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COMMISSION WORK PROGRAMME

2019Delivering what we promisedand preparing for the future

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Strasbourg, 23.10.2018

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

Commission Work Programme 2019

Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future

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I. Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future

The next months will be decisive for our European Union. Next May, Europeans will vote in

the elections to the European Parliament. As the President of the Commission highlighted in

his State of the Union Address on 12 September 2018, the decisions they make will reflect

their confidence in the ability of the European Union to deliver solutions to the challenges that

cannot be addressed by any of our Member States acting alone.

Challenges such as ensuring that Europe’s return to economic growth really benefits all which

means investing in the jobs of the future and making an opportunity out of the digital and low-

carbon transition. Challenges linked to migration, which even if far reduced from the crisis

years of 2015-2016, will be with us for some time and need sustainable European solutions.

Challenges to our democratic societies, our values and our security, which arise from terrorist

and cyber-attacks, and increasingly from disinformation campaigns too. Challenges arising

from an increasingly volatile global situation in which demographics, competition for

resources, and climate change which require a shared push to sustainability, while some are

questioning their commitment to the institutions and rules which have shaped the world order

for the good over the past 50 years.

More than ever, Europe needs to show that our Union is united, strong and democratic and

that only together can we deliver solutions to these challenges and so protect, empower and

defend our citizens.

In our annual Work Programmes since the start of the mandate, this Commission has focussed

on the biggest challenges where we believe European action can make a difference. With the

initiatives presented alongside the State of the Union address, we have now tabled all of the

legislative proposals needed to deliver positive change across the ten priorities of the

European Commission for 2014-2019. Together with the European Parliament and Council,

we have found agreement on nearly half of these and a further 20 percent is well advanced in

the legislative process. The priority now must be to turn the rest of the proposals, including all

the priority proposals identified in the Joint Declarations, into legislation, and then to

implement it effectively. The dialogue the Commission has had with the European Parliament

and the Council in the preparation of this Work Programme has confirmed that there is a

shared commitment to maintain and further step up the momentum. Now is the time to show

that together we can deliver.

To keep the focus on what is already on the table, in this year’s Work Programme, the

Commission is presenting only a limited number of new initiatives, which alongside those

presented with the State of the Union address, are essential to deliver fully on the 10

priorities. These initiatives address outstanding challenges that require collective and decisive

action: completing the work in the area of migration; reinforcing the Economic and Monetary

Union; addressing increasing tensions in the global trading system; tackling continued

challenges to the Rule of Law in some Member States; and finding an agreement with the

United Kingdom on its withdrawal from the Union. The Commission will also pay attention

to implementing the legislation that has been adopted and to evaluating the existing acquis to

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prepare for the future, and we propose the withdrawal or repeal of a series of obsolete

proposals and laws.

Finally, this Work Programme takes forward the Roadmap to Sibiu which found strong

support in the European Parliament and was taken up in the Leaders’ Agenda. The Sibiu

Summit will take place on Europe Day, 9 May 2019, six weeks after Brexit and two weeks

before the European elections. This will be a crucial moment for the EU of 27 to shape its

own future for 2025. With that in mind, it is important that a political agreement is reached on

the Commission’s proposal for a simpler and flexible future budget framework ahead of

Sibiu. Beyond that, the Commission will over the next months make a series of forward-

looking contributions to prepare the Summit, so that EU Leaders can provide renewed

confidence in the future of our Union of 27.

II. Full delivery of the 10 priorities of the Juncker Commission before the

European Parliament elections

A new boost for jobs, growth and investment

Europe’s economy is performing well. Growth reached a 10-year peak in 2017. Employment

and investment have returned to pre-crisis levels and the state of public finances has

significantly improved. However, the economic, social and fiscal situation is still uneven

among Member States. As global economic weather conditions are changing, we must use the

current momentum to continue to promote policies that allow us to seize new economic

opportunities and which prepare the economy to withstand future challenges which will come

our way.

This means continuing to invest in the reforms needed to keep the Union on a stable and

sustainable growth path. The Commission’s modern, fair and balanced proposals for the next

Multiannual Financial Framework for the Union of 27 will underpin the delivery of the

common objectives for the Union for the next decade. They focus on the areas which EU

leaders in Bratislava and Rome agreed where the Union is best placed to deliver. They will

allow us to deal with major challenges such as youth unemployment, migration, security, the

technological and digital transformation as well as the transition to a more sustainable, low-

carbon economy. The Sibiu Summit should confirm political agreement on the future budget.

This would show that the Union of 27 is united, has a clear sense of direction, and is ready

and able to drive its own destiny and deliver for its citizens.

Public money has its place in stimulating the right sort of investment, but ultimately it is

businesses which create jobs and growth. We must therefore continue to leverage the

resources available. The Investment Plan for Europe, the Juncker Plan, has already generated

344 billion euro of additional investments, thus surpassing its original target of 315 billion

euro, and is expected to create 1.4 million jobs and increase EU Gross Domestic Product by

1,3% by 2020. The Juncker Plan has been reinforced and extended to mobilise an estimated

500 billion euro in additional investment by the end of 2020. The Commission will take stock

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of progress and identify further ways of boosting investment, including under the future

InvestEU programme.

We also need to agree on the remaining proposals to drive the transition towards a circular

economy that supports innovation, jobs and growth and promotes the sustainable use of our

scarce resources. Speedy agreement on the proposal on single-use plastics is necessary to

reduce the amount of harmful plastics entering our oceans and seas and to provide companies

with a strong incentive to look for sustainable and innovative alternatives. This will

incentivise European innovation and give European companies a technological lead over their

global competitors, thus boosting sustainable growth and jobs for the future.

A connected Digital Single Market

The Digital Single Market is already delivering benefits for Europeans: roaming charges have

ended, citizens can now access film, sport, music, video game and e-book subscriptions

wherever they are in the EU, and from December this year they will be able to shop online

without unjustified discrimination just because of where they happen to live.

Of the 30 legislative initiatives which the Commission has made for the Digital Single

Market, 18 have been adopted into law. It is now crucial to conclude the remaining proposals,

including on copyright, ePrivacy and contract law. It is important to quickly establish the

European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre together

with the Network of National Coordination Centres to help the EU retain and develop the

technological and industrial capacities on cybersecurity which are necessary to secure our

Digital Single Market.

We will continue work on the emerging challenge of Artificial Intelligence by enabling

coordinated action across the European Union and by following up on the various steps set

out earlier this year. The Commission and the High Representative will also present a new

Joint Action Plan to tackle the pervasive spread of online disinformation in Europe which

undermines Europeans’ trust in democratic processes and institutions as well as our

independent and free media. This is an issue which it is particularly important to address

ahead of next year’s elections to the European Parliament.

We will also produce a recommendation to establish a format for the exchange of European

Electronic Health Records. This will facilitate the exchange of patient data across borders. It

will benefit patients and healthcare providers and help to promote medical progress through

the digitalisation of health services. In the area of public health, we will also put forward a

comprehensive framework on endocrine disruptors.

A resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy

The last four years have seen the EU investing in our own Energy Union to promote

sustainable, independent and secure supplies for citizens. We have led the global fight against

climate change and are the only large economy to legislate to cut greenhouse gas emissions by

at least 40% by 2030 in line with the Paris Agreement.

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We need to continue the work to secure agreement by the co-legislators on the remaining

proposals in the Clean Energy for all Europeans package. To improve the functioning of the

EU internal energy market and enhance solidarity between Member States it is also essential

for the co-legislators to agree on common rules for gas pipelines entering the European gas

market and finalise the new legislation on the electricity markets. We also need agreement on

the Commission proposals under the ‘Europe on the Move’ Mobility packages to ensure

timely implementation of our agenda for safe, clean and connected mobility, and on the

Commission proposals on sustainable finance to mobilise the private capital necessary to

support the EU's climate and sustainable development agenda.

The timely adoption of these measures will ensure that the supporting tools and legal

framework of the EU’s 2030 climate policy are in place. Together, these climate and energy

policies will deliver total greenhouse gas emission reductions of around 45% by 2030,

surpassing the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions by at least

40% by 2030 compared to 1990. They will also put us on a trajectory to achieve projected

emission reductions of around 60% by 2050. This is, however, not sufficient for the EU to

contribute to the Paris Agreement’s temperature goals. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change special report unequivocally confirms the negative impacts of climate

change, and against this background the Commission will propose an EU strategy for long-

term greenhouse gas reductions in the run-up to the Katowice Climate Change Conference in

December 2018. We will also report on the State of the Energy Union, as well as on the

progress made to promote European capacity as a leader in the batteries sector.

A deeper and fairer Internal Market with a strengthened industrial base

2018 marks the 25th

anniversary of the Single Market. Accounting for a fifth of the world’s

economy, the Single Market is unique and is Europe’s strongest asset to generate economic

growth and to help European companies thrive, innovate and create jobs. Our collective

weight allows us to be the effective standard-setter and global reference point on issues such

as data protection, big data, artificial intelligence and automation, and so export our values

and shape the global economy.

We now need to deliver on our promise to make the most of the potential of the Single Market

in all its dimensions. Agreement is essential on pending proposals under the Goods and

Services Packages to ensure safe products and reinforce trust in the Single Market. We must

intensify efforts to agree on a common consolidated corporate tax base and on the proposals

for a fair and efficient taxation of the digital economy so that all companies, big and small,

pay their fair share of tax where their profits are earned. It is also time to reach agreement on

the fair and efficient Value Added Tax proposals, to simplify the system particularly for small

businesses, to make it fraud-proof and to modernise the system for setting reduced Value

Added Tax rates. Agreement should also be reached on the company law proposals to ensure

that the right of companies to move and grow across national borders is not abused by a few

to evade tax or to undermine workers’ rights. Agreement should also be reached urgently on

the legislative proposals for a New Deal for Consumers. This New Deal will modernise and

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simplify consumer legislation and introduce strengthened individual redress through

representative actions.

A fully functioning Capital Markets Union with deep and liquid markets is crucial for

financial stability, to support the Single Market, and to diversify sources of finance for

European business, including for smaller companies. It is high time to find agreement on the

proposals on the pan-European Personal Pension Product, the European Market Infrastructure

reform, the improvement of the EU’s financial supervisory architecture and the proposal on

business insolvency, restructuring and second chance. Agreement should also be reached on

other Capital Markets Union proposals on crowdfunding, covered bonds, facilitating cross-

border distribution of investment funds, promoting SME listing on public markets, and more

proportionate and effective rules for investment firms. In light of the recent serious

revelations of money laundering in the financial sector, it is also vital to reach swift

agreement on the proposals to establish stronger anti-money laundering supervision to ensure

that rules are better supervised and enforced across the EU.

Beyond delivering results for business, the Single Market is also the guarantor of high social

standards and workers’ protection. One year ago, at the Gothenburg Social Summit, the

European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission

proclaimed the European Pillar of Social Rights. Within its field of competences, the

Commission has taken action to follow it up with concrete initiatives. Agreement is now

needed on the establishment of a European Labour Authority, and on the proposals to create a

better work-life balance and more transparent and predictable working conditions for

everyone, including people working in atypical contracts. We need to agree on the revision of

the rules on the coordination of Member States’ social security systems, on protecting

workers against chemicals which cause cancer, and on access to social protection. It is also

high time to finalise the European Accessibility Act, so that people with disabilities can more

effectively exercise their equal right to participate fully in society and the labour market.

Maintaining, enforcing and deepening the Single Market is a continuous task. We need to

address remaining gaps and improve how it functions. Agreement on pending legislative files

and proper implementation of regulation in Member States is therefore of utmost importance.

In view of the Leaders’ discussion at the December European Council, the Commission will

table a Communication focusing on the elimination of remaining barriers and options for

action to ensure that Europe seizes the new opportunities of a changing global environment.

A deeper and fairer Economic and Monetary Union

On 1 January 2019, we will celebrate the 20th

anniversary of the single currency. 340 million

Europeans use the euro every day throughout 19 Member States. The euro area represents

almost 85% of the Gross Domestic Product of the Union of 27. It has weathered the worst

financial crisis in our lifetime and has emerged stronger. It is now time to focus more clearly

on the strategic role that the euro should play on the global scene and to strengthen its

foundations. The completion of Capital Markets Union is particularly important in this

context.

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It is also crucial to deliver on the proposals which are part of the roadmap to deepen Europe’s

Economic and Monetary Union, including the budgetary instruments proposed under the next

Multiannual Financial Framework. This will equip the Economic and Monetary Union

– notably the European Stabilisation Function and the Reform Support Programme – to ensure

greater macroeconomic resilience and to pursue structural reforms and strengthen

convergence. In June 2018, at the Euro Summit in which all Member States participated,

Leaders agreed to complete the Banking Union, including through creating a common

backstop to the Single Resolution Fund and progress towards the European Deposit Insurance

Scheme. They also agreed on strengthening the role and developing further the European

Stability Mechanism as a crisis management tool. This work needs to be taken forward as a

priority, whilst swift agreement is now required in particular on the proposals on risk

reduction in the banking sector as well as the package on the reduction of non-performing

loans. A resilient euro area requires resilient Member States and reinvigorated economic and

social convergence. With this objective in mind, the Commission will continue to strengthen

and focus the European Semester to support and guide Member States to achieve sustainable,

inclusive and long-term growth.

Trade: A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

Our scale, common values and purpose mean that the European Union is unique in having

trade agreements with 69 countries around the world which account for 40% of global Gross

Domestic Product. But increasing tensions and the growing lack of predictability in the global

trade order mean that we need to continually reassert our commitment to preserving and

strengthening the rules-based international system. Swift conclusion of the EU-Japan

Economic Partnership Agreement, the biggest trade deal ever negotiated by the European

Union, will be a powerful signal of this commitment. We will also work to ensure the rapid

entry into force of the agreements with Singapore and Vietnam and to finalise those

negotiations for which an agreement in principle has been reached (Mexico) or that are

already at an advanced stage such as those with Chile and MERCOSUR. We must also make

as much progress as possible in other ongoing trade negotiations, including with Australia and

New Zealand.

The EU has every reason to be confident and assertive in our trade relations, but we will not

be naïve. It is important that the co-legislators agree swiftly on the proposal on the screening

of foreign direct investment, in order to monitor and prevent foreign take-overs that would be

detrimental to EU interests. It is also time for Member States to break the deadlock on the

proposal for an International Procurement Instrument so that we can prevent discrimination

against EU companies in the procurement markets of third countries, and to agree to the

reform of the dual use rules so that trade can never be misused as a cover for goods which can

be used to violate basic human rights.

An area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on mutual trust

Safeguarding fundamental rights and security has been a top priority in the past four years. To

complete the work to deliver an effective Security Union it is now crucial to agree on the

proposals on cross border access of law enforcement authorities to electronic evidence, on

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marketing and use of explosive precursors, on improving the security features of identity

cards and on facilitating cross-border access to and use of financial data by law enforcement

authorities. We must also go further to deny terrorists the means to act by agreeing measures

on the prevention of the dissemination of terrorist content online and extending the mandate

of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to include the fight against cross-border terrorism.

To ensure that European information systems for security, migration and border management

work together in a smarter and more efficient way, the proposal on interoperability of these

systems should be agreed swiftly, together with the upgrades of for example the European

Criminal Records Information System, Eurodac and the Visa Information System.

Revelations from Dieselgate to Luxleaks, from the Panama papers to the Cambridge

Analytica affair have shown that whistle-blowers play an important role in uncovering

unlawful activities that damage the public interest and the welfare of citizens. We therefore

need to agree on improved protection for whistle-blowers who report breaches of EU law.

We must also ensure that the EU can deliver help more effectively to those affected by natural

disasters by agreeing on the proposal on the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism

(rescEU).

Abiding by the rule of law, as one of the Union’s values, is essential for democracy and for

the respect for fundamental rights. It is also an essential guarantee for the functioning of the

European Union – as an internal market and an area where laws are applied uniformly and the

budget is spent properly, and in which Member States and their citizens can work together in

a spirit of mutual trust towards common objectives. The procedure set out in the Treaties to

determine whether there is a clear risk of a serious breach of values, and in particular the rule

of law, has been triggered as regards two Member States. There are also mounting concerns

about some other Member States. As a consequence there is a growing understanding that the

European Union and its Member States need to do more to uphold and enforce the rule of law.

In this context, the Commission intends to present an initiative with a view to further

strengthening the 2014 rule of law framework.

Towards a new policy on migration

Migratory pressures remain key concerns of European citizens, despite the fact that the crisis

has been overcome. Proper migration management will remain a challenge for many years to

come and requires a comprehensive response.

Irregular arrivals in the European Union have dropped by 95% from the peak in October

2015. However, this year has also shown the importance of vigilance on all routes with a

substantial fall on the Central Mediterranean route, but rises in the Eastern and in particular

the Western Mediterranean routes. Migratory routes and their drivers are constantly changing

and we need to prepare for the future. The top priority remains agreeing on a well-functioning

Common European Asylum System based on the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

Five of the seven initial proposals to reform the System have been provisionally or partly

agreed and the final steps towards adoption should now be taken, integrating the changes to

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strengthen the operational capabilities of the new European Asylum Agency proposed

alongside the State of the Union address. We need in parallel to focus efforts on agreeing the

remaining two proposals: the reform of the Dublin system and the Asylum Procedures

Regulation.

A credible migration policy means citizens must be assured that we effectively manage our

external borders and that we can both protect those in need and return those who are not.

Strengthening the coherence and effectiveness of our return policy and reducing incentives for

irregular migration is crucial and the Commission has presented the necessary proposals to do

so. In the same vein, we need to agree quickly on the reform of the return Directive and to

strengthen the capacity of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, by establishing a

standing corps of 10.000 EU border guards by 2020, strengthening its powers in the field of

returns, and allowing it to operate more widely in partner countries outside the EU.

At the same time, Europe must do more on legal migration. We need to be able to address

adequately labour market needs and skills shortages in the future, while pursuing the EU’s

interests. It is therefore essential to agree on the revised EU Blue Card scheme, which will

make it easier and more attractive for highly skilled third-country nationals to come to work

in Europe and contribute to the performance of our economies.

By December 2018, the Commission will publish a Communication on Visa Reciprocity to

take stock of the state of play and the possible ways forward as regards the situation of non-

reciprocity with the United States in the area of visa policy.

A stronger global actor

When we stand together, Europe has all the weight we need to be a strong global actor,

working towards peace, sustainable development, security and stability, while supporting

democracy, defending human rights and promoting the rule of law.

To ensure that this is the case, and alongside efforts to reach an agreement on the proposed

financial programmes to underpin Europe’s role as global actor, the Commission will

continue to call for swift follow-up to its initiative for more efficient decision-making in the

EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. It will also continue to work on implementing the

EU Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy, notably as regards India, Latin America

and Central Asia.

The implementation of the proposed new Africa – Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment

and Jobs will be taken forward. To that end, the EU’s External Investment Plan will be further

operationalised and implemented to deliver on its ambitious objective of leveraging up to 44

billion euro in sustainable investments by 2020.

Implementing our neighbourhood policy both in the East and in the South will remain a key

priority. With regard to the enlargement of the EU, the Commission will issue the yearly

reports on all the progress made in the relationship with all partners concerned. Moreover, the

Commission will assess and adopt an opinion on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s request to become

a candidate for membership.

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A Union of Democratic Change

In the last four years the Commission has sought to make the European Union more

democratic, for example by opening up policymaking to citizens’ inputs, by boosting

transparency of meetings between Commission decision-makers and interest representatives,

by publishing negotiating mandates for trade agreements, and by embedding Better

Regulation principles in policy design. Important revisions have been made to the rules for

funding of European political parties, which will increase the transparency of links between

European political parties and their member parties, improve democratic legitimacy with

funding better reflecting the electorate’s choices and strengthen enforcement to prevent

abuses of public spending.

To protect our democratic values, we must guarantee that the upcoming elections take place in

a free and fair way, which is why it is urgent that the proposals to better protect our

democratic processes from manipulation by third countries or private interests are agreed

quickly. The proposal to allow European political parties to be sanctioned for breaching

personal data protection in order to deliberately influence the outcome of the European

elections should also be agreed as a matter of priority.

European Citizens’ Initiatives offer citizens a unique and innovative way to participate in

setting the agenda at EU level by directly asking the Commission to take action on a matter

that they care about. To make the instrument more user-friendly and to allow it to achieve its

full potential it is essential to reach swift agreement on the reform of the Regulation to make it

easier for citizens to launch and support new initiatives. We are also responding to citizens’

wishes expressed in public consultations, for example with the proposal to end the twice-

yearly time change.

From the beginning of its mandate, this Commission has underlined the need for a Union with

a stronger focus on things that matter and the need to improve the democratic legitimacy of

what the Union does. An essential aspect of this is ensuring respect for the principles of

subsidiarity and proportionality. The Commission is presenting alongside this Work

Programme a Communication setting out how we intend to strengthen the role of the

subsidiarity and proportionality principles in the EU’s policymaking, building on the rich

input received from the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and “Doing Less More

Efficiently”. In line with the views of the Task Force, this will be done as part of the wider

better regulation agenda including in the planned stocktaking. The Communication is

accompanied by the Annual Reports on relations between the European Commission and

national Parliaments and on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and

proportionality.

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III. Offering all Europeans a strong perspective for the future

The Summit in Sibiu on 9 May 2019 will take place at a pivotal moment – six weeks after

Brexit and two weeks before the European Parliament elections. This will be the moment

when Leaders provide renewed confidence in the future of the new Union of 27. The

Commission will contribute to the process leading up to and beyond Sibiu with a number of

reports and communications with a 2025 perspective. It has presented, or will put forward,

initiatives aiming to:

Strengthen the international role of the euro, as part of global efforts to strengthen

Europe’s sovereignty;

Enhance the use of qualified majority voting and allow more efficient decision-making

in key fields of taxation and social policies, so that the EU Single Market legislation

can keep pace with economic and societal developments, as well as in several targeted

areas of our external relations to offer the right decision-making tools for our Common

Foreign and Security Policy;

Reflect on the road towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030 to follow up on the UN

Sustainable Development Goals, including the Paris agreement on Climate Change;

Pave the way for a new institutional framework for our energy and climate policy by

outlining options for enhanced qualified majority voting and possible reform of the

Euratom Treaty;

Further strengthen the 2014 rule of law framework;

Outline how to make the Union more united, stronger and more democratic in

communication terms.

IV. Brexit and Preparedness

While significant efforts are being made to ensure the conclusion of an agreement on an

orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and a framework for the

future EU-UK relations, certain measures will be necessary to adapt the EU acquis in the

context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom and irrespective of the outcome of the

negotiations. In addition to six legislative acts which are already on the table of the co-

legislators, the Commission will adopt two more Brexit-preparedness legislative proposals

that will address, respectively, the visa status of UK nationals after the withdrawal of the

United Kingdom and the adjustment of figures for primary and final energy consumption in

the energy efficiency legislation. The proposals will be tabled in November 2018 so that

sufficient time is left for the co-legislators to adopt them before the withdrawal date.

The Commission will also present before the end of 2018 a number of delegated and

implementing acts that are required in the context of Brexit-preparedness. It will continue to

monitor the situation closely as the negotiations evolve, and will propose further measures as

necessary, with due regard to the time necessary for the co-legislators to complete their work.

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V. Better regulation and the implementation and enforcement of EU Law

From the start of the mandate, this Commission has invested heavily in Better Regulation

which is now part of our DNA. The OECD has recently ranked the Commission as a top

performer in good regulatory practices. To further consolidate this progress, we are carrying

out a stocktaking of our Better Regulation policy and will report in the spring on the results

and lessons to be learned. In the meantime, we will pay particular attention to using our Better

Regulation tools to look hard at our existing policies and ensure that they remain fit for

purpose and avoid unnecessary costs. Annex II of this Work Programme sets out the most

significant evaluations and Fitness Checks we will undertake, including those that follow up

on the Opinions of the REFIT Platform. The Platform continues its work and it is expected to

adopt further Opinions shortly, after which the Commission will provide a detailed

presentation of the follow-up to all past and new Opinions in the online REFIT Scoreboard, as

well as in the second Annual Burden Survey.

Any rule, no matter how carefully drafted and prepared, is only effective if it is implemented

properly in practice. This is why the Commission will continue to pay as much attention to

ensuring that laws are properly applied as we do to designing them in the first place. The key

to effective implementation of EU law is close cooperation and communication between the

Commission and the Member States. We will continue to engage in dialogue with Member

States to support them in implementing EU law. Significant efforts will be required in the

months ahead as concerns the process of transposing and implementing legislation that has

been recently adopted or will be soon. At the same time, the Commission will continue to

prioritise serious breaches of EU law that undermine the added value of EU rules, and will

take firm action where needed, as it has recently done in areas such as air quality.

VI. Conclusion

The remaining months of this mandate will be crucial to show citizens that we have delivered

on our agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change. The Commission Work

Programme for 2019 outlines a clear and focused agenda to complete the work we committed

to do at the start of this mandate. The Commission will continue to work intensively with the

European Parliament and the Council to complete this agenda by adopting and implementing

all of the proposals the Commission has made. This common European effort is crucial if we

are to show to citizens that Europe can make a difference through focused and effective action

and tangible results. On 9 May in Sibiu we will also be able to show that the European Union

of 27 has a clear perspective for the future and has reinforced the foundations for a strong,

united and sovereign Europe.

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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

Commission Work Programme 2019

Delivering what we promised and preparing for the future

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Annex I: New initiatives

Nº Policy objective Initiatives1

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

1. Getting Europe investing again Communication on the Investment Plan for Europe: stock-taking and next steps (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

2. A sustainable European future Reflection Paper "Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030, on the follow-up to the UN Sustainable Development

Goals, including on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change" (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

A Connected Digital Single Market

3. Completing the Digital Single Market Coordinated Plan on the development of Artificial Intelligence in Europe (non-legislative, Q4 2018); Action Plan on

Disinformation (non-legislative, Q4 2018); Commission Recommendation to establish a format for European

Electronic Health Record (non legislative, Q1 2019)

A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy

4. Implementation of the Paris Agreement Strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction in accordance with the Paris Agreement (in

advance of the Katowice Climate Change Conference of 3-14 December) (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

5. Completing the Energy Union 4th

State of the Energy Union Report (non-legislative, Q1 2019); Report on the Strategic Action Plan on batteries

(non-legislative, Q1 2019)

6. Future of Energy and Climate policy Towards a new institutional framework for our energy and climate policy by 2025: options for enhanced qualified

majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty (non-legislative, Q1 2019)

7. Energy efficiency targets – preparing for Brexit Proposal to adapt references to EU energy efficiency targets (expressed in absolute values) for 2030 to an EU at 27

(Legislative, Article 194 TFEU, Q4 2018) (Brexit preparedness)

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

8. Fair and Future-proof Single Market Communication Towards a fully functioning Single Market in a rapidly changing global environment: eliminating

barriers and seizing new opportunities for the benefit of citizens and businesses (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

9. Health Protection Communication on a comprehensive European Union framework on endocrine disruptors (non-legislative, Q4

2018)

1 In this annex the Commission provides further information, as far as available, on the initiatives included in its Work Programme, in line with the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-making.

This information, which is provided in brackets under the description of each initiative, is indicative only and subject to change during the preparatory process, notably in view of the outcome of an

impact assessment process. Items highlighted in grey refer to initiatives to give perspective for the future of the Union.

2

Nº Policy objective Initiatives1

10. More efficient Single Market law-making More efficient law-making in the field of taxation: identification of areas for a move to qualified majority voting

(non-legislative, Q1 2019); More efficient law-making in social policy: identification of areas for an enhanced move

to qualified majority voting (non-legislative, Q1 2019)

A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

11. Promoting the international role of the euro Communication on strengthening the international role of the euro (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

12. Rule of Law Further strengthening of the 2014 Rule of Law framework (non-legislative, Q1 2019)

Towards a New Policy on Migration

13. Implementing the common visa policy Communication on Visa Reciprocity (non-legislative, Q4 2018)

14. Visa policy - preparing for Brexit Proposal to place the United Kingdom on either the ‘visa required’ list of third countries or the ‘visa free’ list

(legislative, Article 77(2) TFEU, Q4 2018) (Brexit preparedness)


15. Communicating Europe Communication on how to make the Union more united, stronger and more democratic in communication terms

(non-legislative, Q2 2019)

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Annex II: REFIT initiatives2

Nº Title Description

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

1. The Fitness Check of the Water Framework and

Floods Directives together with the evaluation of the

Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

The Water Framework Directive 2000/50 is the most comprehensive instrument of EU water policy and its main objective

is to protect and enhance EU water resources to achieve good status. The Fitness Check will evaluate this Directive, two

other Directives directly linked to it (Directive 2006/118 on Groundwater and 2008/105 on Environmental Quality

Standards) and the Floods Directive (2007/60), which has been the catalyst for introducing a risk management approach to

floods across the EU. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271) is closely linked to the Water Framework

Directive, as it is essential for the achievement of its objectives.

2. The Fitness Check of the Air Quality Directives This Fitness Check, expected to be concluded in 2019, will look at the performance of the EU Ambient Air Quality

Directives (2008/50 and 2004/107). These Directives set air quality standards to be met throughout the EU and

requirements to ensure that Member States adequately monitor and assess air quality on their territory, in a harmonised and

comparable manner.

3. Evaluation of the Regulation on the shipment of

waste.

The evaluation of Regulation 1013/2006 will assess all aspects relating to its implementation, including the question of

illegal trade in waste products, and also provides follow-up to a REFIT Platform opinion IX.3.a-c adopted on 19/03/2018 in

which the REFIT Platform considers that more types of waste should be added to the “green list” and highlights the

challenge to companies that arises from the obligatory registration of waste carriers in all Member States.


4. Evaluation of the Directive on the legal protection of

designs and the Regulation on Community designs.

The evaluation of Directive 98/71 and Regulation 6/2002 will provide an in-depth assessment of the overall functioning of

the design protection system in the European Union including both Union and national levels, in particular in view of the

recent EU trademark revision, the development of new technologies such as 3D-printing and the spare parts market.

5. Evaluation of the Construction Products Regulation The evaluation of Regulation 305/2011 is linked to the REFIT Platform opinion XII.8.b adopted on 7/6/2017 inviting the

Commission to review the issue of the obligation to keep the Declaration of Performance for 10 years considering the

distinction between retailers selling to businesses and/or consumers as well as to REFIT Platform opinion XII.8.c adopted

on 23/11/2017 and XII.8.a adopted on 27-28/6/2016.

2 This annex sets out the most significant evaluations and Fitness Checks we will undertake, including evaluation work to follow up the Opinions of the REFIT Platform.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-environment-ix3a-c-regulation-shipment-waste_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-internal-market-xii8b-construction-product-regulation_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-internal-market-ref-xii8c-construction-products-regulation-cpr_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-internal-market-xii8a-construction-product-regulation_en

4

Nº Title Description

6. Evaluation on maximum residue levels for pesticides

and authorisation of plant protection products.

This evaluation wil look at the authorisation procedure and in particular at the dual system of authorisation of active

substance at EU level and plant protection product at national level and the delay in time to market; the mutual recognition

of national level, the comparative system to allow for substitution with less hazardous substances, the system of residue

limit setting, its enforcment and the costs of the system. The evaluation covers Regulation 1107/2009 and Regulation

396/2005. This evaluation will look into the issues raised in the REFIT Platform opinion XI.10.a on Multiple use/Multiple

source substances – Chlorate adopted on 7/6/2017.


7. Fitness Check of Supervisory Reporting This Fitness Check will analyse cross-sectoral reporting requirements to supervisory authorities stemming from EU

Financial Services Legislation (e.g. Capital Requirements Directives - CRR/CRDIV, Markets in Financial Instruments

Directive - MiFID/MiFIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation - EMIR etc.). It provides follow-up to the REFIT

Platform opinion X.13.a adopted on 27/06/2016.

8. Fitness Check of corporate reporting This Fitness Check will evaluate corporate reporting requirements including the Accounting Directive 2013/34, Non

financial reporting Directive 2014/95/EC, the Transparency Directive 2013/50, and the International Accounting Standards

Regulation 1606/2002.

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

9. Evaluation of the Directive on Equal pay for equal

work and work of equal value

The evaluation of Directive 2006/54/EC will focus on how the existing legal provisions on equal pay have worked in

practice, the approaches that have been implemented in EU Member States, how effectively they are enforced, and the

extent to which their initial goals have been reached.

10. Consumer credit (Directive 2008/48/EC) and

Distance marketing of consumer financial services

(Directive 2002/65/EC)

The evaluation of Directive 2008/48/EC and Directive 2002/65/EC will look into the functioning of the consumer credit

market and the distance marketing and selling of retail financial services. The evaluation on the consumer credit market

will consider in particular the issues raised by the REFIT Platform in its opinion (VI.4.a-f) adopted on 21/9/2017

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-health-and-food-safety-xi10a-multiple-use-multiple-source-substances-chlorate_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-financial-services-financial-reporting_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-financial-services-financial-reporting_en

https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/refit-platform-recommendations-consumer-policy-vi4a-f-consumer-credit-directive_en

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Annex III: Priority pending proposals

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and and Investment

1. Circular Economy package Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)**

COM(2017)753 final

2017/0332 (COD)

01.02.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

minimum requirements for water reuse**

COM(2018)337 final

2018/0169 (COD)

28.05.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment**

COM(2018)340 final

2018/0172 (COD)

30.05.2018

2. Fisheries control Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 768/2005,

(EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008, and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament

and of the Council as regards fisheries control**

COM(2018)368 final

2018/0193 (COD)

30.05.2018

3. Alignment of reporting obligations

in the field of environment policy

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy and thereby amending Directives

86/278/EEC, 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU, Regulations (EC) No

166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010, and Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005**

COM(2018)381 final

2018/0205 (COD)

31.05.2018

4. Accessibility requirements for

products and services


approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States as regards the

accessibility requirements for products and services*

COM(2015)615 final

2015/0278 (COD)

02.12.2015

5. Multiannual Financial Framework Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

establishment of the Reform Support Programme

COM(2018)391 final

2018/0213 (COD)

31.05.2018

3 * = proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2018 and 2019, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

** = priority files CWP 2018 and Letter of Intent 2018

6

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

establishing the InvestEU Programme

COM(2018)439 final

2018/0229 (COD)

06.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down implementing measures for the system of Own

Resources of the European Union

COM(2018)327 final

2018/0132 (APP)

02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the system of Own Resources of the European Union COM(2018)325 final

2018/0135 (CNS)

02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1553/89 on the

definitive uniform arrangements for the collection of own resources accruing from value added tax

COM(2018)328 final

2018/0133 (NLE)

02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the methods and procedure for making available the Own

Resources based on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, on the European Union Emissions

Trading System and on Plastic packaging waste that is not recycled, and on the measures to meet cash

requirements

COM(2018)326 final

2018/0131 (NLE)

02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years

2021 to 2027

COM(2018)322 final

2018/0132 (APP)

02.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme

of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (Ignalina programme); and repealing Council Regulation

(EU) No 1369/2013

COM(2018)466 final

2018/0251 (NLE)

13.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing a dedicated financial programme for

decommissioning of nuclear facilities and management of radioactive waste, and repealing Council

Regulation (Euratom) No 1368/2013

COM(2018)467 final

2018/0252 (NLE)

13.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European

Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it

COM(2018)445 final

2018/0235 (NLE)

07.06.2018


European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European

Parliament and of the Council

COM(2018)390 final

2018/0210 (COD)

12.06.2018

7

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) and repealing Regulation (EU)

No 1293/2013

COM(2018)385 final

2018/0209 (COD)

1.6.2018


European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)

COM(2018)380 final

2018/0202 (COD)

30.05.2018


European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)

COM(2018)382 final

2018/0206 (COD)

30.05.2018


establishing the 'Customs' programme for cooperation in the field of customs

COM(2018)442 final

2018/0232 (COD)

08.06.2018


establishing the 'Fiscalis' programme for cooperation in the field of taxation

COM(2018)443 final

2018/0233 (COD)

08.06.2018


establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against

counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the ‘Pericles IV programme')

COM(2018)/369 final

2018/0194 (COD)

31.05.2018


establishment of a European Investment Stabilisation Function

COM(2018)387 final

2018/0212 (COD)

31.05.2018


financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Regulation (EU)

No 1306/2013

COM(2018)393 final

2018/0217 (COD)

01.06.2018


amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in

agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU)

No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical

indications of aromatised wine products, (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture

in the outermost regions of the Union and (EU) No 229/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture

in favour of the smaller Aegean islands

COM(2018)394 final

2018/0218 (COD)

01.06.2018

8

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common

agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund

(EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing

Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No

1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

COM(2018)392 final

2018/0216 (COD)

01.06.2018


establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No

283/2014

COM(2018)438 final

2018/0228 (COD)

06.06.2018


establishing the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-

sized enterprises, and European statistics and repealing Regulations (EU) No 99/2013, (EU) No 1287/2013,

(EU) No 254/2014, (EU) No 258/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) 2017/826

COM(2018)441 final

2018/0231 (COD)

07.06.2018


establishing the space programme of the Union and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme

and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013, (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision

541/2014/EU

COM(2018)447 final

2018/0236 (COD)

06.06.2018


establishing the European Defence Fund

COM(2018)476 final

2018/0254 (COD)

13.06.2018


establishing the European Solidarity Corps programme and repealing [European Solidarity Corps

Regulation] and Regulation (EU) No 375/2014

COM(2018)440 final

2018/0230 (COD)

11.06.2018


establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013

COM(2018)366 final

2018/0190 (COD)

30.05.2018


establishing 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing

Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013

COM(2018)367 final

2018/0191 (COD)

30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying

down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus,

the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for the

Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument

COM(2018)375 final

2018/0196 (COD)

29.05.2018

9

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund

COM(2018)372 final

2018/0197 (COD)

30.05.2018

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a

mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context

COM(2018)373 final

2018/0198 (COD)

29.05.2018


specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European

Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments

COM(2018)374 final

2018/0199 (COD)

29.05.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 of 13 July 2015

on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to

certain categories of horizontal State aid

COM(2018)398 final

2018/0222 (NLE)

06.06.2018


establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its

rules for participation and dissemination

COM(2018)435 final

2018/0224 (COD)

07.06.2018

Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for

Research and Innovation

COM(2018)436 final

2018/0225 (COD)

07.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing the Research and Training Programme of the

European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2021-2025 complementing Horizon Europe – the

Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

COM(2018)437 final

2018/0226 (NLE)

07.06.2018


establishing the Digital Europe programme for the period 2021-2027

COM(2018)434 final

2018/0227 (COD)

06.06.2018

6. Connecting Europe Facility 2014-

2020: withdrawal of the United

Kingdom from the Union

(amending Regulation (EU) No

1316/2013)

(Brexit preparedness)


amending Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the

Union

COM(2018)568 final

2018/0299 (COD)

01.08.2018

10

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

7. Common rules and standards for

ship inspection and survey

organisations: withdrawal of the

United Kingdom from the Union

(amending Regulation (EC) No

391/2009)



amending Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the

Union

COM(2018)567 final

2018/0298 (COD)

01.08.2018

A Connected Digital Single Market

8. Digital Contracts Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on certain

aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content*

COM(2015)634 final

2015/0287 (COD)

09.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on certain

aspects concerning contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods*

COM(2015)635 final

2015/0288 (COD)

09.12.2015

9. Implementation and functioning of

the .eu Top Level Domain name


implementation and functioning of the .eu Top Level Domain name and repealing Regulation (EC) No

733/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004**

COM(2018)231 final

2018/0110 (COD)

27.04.2018

10. Re-use of public sector

information (recast)

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the re-

use of public sector information (recast)**

COM(2018)234 final

2018/0111 (COD)

25.04.2018

11. Promoting fairness and

transparency for business users of

online intermediation services


promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services*

COM(2018)238 final

2018/0112 (COD)

26.04.2018

12. Respect for private life and the

protection of personal data in

electronic communications (e-

privacy)


concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and

repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)*

COM(2017)10 final

2017/0003 (COD)

10.01.2017

13. Cybersecurity Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

ENISA, the "EU Cybersecurity Agency", and repealing Regulation (EU) 526/2013, and on Information and

Communication Technology cybersecurity certification (''Cybersecurity Act'')*

COM(2017)477 final

2017/0225 (COD)

13.09.2017

11

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


establishing the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and the

Network of National Coordination Centres A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’

meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)630 final

2018/0328 (COD)

12.09.2018

14. Copyright package Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

copyright in the Digital Single Market*

COM(2016)593 final

2016/0280 (COD)

14.09.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying

down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of

broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes*

COM(2016)594 final

2016/0284 (COD)

14.09.2016

A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy

15. Mobility and Climate Change

package

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL setting

CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles**

COM(2018)284 final

2018/0143 (COD)

17.05.2018


emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of

the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending

Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (recast)*

COM(2017)676 final

2017/0293 (COD)

08.11.2017


amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach

and bus services*

COM(2017)647 final

2017/0288 (COD)

08.11.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of

goods between Member States*

COM(2017)648 final

2017/0290 (COD)

08.11.2017


Directive 2009/33/EU on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles*

COM(2017)653 final

2017/0291 (COD)

08.11.2017

16. Common rules for the internal

market in natural gas: pipelines to

and from third countries


Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas**

COM(2017)660 final

2017/0294 (COD)

08.11.2017

12

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

17. Clean Energy Package Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on risk-

preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC*

COM(2016)862 final

2016/0377 (COD)

30.11.2016


establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (recast)*

COM(2016)863 final

2016/0378 (COD)

30.11.2016


internal market for electricity (recast)*

COM(2016)861 final

2016/0379 (COD)

30.11.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common

rules for the internal market in electricity (recast)*

COM(2016)864 final

2016/0380 (COD)

30.11.2016

18. Europe on the Move Package Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

streamlining measures for advancing the realisation of the trans-European transport network**

COM(2018)277 final

2018/0138 (COD)

17.05.2018


establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment and repealing Directive 2010/65/EU**

COM(2018)278 final

2018/0139 (COD)

17.05.2018


electronic freight transport information**

COM(2018)279 final

2018/0140 (COD)

17.05.2018


Directive 2006/1/EC on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road*

COM(2017)282 final

2017/0113 (COD)

31.05.2017


Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures*

COM(2017)275 final

2017/0114 (COD)

31.05.2017


Directive 2006/22/EC as regards enforcement requirements and laying down specific rules with respect to

Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting drivers in the road transport sector**

COM(2017)278 final

2017/0121 (COD)

31.05.2017

13

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 as regards on minimum requirements on maximum daily and

weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods and Regulation (EU) 165/2014 as

regards positioning by means of tachographs**

COM(2017)277 final

2017/0122 (COD)

31.05.2017


amending Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 with a view to adapting them

to developments in the sector*

COM(2017)281 final

2017/0123 (COD)

31.05.2017


interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the

failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)*

COM(2017)280 final

2017/0128 (COD)

31.05.2017

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods

vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures, as regards certain provisions on vehicle taxation**

COM(2017)276 final

2017/0115 (CNS)

31.05.2017

19. Discontinuing seasonal changes of

time

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

discontinuing seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 2000/84/EC**

COM(2018)639 final

2018/0332 (COD)

12.09.2018


20. Sustainable Finance Package Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment**

COM(2018)353 final

2018/0178 (COD)

24.05.2018


disclosures relating to sustainable investments and sustainability risks and amending Directive (EU)

2016/2341**

COM(2018)354 final

2018/0179 (COD)

24.05.2018


amending Regulation (EU) No 2016/1011 on low carbon benchmarks and positive carbon impact

benchmarks**

COM(2018)355 final

2018/0180 (COD)

24.05.2018

21. Cross-border investment funds Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/61/EU of the

European Parliament and of the Council with regard to cross-border distribution of collective investment

funds**

COM(2018)92 final

2018/0041 (COD)

12.03.2018

14

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards exposures in the form of covered bonds**

COM(2018)93 final

2018/0042 (COD)

12.03.2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the issue

of covered bonds and covered bond public supervision and amending Directive 2009/65/EC and Directive

2014/59/EU**

COM(2018)94 final

2018/0043 (COD)

12.03.2018


facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment funds and amending Regulations (EU) No

345/2013 and (EU) No 346/2013**

COM(2018)110 final

2018/0045 (COD)

12.03.2018

22. Crowdfunding services Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments**

COM(2018)99 final

2018/0047 (COD)

08.03.2018


European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for Business**

COM(2018)113 final

2018/0048 (COD)

08.03.2018

23. Minimum loss coverage for non-

performing exposures


amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards minimum loss coverage for non-performing exposures*

COM(2018)134 final

2018/0060 (COD)

14.03.2018

24. Amendments to the European

Market Infrastructure Regulation


amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as regards the clearing obligation, the suspension of the clearing

obligation, the reporting requirements, the risk-mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not

cleared by a central counterparty, the registration and supervision of trade repositories and the requirements

for trade repositories**

COM(2017)208 final

2017/0090 (COD)

04.05.2017


amending Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European

Securities and Markets Authority) and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 as regards the procedures

and authorities involved for the authorisation of CCPs and requirements for the recognition of third-country

CCPs**

COM(2017)331 final

2017/0136 (COD)

20.09.2017

25. Pan-European Personal Pension

Product (PEPP)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a pan-

European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)**

COM(2017)343 final

2017/0143 (COD)

29.06.2017

15

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

26. Tasks, governance and financing

of the European Supervisory

Authorities


Amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European

Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority

(European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 establishing a

European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation (EU) No

345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social

entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation

(EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as

benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment

funds; and Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the

public or admitted to trading on a regulated market**

COM(2017)536 final

2017/0230 (COD )

20.09.2017


Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments and Directive 2009/138/EC on the taking-up and

pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II)**

COM(2017)537

2017/0231 (COD)

20.09.2017


amending Regulation (EU) No 1092/2010 on European Union macro-prudential oversight of the financial

system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board**

COM(2017)538 final

2017/0232 (COD)

20.09.2017

27. Requirements and supervision of

investment firms


prudential requirements of investment firms and amending Regulations (EU) No 575/2013, (EU) No

600/2014 and (EU) No 1093/2010**

COM(2017)790 final

2017/0359 (COD)

20.12.2017


prudential supervision of investment firms and amending Directives 2013/36/EU and 2014/65/EU**

COM(2017)791 final

2017/0358 (COD)

20.12.2017

28. Disclosure of income tax

information


Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and

branches**

COM(2016)198 final

2016/0107 (COD)

12.04.2016

29. Transparency and sustainability of

the EU risk assessment in the food

chain


transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain amending Regulation (EC) No

178/2002 [on general food law], Directive 2001/18/EC [on the deliberate release into the environment of

GMOs], Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 [on GM food and feed], Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 [on feed

additives], Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 [on smoke flavourings], Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 [on

food contact materials], Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 [on the common authorisation procedure for food

additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 [on plant protection

products] and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 [on novel foods]**

COM(2018)179 final

2018/0088 (COD)

11.04.2018

16

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

30. Social dimension internal market Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

establishing a European Labour Authority**

COM(2018)131 final

2018/0064 (COD)

13.03.2018


Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or

mutagens at work (Third batch)**

COM(2018)171 final

2018/0081 (COD)

05/04/2018

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union**

COM(2017)797

2017/0355 (COD)

21.12.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on work-life

balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU**

COM(2017)253 final

2017/0085 (COD)

26.04.2017


establishing the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound),

and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75**

COM(2016)531 final

2016/0256 (COD)

23.08.2016


amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and regulation (EC)

No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (Text with

relevance for the EEA and Switzerland)*

COM(2016)815final

2016/0397 (COD)

13.12.2016

31. Common system of value added

tax: special scheme for small

enterprises

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value

added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises**

COM(2018)21 final

2018/0006 (CNS)

18.01.2018

32. Fair taxation Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues

resulting from the provision of certain digital services**

COM(2018)148 final

2018/0073 (CNS)

21.03.2018

Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital

presence**

COM(2018)147 final

2018/0072 (CNS)

21.03.2018

33. Value Added Tax Reform Package Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards harmonising and

simplifying certain rules in the value added tax system and introducing the definitive system for the

taxation of trade between Member States**

COM(2017)569 final

2017/0251(CNS)

04.10.2017

17

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the certified

taxable person**

COM(2017)567 final

2017/0248 (CNS)

04.10.2017

34. Common Consolidated Corporate

Tax Base

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)** COM(2016)683 final

2016/0336 (CNS)

25.10.2016

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a Common Corporate Tax Base** COM(2016)685 final

2016/0337 (CNS)

25.10.2016

35. General arrangements for excise

duty

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (recast)** COM(2018)346 final

2018/0176(CNS)

25.05.2018

36. Unfair trading practices in

business-to-business relationships

in the food supply chain

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on unfair

trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain**

COM(2018)173 final

2018/0082 (COD)

12.04.2018

37. Supplementary protection

certificate for medicinal products


amending Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal

products**

COM(2018)317 final

2018/0161 (COD)

28.05.2018

38. Services package Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

enforcement of the Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market, laying down a notification

procedure for authorisation schemes and requirements related to services, and amending Directive

2006/123/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal

Market Information System**

COM(2016)821 final

2016/0398 (COD)

10.01.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the legal

and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ....[ESC

Regulation]....**

COM(2016)823 final

2016/0402 (COD)

10.01.2017


introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities**

COM(2016)824 final

2016/0403 (COD)

10.01.2017

39. Conditions and procedure by

which the Commission may

request undertakings to provide

information


out the conditions and procedure by which the Commission may request undertakings and associations of

undertakings to provide information in relation to the internal market and related areas**

COM(2017)257 final

2017/0087 (COD)

02.05.2017

18

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

40. Goods package Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying

down rules and procedures for compliance with and enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation on

products and amending Regulations (EU) No 305/2011, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2016/424, (EU)

2016/425, (EU) 2016/426 and (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and

Directives 2004/42/EC, 2009/48/EC, 2010/35/EU, 2013/29/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/28/EU, 2014/29/EU,

2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU

and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council**

COM(2017)795 final

2017/0353 (COD)

19.12.2017


mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State**

COM(2017)796 final

2017/0354 (COD)

19.12.2017

41. Company law package Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards the use of digital tools and processes in company law**

COM(2018)239 final

2018/0113 (COD)

25.04.2018


Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions**

COM(2018)241 final

2018/0114 (COD)

25.04.2018

42. Insolvency and Discharge

procedures


preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of

restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures and amending Directive 2012/30/EU**

COM(2016)723 final

2016/0359 (COD)

22.11.2016

43. EU type-approval legislation with

regard to the withdrawal of the




complementing EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from

the Union

COM(2018)397 final

2018/0220 (COD)

04.06.2018


44. Sovereign bond-backed securities Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

sovereign bond-backed securities*

COM(2018)339 final

2018/0171 (COD)

24.05.2018

45. Credit servicers, credit purchasers

and the recovery of collateral

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on credit

servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral**

COM(2018)135 final

2018/0063 (COD)

14.03.2018

19

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

46. Support to structural reform in the

Member States


amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December

2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social

Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European

Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development

Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and

repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards support to structural reforms in Member

States*

COM(2017)826 final

2017/0336 (COD)

06.12.2017

47. Strengthening fiscal responsibility

and medium-term budgetary

orientation in Member States

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE laying down provisions for strengthening fiscal responsibility and

the medium-term budgetary orientation in the Member States*

COM(2017)824 final

2017/0335 (CNS)

06.12.2017

48. Banking Package Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio,

requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to

central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and

disclosure requirements and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012*

COM(2016)850 final

2016/0360 (COD)

23.11.2016


amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards loss-absorbing and Recapitalisation Capacity for credit

institutions and investment firms*

COM(2016)851 final

2016/0361 (COD)

23.11.2016


Directive 2014/59/EU on loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of credit institutions and investment

firms and amending Directive 98/26/EC, Directive 2002/47/EC, Directive 2012/30/EU, Directive

2011/35/EU, Directive 2005/56/EC, Directive 2004/25/EC and Directive 2007/36/EC*

COM(2016)852 final

2016/0362 (COD)

23.11.2016


Directive 2013/36/EU as regards exempted entities, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding

companies, remuneration, supervisory measures and powers and capital conservation measures*

COM(2016)852 final

2016/0364 (COD)

23.11.2016

49. Recovery and resolution of central

counterparties

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a

framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties and amending Regulations (EU) No

1095/2010, (EU) No 648/2012, and (EU) 2015/2365*

COM(2016)856 final

2016/0365 (COD)

28.11.2016

50. European Deposit Insurance

Scheme


amending Regulation (EU) 806/2014 in order to establish a European Deposit Insurance Scheme*

COM(2015)586 final

2015/0270 (COD)

24.11.2015

20

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

51. Unified representation of the euro

area in the International Monetary

Fund

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION laying down measures in view of progressively establishing unified

representation of the euro area in the International Monetary Fund**

COM(2015)603 final

2015/250 (NLE)

21.10.2015

52. Anti-Money Laundering Amended proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE

COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority

(European Banking Authority); Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 establishing a European Supervisory

Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority); Regulation (EU) No 095/2010

establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority); Regulation

(EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds; Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social

entrepreneurship funds; Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments; Regulation

(EU) 2015/760 on European long-term investment funds; Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 on indices used as

benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment

funds; Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the

public or admitted to trading on a regulated market; and (EU) Directive 2015/849 on the prevention of the

use of the financial system for the purposes of money-laundering or terrorist financing **

COM(2018)646 final

2017/0230 (COD)

12.09.2018

53. European Monetary Fund Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the establishment of the European Monetary Fund* COM(2017)827 final

2017/0333 (APP)

06.12.2017

54. Multiannual Financial Framework Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION extending to the non-participating Member States the

application of Regulation (EU) No …/2018 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme

for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (the ‘Pericles IV’ programme)

COM(2018)371 final

2018/0219 (APP)

31.05.2018

Trade: A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

55. Screening of foreign direct

investments into the European

Union


establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union*

COM(2017)487 final

2017/0224 (COD)

13.09.2017

56. Amended proposal, Access of

third country goods and services to

the European Union's internal

market

(Public procurement with third

countries)


access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and

procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement

markets of third countries**

COM(2016)34 final

2012/0060 (COD)

29.01.2016

21

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

57. Tariff rate quotas included in the

World Trade Organization (WTO)

following the withdrawal of the




apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of

the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000

COM(2018)312

2018/0158 (COD)

22.05.2018

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on Mutual Trust

58. Marketing and use of explosives

precursors


marketing and use of explosives precursors, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and

repealing Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors**

COM(2018)209 final

2018/0103 (COD)

17.04.2018

59. Use of financial and other

information for the prevention,

detection, investigation or

prosecution of certain criminal

offences

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down

rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or

prosecution of certain criminal offences and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA*

COM(2018)213 final

2018/0105 (COD)

17.04.2018

60. Combating fraud and

counterfeiting of non-cash means

of payment


combating fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment and replacing Council Framework

Decision 2001/413/JHA**

COM(2017)489 final

2017/0226 (COD)

13.09.2017

61. Interoperability between EU

information systems


establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (borders and visa) and

amending Council Decision 2004/512/EC, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Council Decision 2008/633/JHA,

Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2226*

COM(2017)793 final

2017/0351 (COD)

12.12.2017


establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (police and judicial

cooperation, asylum and migration)*

COM(2017)794 final

2017/0352 (COD)

12.12.2017

62. Preventing the dissemination of

terrorist content online


preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online A contribution from the European Commission to

the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)640 final

2018/0331 (COD)

12.09.2018

63. Union Civil Protection Mechanism Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism**

COM(2017)772 final

2017/0309 (COD)

23.11.2017

64. Consumer protection Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on

representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, and repealing Directive

2009/22/EC**

COM(2018)184 final

2018/0089 (COD)

11.04.2018

22

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993, Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council, Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/83/EU

of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of EU

consumer protection rules**

COM(2018)185 final

2018/0090 (COD)

11.04.2018

65. Strengthening the security of

identity cards


strengthening the security of identity cards of Union citizens and of residence documents issued to Union

citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement**

COM(2018)212 final

2018/0104 (COD)

17.04.2018

66. Whistleblower protection proposal Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law**

COM(2018)218 final

2018/0106 (COD)

23.04.2018

67. European Production and

Preservation Orders for electronic

evidence in criminal matters


European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters*

COM (2018)225 final

2018/0108 (COD)

17.04.2018

68. European Criminal Records

Information System


establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on

third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) to supplement and support the European Criminal

Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN system) and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011*

COM(2017)344 final

2017/0144 (COD)

29.06.2017


Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country

nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing

Council Decision 2009/316/JHA*

COM(2016)7 final

2016/0002 (COD)

19.01.2016

69. EU Emergency Travel Document Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing

Decision 96/409/CFSP**

COM(2018)358

2018/0186 (CNS)

31.05.2018

70. Civil and commercial matters Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the service in

the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of

documents)**

COM(2018)379 final

2018/0204 (COD)

31.05.2018


amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of

the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters**

COM(2018)378 final

2018/0203 (COD)

31.05.2018

23

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

71. Multiannual Financial Framework Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the

Member States

COM(2018)324 final

2018/0136 (COD)

02.05.2018


establishing the EU Anti-Fraud Programme

COM(2018)386 final

2018/0211 (COD)

30.05.2018


establishing the Rights and Values programme

COM(2018)383 final

2018/0207 (COD)

30.05.2018


establishing the Justice programme

COM(2018)384 final

2018/0208 (COD)

30.05.2018

Towards a New Policy on Migration

72. Visa Code Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)**

COM(2018)252 final

2018/0061 (COD)

14.03.2018

73. Visa information systems Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226,

Regulation (EU) 2016/399, Regulation XX/2018 [Interoperability Regulation], and Decision 2004/512/EC

and repealing Council Decision 2008/633/JHA**

COM(2018)302 final

2018/0152 (COD)

16.05.2018

74. European network of immigration

liaison officers


creation of a European network of immigration liaison officers (recast)**

COM(2018)303 final

2018/0153 (COD)

16.05.2018

75. Temporary reintroduction of

border control at internal borders


amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the rules applicable to the temporary reintroduction of

border control at internal borders**

COM(2017)571 final

2017/0245 (COD)

27.09.2017

76. European Border and Coast Guard


European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action n°98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) n°

1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) n° 2016/1624 of the

European Parliament and of the Council A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’

meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September 2018**

COM(2018)631 final

2018/0330 (COD)

12.09.2018

24

No Item Full Title

3 Reference

77. Return policy Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common

standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (recast) A

contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September

2018**

COM(2018)634 final

2018/0329 (COD)

12.09.2018

78. Entry and residence of third-

country nationals for the purposes

of highly skilled employment

(“Blue Card Proposal”)


conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment*

COM(2016)378 final

2016/0176 (COD)

07.06.2016

79. Common European Asylum

System


European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010

Amended proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE

COUNCIL on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 A

contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders’ meeting in Salzburg on 19-20 September

2018**

COM(2016)0271 final

COM(2018)633 final

2016/0131 (COD)

12.09.2018


establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of [Regulation

(EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible

for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-

country national or a stateless person] , for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or

stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement

authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast)*

COM(2016)272 final

2016/0132 (COD)

04.05.2016


establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an

application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a

stateless person (recast)* (Reform of the Dublin system)

COM(2016)270 final

2016/0133 (COD)

04.05.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down

standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast)*

COM(2016)465 final

2016/0222 (COD)

13.07.2016


standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of

international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection

and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25

November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents*

COM(2016)466 final

2016/0223 (COD)

13.07.2016

25

No Item Full Title

3 Reference


establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive

2013/32/EU*

COM(2016)467 final

2016/0224 (COD)

13.07.2016

80. Multiannual Financial Framework Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for

border management and visa

COM(2018)473 final

2018/0249 (COD)

12.06.2018


establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund

COM(2018) 471 final

2018/0248 (COD)

12.06.2018


establishing the Internal Security Fund

COM(2018)472 final

2018/0250 (COD)

13.06.2018

Stronger Global Actor

81. Multiannual Financial Framework Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for

customs control equipment

COM(2018)474 final

2018/0258 (COD)

12.06.2018


establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument

COM(2018)460 final

2018/0243 (COD)

14.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the

European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the

Kingdom of Denmark on the other ('Overseas Association Decision')

COM(2018)461 final

2018/0244 (CNS)

14.06.2018

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION establishing a European Instrument for Nuclear Safety

complementing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument on the basis of

the Euratom Treaty

COM(2018)462 final

2018/0245 (NLE)

14.06.2018


establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)

COM(2018)465 final

2018/0247 (COD)

16.06.2018

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No Item Full Title

3 Reference

Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support

of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility (off-

budget fund for the duration of the next Multiannual Financial Framework)

HR(2018)94


82. Comitology Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL adapting

a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and

291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union**

COM(2016)799 final

2016/0400 (COD)

14.12.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL adapting

a number of legal acts in the area of Justice providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny

to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

COM (2016)798 final

2016/0399 (COD)

14.12.2016


amending Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning

mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers

COM(2017)85 final

2017/035 (COD)

14.02.2017

83. Protection of personal data in the

context of elections to the

European Parliament


amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 as regards a verification procedure related to

infringements of rules on the protection of personal data in the context of elections to the European

Parliament A contribution from the European Commission to the Leaders' meeting in Salzburg on 19-20

September 2018 **

COM(2018)636 final

2018/0336 (COD)

12.09.2018

84. European citizens’ initiative Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the

European citizens’ initiative*

COM(2017)482 final

2017/0220 (COD)

13.09.2017

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Annex IV: Withdrawals4

No COM/ Inter-institutional

reference Title Reasons for withdrawal

Economic & Financial Affairs, Taxation & Customs

1. SEC(2008)2302 final Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the

Commission to negotiate an agreement with the Kingdom of

Norway for the application of measures equivalent to those laid

down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on

taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments

Obsolete: The matter is covered under the Common Reporting Standard on

tax matters (CRS), developed in response to the G20 request and approved by

the OECD Council on 15 July 2014. The multilateral agreement

implementing the CRS covers the EU and Norway.

2. COM(2009)644 final

2008/0234 (CNS)

Amended Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing, on

behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the

Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its

Member States, of the one part, and the Principality of

Liechtenstein, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other

illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and to

ensure exchange of information on tax matters

Obsolete: The matter is covered by the EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the

taxation of savings as amended in 2015 ("agreement on the automatic

exchange of tax information"), which are in line with the OECD Common

Reporting Standard on tax matters (CRS).

3. COM(2009)648 final

2008/0234 (CNS)

Amended Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on

behalf of the European Union, of the Cooperation Agreement

between the European Union and its Member States, of the one

part, and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, to

combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of

their financial interests and to ensure exchange of information

on tax matters

Obsolete: The matter is covered by the EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the

taxation of savings as amended in 2015 ("agreement on the automatic

exchange of tax information"), which are in line with the OECD Common

Reporting Standard on tax matters (CRS).

Maritime Affairs & Fisheries

4. COM(2012)021 final

2012/0013 (COD)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council

Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 of 18 December 2008

establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries

exploiting those stocks

Obsolete: The matter is covered by the new North Sea multiannual

management plan (REGULATION (EU) 2018/973, OJ L 179 of 16.07.2018).

4 This list includes pending legislative proposals, which the Commission intends to withdraw within six months (by April 2019).

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Security and Migration

5. COM(2016) 491 final

2016/0236 (COD)


PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a Union

certification system for aviation security screening equipment

Following inter-institutional discussions, a common understanding was

reached that the creation of an EU certification could be better achieved by

amending implementing legislation based on Articles 4(3) and 18(a) of

Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation

security. The Commission will begin preparations for the possible amendment

of the implementing legislation of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008.

6. COM(2015) 452 final

2015/0211 (COD

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND

OF THE COUNCIL establishing an EU common list of safe

countries of origin for the purposes of Directive 2013/32/EU of

the European Parliament and of the Council on common

procedures for granting and withdrawing international

protection, and amending Directive 2013/32/EU

An updated approach to the matter is set out in the proposal on Asylum

Procedures Regulation (COM(2016)467 final), which is in the inter-

institutional process as part of the package on the reform of the Common

European Asylum System.

7. COM(2014) 382 final

2014/0202 (COD)


PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 as regards determining the

Member State responsible for examining the application for

international protection of unaccompanied minors with no

family member, sibling or relative legally present in a Member

State

An updated approach to the matter is set out in the proposal on the reform of

the Dublin system (COM(2016)270 final), which is in the inter-institutional

process as part of the package on the reform of the Common European

Asylum System.

8. COM (2015) 450 final

2015/0208/COD


PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a crisis

relocation mechanism and amending Regulation (EU) No

604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26

June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for

determining the Member State responsible for examining an

application for international protection lodged in one of the

Member States by a third country national or a stateless person

An updated approach to the matter is set out in the proposal on the reform of

the Dublin system (COM(2016)270 final), which is in the inter-institutional

process as part of the package on the reform of the Common European

Asylum System.

9. COM(2018)167 final Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the

Commission to approve, on behalf of the Union, the Global

Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the field of

development cooperation

Proposal not needed any more as the adoption of the Global Compact will go

through a two-step process, - the adoption of the negotiated outcome at the

Intergovernmental Conference and then subsequent formal endorsement by a

UN General Assembly resolution. Proposal linked to COM(2018) 168.

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10. COM(2018)168 final Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the

Commission to approve, on behalf of the Union, the Global

Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in the area of

immigration policy

Proposals not needed any more as the adoption of the Compact will go

through a two-step process, i.e. the adoption of the negotiated outcome at the

Intergovernmental Conference and then subsequent formal endorsement by a

UN General Assembly resolution.

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Annex V: List of envisaged repeals

Nº Policy Area Title Reasons for repeal

1. Capital Markets

Union

Directive 2001/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 28 May 2001 on the admission of securities to official

stock exchange listing and on information to be published on those

securities

Most of the requirements of this Directive are now covered by Directive 2013/50/EU

(amended Transparency Directive) and in the Prospectus Regulation. The remaining

applicable provisions of Directive 2001/34/EC can be repealed.

2. Taxation and

Customs

Commission Regulation (EC) No 964/2007 of 14 August 2007

laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of

the tariff quotas for rice originating in the least developed

countries for the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

Obsolete: The tariff quotas covered by this act were part of the implementation period

of the "Everything But Arms" initiative from 2001. They do not exist any longer as

since 2009 the tariff quotas are no longer used and the trade in rice from these

countries is now duty free and quota free.

3. Taxation and

Customs

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3512/80 of 23 December 1980

derogating in respect of the countries of the Central American

Common Market from Articles 1, 6 and 12 of Commission

Regulation (EEC) No 3510/80 of 23 December 1980 on the

definition of the concept of originating products for purposes of

the application of tariff preferences granted by the European

Economic Community in respect of certain products from

developing countries

Obsolete: This act pertains to rules of origin for Generalised System of Preferences

(GSP) schemes of the Union which have become obsolete (Council Regulation N.

3322/80 of 16 December 1980). It derogates from some Articles of another act

(Regulation 3510/80) which has already been repealed.

4. Taxation and

Customs

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3513/80 of 23 December 1980

derogating in respect of the countries which have signed the

Cartagena Agreement (Andean Group) from Articles 1, 6 and 12

of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3510/80 of 23 December

1980 on the definition of the concept of originating products for

purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the

European Economic Community in respect of certain products

from developing countries

Obsolete: This act pertains to rules of origin for Generalised System of Preferences

(GSP) schemes of the Union which have become obsolete (Council Regulation N.

3322/80 of 16 December 1980). It derogates from some Articles of another act

(Regulation 3510/80) which has already been repealed.

5. Food safety Council Directive 78/142/EEC of 30 January 1978 on the

approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to

materials and articles which contain vinyl chloride monomer and

are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

The matters dealt with by this Council Directive are covered by the scope and

provisions of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastics materials and

articles intended to come into contact with food. The Council Directive has therefore

become obsolete.

6. Food safety Council Directive 85/572/EEC of 19 December 1985 laying down

the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents

of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with

foodstuffs




become obsolete.

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Nº Policy Area Title Reasons for repeal

7. Food safety Council Directive 82/711/EEC of 18 October 1982 laying down

the basic rules necessary for testing migration of the constituents

of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with

foodstuffs




become obsolete.

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