask. It’s worth bearing in mind that Member …
Product Safety and the Single Market: An Independent Review of Product Recall
The UK's Product Recall System The UK and the EU has some of the most robust consumer product safety legislation in the world. So why then do we continue to read press reports of things going wrong?
Welcome to the EU Single Market blog
Hello, and welcome to our new blog.