Independent Retail Europe regrets the reduced level of ambition in the European Commission’s newly released Single Market Strategy

Independent Retail Europe regrets the reduced level of ambition in the European Commission’s newly released Single Market Strategy. While the strategy acknowledges several longstanding issues th...

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Independent Retail Europe and EuroCommerce call on the Commission to propose a legislative solution to eliminate territorial supply constraints and announce this in the forthcoming Single Market Strategy

Independent Retail Europe and EuroCommerce sent a letter to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling on the Commission to propose a legislative solution to eliminate territorial...

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Independent Retail Europe, Euro Coop, and HOTREC request necessary changes to the Green Claims Directive to reduce bureaucratic burden and support – not discourage – companies’ investments in sustainability

Euro Coop, HOTREC and Independent Retail Europe sent a joint letter to Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissio...

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Joint call on IMCO and AGRI committees to preserve the Single Market - Regulation on cross-border enforcement of the UTP Directive

Today, Independent Retail Europe and Euro Coop sent a joint letter to the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee and of the Internal Market Committee calling o...

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Legal tender status of euro cash: merchants call for reasonable exemptions from mandatory acceptance

Today in Europe, merchants continue to accept payments in cash despite a consistent decrease in its use. The Commission proposal to impose mandatory acceptance of euro cash is therefore unnecessary an...

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