Merchant Payments Coalition Europe: Merchants need the simplest digital euro fee model
The digital euro fee model must meet the Commission’s objectives of simplification, better regulation and ‘make doing business easier’. Rather...
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Independent Retail Europe is the European association that acts as an umbrella organisation for groups of independent retailers in the food and non-food sectors. Our members are groups of independent retailers, associations representing groups of independent retailers and wider service organisations built to support independent retailers.
European Commission workshop confirms positive effect of Retail Alliances for consumers and no negative impact on SMEs and farmers
At the Commission’s workshop on Retail Alliances on 11 December 2025, key findings of the 2020 JRC report were reconfirmed: No evidence...
Read moreBusinesses urge European Commission to allow continued sale of products already lawfully placed on the market before the Empowering Consumers Directive ’s application to avoid unnecessary waste and costs
The undersigned European business associations fully support the objectives of the Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT),...
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