Toy Safety Regulation: a too short transitional period for distributors will lead to harmful economic and environmental consequences

Independent Retail Europe and EuroCommerce warn the European Parliament that the transition period foreseen in the Commission’s proposal on the Toy Safety Regulation is too short and will lead t...

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An obligation to install detergent refill stations is risky for customers and imposes unjustified burdens on the economic operators

Independent Retail Europe and EuroCommerce welcome the Commission’s proposal on the Detergents and Surfactants Regulation, which aims to modernise the applicable legal framework in light of new...

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Merchant Payments Coalition Europe

Ecommerce Europe, EuroCommerce, HOTREC, IATA, Independent Retail Europe and SMEunited have decided to start working more closely together on the topic of retail payments. Merchants across sectors shar...

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Independent Retail Europe’s 60th anniversary event celebrated the major benefits the model of groups of independent retailers brings to society

Yesterday, Independent Retail Europe’s 60th anniversary event celebrated the major benefits the model of groups of independent retailers brings to society and its critical contribution for SME r...

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The European Commission’s proposal to shorten payment terms will hit SME retailers

While Independent Retail Europe values the objective of the Commission proposal on combating late payments to increase SMEs’ financial resilience, we warn that it will achieve the opposite for S...

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