No need to reform the internal market for industrial products

Orgalime welcomes the European Commission’s open consultation of stakeholders on remaining barriers to the free movement of industrial products. 

We support Commission’s statement in its 'Industrial Policy Communication Update': a fully functioning internal market is a “key tool to achieve a highly competitive social market economy”. 

In this context, engineering companies represented by Orgalime in Europe have six key messages to communicate to policy makers.

• Professional non-harmonised sectors do not require harmonised health and safety regulation at European-level.
• In harmonised sectors, full harmonisation is needed for all national rules and requirements for placing products on the market.
• Market surveillance needs to be stepped up.
• Products and applications related to Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) do not require specific legislation; some adjustments in existing legislation could support the uptake of KETs.
• Products and applications related to 3-D printing do not need to be regulated at EU level.
• Harmonised legislation at EU level should be consistent.