Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
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The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) is a committee of the European Parliament.
[edit] Work of the committee
The committee is responsible for:
- Coordination at Community level of national legislation in the sphere of the internal market and of the customs union, in particular:
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- the free movement of goods including the harmonisation of technical standards,
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- the right of establishment,
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- the freedom to provide services except in the financial and postal sectors;
- Measures aiming at the identification and removal of potential obstacles to the functioning of the internal market;
- The promotion and protection of the economic interests of consumers, except for public health and food safety issues, in the context of the establishment of the internal market.
[edit] Members of the Committee
Name | Position in Committee | Member State | Party Group |
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Arlene McCarthy | Chairwoman | United Kingdom | PES |
Charlotte Cederschiöld | Vice-Chairwoman | Sweden | EPP |
Zuzana Roithová | Vice-Chairwoman | Czech Republic | EPP |
Marco Rizzo | Vice-Chairman | Italy | NGL |
Adam Jerzy Bielan | Member | Poland | UEN |
Godfrey Bloom | Member | United Kingdom | ID |
Mia De Vits | Member | Belgium | PES |
Bert Doorn | Member | The Netherlands | EPP |
Janelly Fourtou | Member | France | ALDE |
Evelyne Gebhardt | Member | Germany | PES |
Małgorzata Handzlik | Member | Poland | EPP |
Malcolm Harbour | Member | United Kingdom | EPP |
Christopher Heaton-Harris | Member | United Kingdom | EPP |
Anna Hedh | Member | Sweden | PES |
Edit Herczog | Member | Hungary | PES |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Member | Finland | ALDE |
Pierre Jonckheer | Member | Belgium | Greens-EFA |
Henrik Dam Kristensen | Member | Denmark | PES |
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff | Member | Germany | ALDE |
Kurt Lechner | Member | Germany | EPP |
Lasse Lehtinen | Member | Finland | PES |
Toine Manders | Member | The Netherlands | ALDE |
Manuel Medina Ortega | Member | Spain | PES |
Bill Newton Dunn | Member | United Kingdom | ALDE |
Béatrice Patrie | Member | France | PES |
Zita Pleštinská | Member | Slovakia | EPP |
Guido Podestà | Member | Italy | EPP |
Giovanni Rivera | Member | Italy | None |
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda | Member | Spain | EPP |
Heide Rühle | Member | Germany | Greens-EFA |
Leopold Józef Rutowicz | Member | Poland | None |
Andreas Schwab | Member | Germany | EPP |
Eva-Britt Svensson | Member | Sweden | NGL |
József Szájer | Member | Hungary | EPP |
Marianne Thyssen | Member | Belgium | EPP |
Jacques Toubon | Member | France | EPP |
Bernadette Vergnaud | Member | France | PES |
Barbara Weiler | Member | Germany | PES |
Glenis Willmott | Member | United Kingdom | PES |
Also numerous substitute members