Extraterritoriality of non-harmonised national UTP laws is an existential threat to the single market for food products

As the AGRI committee of the European Parliament will vote on 15 July on the Commission proposal on cross-border enforcement of the unfair trading practices (UTP) Directive, Independent Retail Europe...

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Businesses need good legislation in the EU: The current Green Claims Directive misses the mark

As companies that are taking sustainability seriously, Independent Retail Europe and 14 other signatories are in favour of rules to tackle greenwashing. In today’s global challenges, compan...

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Independent Retail Europe welcomes the European Commission’s legal action against Hungary on discriminatory price caps

Independent Retail Europe supports the European Commission’s decision to open an infringement procedure against Hungary for requiring large (international) retailers to cap their sales margins....

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Independent Retail Europe urges EU co-legislators to delay any final agreement on green claims until meaningful simplification is truly achieved

While supporting the proposal’s objective of ensuring reliable claims, Independent Retail Europe, Euro Coop, HOTREC, and RURALTOUR are deeply concerned that trilogue negotiations have so far fai...

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Ten years after the Interchange Fee Regulation, time to tackle new wholesale price increases

On 8 June 2015, the EU’s Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) entered into force, effectively capping a key part of the wholesale price of payments, to the benefit of EU businesses and consumers. Te...

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