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EUROPEAN

COMMISSION

Strasbourg, 24.10.2017

COM(2017) 650 final

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 2018

An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe

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MORE UNITED

STRONGER AND MORE DEMOCRATIC UNION

Europe is visibly regaining its strength. The European Union is now in its fifth year of an

economic recovery that reaches every single Member State. With growth now above 2% for

the EU as a whole

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and 2.2% for the euro area

–

Europe's economy has grown faster than

that of the United States over the last two years. Almost 8 million jobs have been created

during this mandate, thanks in part to the work of the EU Institutions, the contribution of the

European Fund for Strategic Investments, the Youth Guarantee, the European Structural and

Investment Funds, and the monetary policy of the European Central Bank. Confidence and

trust in the European Union is returning. Leaders in Rome in March declared their will to

make the European Union stronger and more resilient, through even greater unity and

solidarity and the respect of common rules.

Europe now has a window of opportunity

–

but one that will not stay open forever. To make

the most of the current momentum, the Commission is tabling its work programme for the

next 14 months to the end of 2018. This builds on the Roadmap for a More United, Stronger

and More Democratic Union, which President Juncker presented alongside his State of the

Union address on 13 September 2017. It will help keep Europe on track by continuing to

deliver on its positive agenda, and it will ensure that Europe's focus remains firmly on the big

things, where European action has a clear and demonstrable added value.

This Commission has already delivered over 80% of the proposals that are the essential for

completing the Digital Single Market, the Energy Union, the Capital Markets Union, the

Banking Union, the Security Union and a comprehensive European migration policy

. The

priority must now be on turning proposals into legislation, and legislation into

implementation. The sooner the European Parliament and the Council complete the legislative

process, the sooner citizens and business will feel the benefits of our joint work. The

Commission will redouble its efforts to support the co-legislators every step of the way.

The focus of the work programme for 2018 is two-fold. First, the work programme sets out a

limited number of targeted legislative actions to complete our work in priority policy areas

over the next months. The Commission will table all legislative proposals no later than May

2018. This will allow the European Parliament and Council the time and space to complete

the legislative work before Europeans give their democratic verdict in the European elections

of June 2019 on what we have achieved together.

Secondly, the work programme also presents a number of initiatives that have a more

forward-looking perspective, as the new Union of 27 shapes its own future for 2025. These

initiatives reflect the debate kick-started by the Commission's White Paper on the Future of

Europe and the State of the Union address. They can all be achieved by making full use of the

'The European Commission at mid-term: State of play of President Juncker's ten priorities', Report by the

European Parliament, 11 July 2017

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untapped potential of the Lisbon Treaty.

We will deliver all of these initiatives by the end of

the mandate.

As in previous years, the work programme also proposes a number of proposals that follow on

from regulatory fitness and performance (REFIT) reviews of current laws, taking into account

the opinions of the REFIT platform. To allow the co-legislators to focus on delivering the

proposals that really matter, this work programme contains a significant number of pending

proposals that we suggest to withdraw given that there is no foreseeable agreement in the

European Parliament and the Council or they no longer serve their purpose or are technically

outdated. This work programme also continues the process of repealing pieces of legislation

that have become obsolete.

In parallel, we are publishing an overview of the Commission's

better regulation agenda and its results

together with the REFIT Scoreboard, which sets out

in detail how we are following-up on REFIT platform opinions and on-going efforts to

evaluate and review existing laws.

II.

OMPLETING AND

ELIVERING THE

PRIORITIES OF THE

UNCKER

OMMISSION

A new boost for jobs, growth and investment

The pickup in confidence and investment across Europe has been central to the improving

economic outlook. It has created jobs and growth across Europe, and has supported new

infrastructure

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both physical and digital

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and helped Europe speed up its transition to clean

energy. We must now continue our efforts to strengthen investment. The Investment Plan for

Europe is playing an important role in getting projects off the ground, supporting Small and

Medium-sized Enterprises and creating jobs. To build on this, we now need to deliver quickly

on the 'EFSI 2.0' proposal and on the Omnibus proposal

to make it easier to combine

European Structural and Investment Funds with the European Fund for Strategic Investments.

The boost in investment will not be durable without accompanying structural reforms. We

will carry out an analysis of such reforms targeted at delivering investment. The Commission

will continue to use the European Semester to coordinate economic policies and promote a

growth strategy that delivers on investment, sound public finances and structural reforms.

Europe's economy depends on its industrial competitiveness and building on the views of

stakeholders, the European Commission presented a renewed Industrial Policy Strategy for

Europe

. We will aim to support innovation, jobs and growth through our Circular Economy

Annex 1 (New Initiatives) and Annex 3 (Priority Pending Proposals) present detailed lists of these proposals

Annex 4 contains the detailed list of proposed withdrawals, and Annex 5 the list of repeals

COM(2017)651 Communication on Completing the Better Regulation Agenda: Better solutions for better

results

The Commission will focus its communication work in 2018 on the priorities of the Commission, on the basis

of the corporate communication action in 2017-18 under the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020

(C(2016)6838 of 25.10.2016), with a specific emphasis on the Roadmap to Sibiu

COM(2016)597 EFSI 2.0; COM(2016)605 Omnibus proposal

COM(2017)479 Communication on Investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable Industry

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A renewed EU

Industrial Policy Strategy

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strategy

that can bring huge benefits to our economy, our competitiveness and our

environment. We will propose a limited number of proposals to reinforce our work in this

area. These will notably focus on how we produce and use plastics, working towards all

plastic packaging being recyclable by 2030, and on how we reuse water and manage drinking

water. We will also propose a framework to monitor progress in developing the circular

economy. As part of our sectoral approach to improving regulation, we will tackle the legal,

technical and practical bottlenecks where chemical, product and waste legislation meet. We

will continue to evaluate the bio-economy strategy of 2012

and we will examine how best to

take it forward, including by broadening the scope.

While the overall economic context is improving significantly, the European Union still needs

to deal with the legacy of the crisis and translate higher growth into new jobs, fairness and

new opportunities for all. This Commission has laid the groundwork for dealing with this

challenge, for example with the European Skills Agenda

. We now need to move this agenda

forward at Member States' and regional level with the support of the European Social Fund,

paying particular attention to basic skills and to digital skills.

A connected Digital Single Market

With 360 million Europeans using the internet every day to work, study, shop or stay

connected, Europe needs a truly Digital Single Market. The Commission has already tabled

24 legislative proposals to this end since May 2015. To date, only six of those proposals have

been adopted by the co-legislators. The priority must now be for the European Parliament and

Council to deliver on the pending proposals as swiftly as possible, notably on the Electronic

Communications Code, the proposed copyright reform, and the Digital Content Directive.

Europe needs reinforced cooperation on spectrum management with the aim of achieving

world-class, very high-speed fixed and mobile networks (5G), and also increased coordinated

availability of spectrum by 2020 under consistent regulatory and economic conditions. To

complete the Digital Single Market we will also present a proposal on fairness in platform-to-

business relations, an initiative on countering fake news and revised guidelines on significant

market power in the electronic communications sector.

The success of the Digital Single Market ultimately depends on the confidence of Europeans.

Cyber-attacks are on the rise and Europeans now face new and varied threats online. To

respond to these, the Commission has made already on 13 September a number of proposals

to protect our citizens better from threats that may arise from new technologies

. We will

complete this package and protect the stability of our economies and our democracies from

cyber-threats by setting up a network of cyber-security competence centres. At the same time,

the Commission will also remain focused on making the most of the opportunities presented

by new technologies such as high performance computing and autonomous cars. We will also

COM(2017)33 Report on the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan

COM(2012)60 Communication on Innovation for sustainable growth

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a bio-economy for Europe

COM(2016)381 Communication on A New Skills Agenda for Europe

JOIN(2017)450 Communication on Resilience, Deterrence and Defence: Building strong cybersecurity for the

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look to make the most of artificial intelligence that will increasingly play a role in our

economies and societies.

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

We have made significant progress in delivering the Energy Union. Adopting the Clean

Energy Package for all Europeans

presented in December 2016 and the proposals to update

our policies on climate change is now the priority. The Commission will continue to work to

improve the security of energy supplies and the functioning of the internal market. We will

propose common rules for gas pipelines entering the European internal gas market. We will

negotiate with Russia the key principles for operating the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project

once the Council has adopted the strong mandate we recommended. In the field of transport,

the Commission will focus its efforts on new CO2 standards for cars, vans and heavy duty

vehicles. We will take forward our work on batteries and on alternative fuel infrastructure,

recognising their strategic role in the transition to clean mobility and clean energy.

A deeper and fairer Internal Market with a strengthened industrial base

A well-functioning Single Market is at the heart of the European project. It enables people,

services, goods and capital to move more freely. It provides opportunities for European

businesses and offers greater choice and lower prices for consumers. The Commission will

focus its efforts in the next year on revising EU company law to support businesses with clear,

modern and efficient rules. We will continue our efforts to protect national budgets against

harmful tax practices. This includes modernised rules for setting VAT rates, new rules on

administrative cooperation between Member States in the field of VAT, a proposal to simplify

the VAT system for SMEs and rules for taxing the profits that multinationals generate in the

digital economy. In addition, the Commission will propose measures to improve the

functioning of the food supply chain to help farmers to strengthen their position in the market

place and help protect them from future shocks.

To complete the Capital Markets Union

, we will make proposals to tackle the interaction

between finance and technology and we will propose rules on crowd and peer-to-peer

funding. We will facilitate the use of covered bonds and reduce barriers to cross-border

distribution of investment funds, and we will present an initiative on sustainable finance. We

will propose new rules on cross-border payments covering the non-Euro currencies. This will

help ensure that all Europeans pay reduced fees when transferring money abroad or taking

money out of cash machines during their holidays.

There is still work to do if we are to ensure that social fairness and labour rights are hallmarks

of the single market. The Commission will address labour mobility and social security

coordination challenges by proposing a European Labour Authority and a multi-purpose

European social security number that will simplify citizen's interactions with administrations

COM(2016) 860 Clean Energy for all Europeans

The measures foreseen for the completion of the Capital Markets Union were announced in the Mid -Term

Review of June 2017

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see COM(2017) 292

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in a range of areas. We will propose to modernise social security systems, taking into account

new forms of work to close the gaps so that everyone who works, irrespective of employment

status, can contribute and have access to social protection coverage. To further safeguard and

protect workers in the single market the Commission will propose reinforced obligations to

make sure employees are informed in writing about their working conditions.

We also need to protect our citizens better and to help do so we will present a Joint Action

Plan on national vaccination policies. This will support Member States in implementing

vaccination programmes, reducing vaccine hesitancy, and strengthening the supply of

vaccines.

A deeper and fairer Economic and Monetary Union

To maintain the momentum of the recovery, the Commission will recommend a broadly

neutral fiscal stance for the euro area with a continued focus on strengthening economic and

social convergence and resilience. We will also continue our work to create a deeper and

fairer economic and monetary union and to enhance its democratic accountability. The

economic and monetary union is our best tool to make Europe more prosperous and to protect

Europeans from future economic shocks. The Commission will propose a substantial package

of measures before the end of 2017 to take this work forward.

As part of this package, we will propose to bring the European Stability Mechanism into the

European Union legal framework to make it more democratically accountable, and, at the

same time, strengthen its role and decision-making. Our aim must be to have a true European

Monetary Fund able to respond to crises, working alongside established day-to-day economic

policy coordination and surveillance tools. We will also propose to create a dedicated euro

area budget line within the EU budget in order to provide for four functions: structural reform

assistance; a stabilisation function; a backstop for the Banking Union; and a convergence

instrument to give pre-accession assistance to Member States on their way to euro

membership. We will also propose to integrate the substance of the Treaty on Stability,

Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union into the framework of

EU law as was agreed in 2012, while taking into account the appropriate flexibility built into

the Stability and Growth Pact and identified by the Commission since January 2015. Our

Economic and Monetary Union will only become stronger if solidarity and responsibility go

hand in hand.

Completing the Banking Union that achieves both risk reduction and risk sharing in our

banking sector is another key pillar of this work. The Commission has recently set out an

ambitious but realistic path to ensuring agreement on all outstanding elements of the Banking

Union

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notably on the European Deposit Insurance Scheme

–,

based on existing

commitments by Council

and we will present further proposals to address non-performing

loans and on the development of EU sovereign bond-backed securities. A complete Banking

Union, together with the Capital Markets Union, will help build the stable and integrated

financial system that citizens and businesses need.

COM(2017)592 Communication on Completing the Banking Union

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The European Pillar of Social Rights

will give renewed momentum to the process of

convergence towards better working and living conditions among Member States. It will drive

the EU's social agenda at all levels and will help us move towards a common understanding of

what is socially fair in our single market

– towards a ‘Social Standards Union’, as called for

by President Juncker in his State of the Union address 2017. We look forward to the

proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights at the Gothenburg Social Summit in

November. We will integrate the new Social Scoreboard that accompanies the European Pillar

of Social Rights into the European Semester process so that we can monitor progress on these

issues appropriately.

A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

As the largest trading power in the world, Europe depends on open and fair trade with

partners from around the world. We aim to deliver a progressive and ambitious trade agenda,

striking a balance between openness and reciprocity and enforcement of social and

environmental standards. EU trade deals create jobs and growth, and we will pursue

negotiations with Mercosur and Mexico and work with the European Parliament and Member

States to make sure that agreements, including with Japan, Singapore and Vietnam, are

reached and properly implemented so that these benefits are delivered. We also want to

advance trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand once the Council will have

approved the mandates recommended by the Commission. However, we are not naïve free

traders. This year, we will continue our efforts to preserve and promote Europe's high

standards with third countries, and to ensure a global level playing field for European

businesses and workers. It is essential in this context that the European Parliament and

Council adopt rapidly the pending proposals on the Modernisation of Trade Defence

Instruments and the Screening of Foreign Direct Investment into the EU.

An area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on mutual trust

The success of the internal market ultimately depends on trust. This trust can easily be lost if

consumers feel that remedies are not available in cases of harm. The Commission will

therefore present a New Deal for Consumers to enhance judicial enforcement and out-of-court

redress of consumer rights and facilitate coordination and effective action by national

consumer authorities. We will also continue our work on the protection of whistle-blowers.

The Union aims to promote the well-being of citizens, which means contributing to their

security. It has played a key role in protecting citizens against natural disasters in the past

year, and must continue to do so. The European Union Civil Protection Mechanism is

evidence of European solidarity both inside and outside the Union borders. We will propose

to strengthen the mechanism and to endow it with its own operational capacities in order to

ensure that the Union can provide better crisis and emergency support to our citizens with

maximum efficiency and minimum bureaucracy.

COM(2017)250 Communication on Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights

See Annex 3 on Priority Pending Proposals

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Completing the Security Union is a priority. While we have made real progress in fighting

terrorism, we will present proposals to improve cross-border access by law enforcement

authorities to electronic evidence and to financial data and further strengthen the rules against

explosives precursors that terrorists use for homemade weapons. We will continue to promote

cooperation with social media companies to detect and remove terrorist and other illegal

content online, and if necessary we will propose legislation on removing terrorist content. The

Commission will continue to support Member States on countering radicalisation and in

implementing the action plan on protecting public spaces

, and is working on further

measures to improve passenger railway security. We will reinforce our efforts to make the

European Union a safer society, in full compliance with fundamental rights, with a proposal

on the interoperability of information systems.

The exchange of information and data is an essential feature of our societies and increasingly

a cross-border phenomenon. The Commission will finalise its guidance on the way forward

on data retention. In early 2018, the Commission also aims to adopt a decision on data

adequacy for Japan to ensure the free flow of personal data between the EU and Japan as an

integral part of our strengthened economic partnership.

The Commission reiterates its commitment to the Schengen system, and expresses the

intention to get 'back to Schengen' as soon as possible, while taking proportionate security

requests of Member States fully into account. For this, the swift adoption by the European

Parliament and the Council of the Commission proposal on the revision of the Schengen

Border Code is of the essence.

Towards a new policy on migration

We are on track in implementing the European Agenda on Migration. The European

Parliament and Council need to prioritise the proposals already on the table. In particular, the

Dublin reform

is the key to a Common European Asylum System, which is based on

solidarity and ensures that responsibility is shared. We are supporting the efforts by the

European Parliament and the Council to conclude the work on the reform of the Common

European Asylum System by June 2018.

The Migration Partnership Framework will be essential to delivering results on the external

component of our migration policies. More effective EU action on returning people who do

not have the right to be in the EU requires determined efforts by Member States together with

third countries. We have delivered an External Investment Plan

which will support a new

generation of investments in our neighbourhood and the African continent, and we will move

swiftly now to implement it to support sustainable local projects.

COM(2017)612 Action Plan on protecting public spaces

COM(2016)270 Proposal for a Regulation 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

COM(2016)581 Communication on Strengthening European Investments for jobs and growth: Towards a

second phase of the European Fund for Strategic Investments and a new European External Investment Plan

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Europe needs effective legal pathways as alternatives for those who risk their lives and are

exploited by smuggling networks. Stepping up resettlement will provide a credible EU

response to those in need of protection. As an ageing continent, Europe also needs legal

migration to bridge demographic and skills gaps. This is an area where the EU, acting jointly,

is stronger than its Member States acting alone. The proposal on entry and residence of third-

country nationals for highly skilled employment ('Blue Card proposal'

) should be agreed

swiftly. The Commission will furthermore make the necessary proposals in 2018 to revise the

Visa Code and upgrade the Visa Information System and in that context will withdraw its

proposals for a Visa Code and the Touring Visa

A stronger global actor

Europe continues to be a beacon of peace and stability but we should never take our own

security for granted. We must cooperate more on defence by mobilising all the tools at our

disposal, including the EU budget. There is a strong business and security case for the

European defence industry to innovate and cooperate more. The European Defence Fund must

play a key role in this work. The Commission will prioritise the rapid implementation of the

Fund, as well as the proposal for a European Defence Industry Development Programme

We will pursue and strengthen our relations with key partners such as India and Latin

America. To enhance links with Asia across the board we will propose a strategy to

strengthen connectivity between our continents. Our longstanding partnership with countries

from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific is of great value. We will work towards the

renewal of this partnership in 2020, adapting it to the rapidly evolving global context and

transforming it into a strong and modern political alliance. We will work together for our

common interests and for a strengthened rule-based global order. The historic nuclear deal

with Iran has opened the way for a renewal of broader relations between the EU and Iran. We

will also take forward our relations with Iraq.

A Union of Democratic Change

Delivering a Union of democratic change has been a central commitment of this Commission.

The Commission has significantly reinforced its efforts to engage with citizens through 312

citizens' dialogues, by consulting all stakeholders more extensively as part of our better

regulation agenda, and by proposing a revision of the European Citizens Initiative

to make it

more accessible and easier to use. We launched the European Solidarity Corps

less than a

year ago and it is already offering thousands of young people new opportunities across the

COM(2016)378 Proposal for a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for

the purposes of highly skilled employment

COM(2014)164 Proposal for a Regulation on the Union Code on Visas (Visa Code); COM(2014)163 Proposal

for a Regulation establishing a touring visa and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen

Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 562/2006 and (EC) No 767/2008

COM(2017)294 Proposal for a REGULATION establishing the European Defence Industrial Development

Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry

COM(2017)482 Proposal for a Regulation on the European Citizens' Initiative

COM(2017)262 Proposal for a Regulation laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps

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European Union. This helps our young people to engage with the society around them and to

develop their knowledge and skills at the start of their careers. It now needs to be placed on a

firm legal footing by the end of the year.

Transparency and accountability are also central to democratic legitimacy. The Commission

leads by example in its relations with interest representatives and encourages the European

Parliament and Council to agree rapidly on the Inter-Institutional Agreement for a mandatory

Transparency Register

for all three institutions. We will engage constructively with the

European Parliament and Council to reach agreement on the proposed amendments to the

Comitology Regulation

, and on the statute and funding of European political parties and

foundations

III.

ELIVERING BY

2025:

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, S

TRONGER AND

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EMOCRATIC

NION

While completing our agenda of today we need to prepare the Union of tomorrow. While this

work programme outlines what we need to do together over the next fourteen months, it also

proposes a number of initiatives that look further forward, towards 2025 and beyond.

A new Europe of 27 will emerge on 30 March 2019. We have an opportunity to shape this

new Europe. Just a few weeks later, in June 2019, Europeans will go to the polls. Our work

between now and then must ensure that as they vote, this new Europe meets their expectations

and delivers on the things that matter the most to them. This is the objective that the

Commission has set out in the Roadmap to Sibiu for a More United, Stronger and More

Democratic Union

, reflected now in the Leaders' Agenda agreed at the European Council on

19 October, which is meant to lead to concrete results at a special summit in Romania on 9

May 2019. The Commission’s political contribution to this roadmap is what we are delivering

under this work programme. There is a need to act now, and this is why all of these forward-

looking initiatives will be put forward within this mandate while using the still untapped

potential of the current Treaties which allows us to move forward with ambition and speed.

We will work together with the European Parliament and the Council as well as with national

Parliaments to discuss and develop this Roadmap and to work on these initiatives jointly.

Throughout the process, we will continue to build on the democratic and inclusive debate

launched by the White Paper on the Future of Europe

, and the subsequent Reflection Papers

COM(2016)627 Proposal for a Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory Transparency Register

COM(2017)085 Proposal for a Regulation laying down rules and general principles concerning mechanisms

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

COM(2017)481 Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation on the statute and funding of European

political parties and European political foundations

Presented with the Letter of Intent on 13 September 2017

COM(2017)2025 White Paper on the Future of Europe

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that set out options in key areas.

Every citizen has the opportunity to contribute to the Future

of Europe and to provide direct feedback on how we should collectively move forward.

A More United Union

In the course of the mandate of this Commission, we will take all steps necessary to expand

the Schengen area of free movement to Bulgaria and Romania to open up the same

opportunities that others enjoy. We should also allow Croatia to become a full Schengen

member once it meets all the criteria. Similarly, the euro is meant to be the single currency of

the European Union as a whole. It must unite rather than divide our continent. It must be more

than a currency of a select group of countries. Member States that want to join the euro must

be able to do so, and we will therefore propose a new Euro-accession instrument that will

offer both technical and financial assistance.

While it is clear that there will be no further enlargement of the EU during the mandate of this

Commission and this Parliament, as no candidate is ready yet, we must ensure a credible

European perspective for all countries of the Western Balkans. The prospect of EU

membership is a real driver of reforms and stability in the region. Within this context, the

Commission will present a strategy for the EU accession of Serbia and Montenegro as

frontrunner candidates in the Western Balkans.

A Stronger Union

A stronger Union needs to be equipped with appropriate financial means to continue to

deliver its policies. The Union has changed fundamentally in recent years, as have the

challenges it faces. Our Union needs a budget that can help us achieve our ambitions. The

Multiannual Financial Framework for the period after 2020 must reflect this. Beyond the

immediate challenge of the departure of the UK, the Union must be equipped to harness the

benefits of new and emerging technologies, to move towards a fully-fledged defence union,

and to continue to tackle security issues and migration. Following political orientation debates

in the College (January 2018) and among EU leaders (February 2018), we will make a

comprehensive proposal for the next multi-annual EU budget in May next year, including on

own resources, taking account of the recommendations made in the Monti report. Our

objective is to complete negotiations on the new Multiannual Financial Framework in the

mandate of this Commission. The new budget will help us to meet citizens' expectations of an

EU that delivers on the things that matter most and that contribute to the long-term

sustainability of the EU.

To be stronger, Europe also has to be more efficient. It must be able to act more quickly and

decisively in a range of policy areas so that citizens and businesses benefit more immediately

from EU law. The Commission will therefore outline how the EU could make use of the so-

COM(2017)206 Reflection paper on the Social Dimension of Europe, COM(2017)240 Reflection paper on

Harnessing Globalisation, COM(2017)291 Reflection paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary

Union, COM(2017)315 Reflection paper on the Future of European Defence, COM(2017)358 Reflection paper

on the Future of EU Finances

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called ‘passerelle clauses’ in the current Treaties which allow us to move from unanimity to

qualified majority voting in certain areas if all Heads of State or Government agree to do so.

We will do this for internal market matters, as well as for certain foreign policy decisions to

ensure the Union is a strong global actor with real weight in the world, while paying particular

attention to the consistency and efficiency of these decisions.

Finally, a stronger Europe must also protect its citizens and ensure that terrorists are brought

to justice. We will therefore propose the extension of the tasks of the new European Public

Prosecutor's Office to

include the fight against terrorism ahead of a specific Leaders’ summit

in Vienna in September 2018 dedicated to security matters.

A More Democratic Union

We need to make a democratic leap forward to respond to the concerns and expectations of

our citizens. As a first step, we must make sure that the European Parliament elections

become more than the sum of national campaigns and elections in individual Member States.

The Commission's proposal, mentioned above, to help European political parties to be more

effective, is an important step in this direction and reflects the innovation of

‘Spitzenkandidaten’ which led to the current Commission and its leadership. In the medium

term perspective, we need to continue our reflections on the idea of transnational lists as a

way to make European elections even more European and more democratic. Similarly, when

we reflect on institutional reforms that can make the Union both more democratic and more

efficient, we should continue to explore the idea of a single President of the European Council

and of the Commission. The European Union is a Union of States as well as a Union of

Citizens. A single President would reflect this dual legitimacy of our Union.

The Commission will also set out its views on the possible creation of a permanent European

Minister of Economy and Finance. This position would increase the efficiency of policy

making by having the same person co-ordinating economic policy-making and key budgetary

instruments at EU and euro-area level, and it would increase democratic accountability if

combined with the position of a Vice-President of the Commission. We will, at the same time,

present exploratory work for the possible development of a euro area safe asset.

A Union with a stronger focus on things that matter needs to have the right tools to act

democratically and efficiently when and where it is needed. Building on the work that this

Commission has already done, we should continue to be big on the big things. This means not

regulating every aspect of citizens' daily lives. We must reflect seriously on doing less more

efficiently and giving back competences to Member States where it makes sense to do so.

Building on the work of the Task Force headed by First Vice-President Timmermans

announced in the State of the Union address, the Commission will present its ideas on further

enhancing subsidiarity, proportionality and better regulation to make sure we are only acting

where the EU adds value.

The future of Europe relies on the ability to uphold the common values that bind us together:

democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights. Respect for the rule of law implies an

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independent judiciary that is free from political control and is a prerequisite for a society in

which peace, freedom, tolerance, solidarity and justice prevail. It is also indispensable for

sustainable and fair growth, as well as for trust in Europe. To this end, we will present an

initiative to strengthen the enforcement of the Rule of Law in the European Union.

IV.

ELIVERING

ETTER ON THE GROUND

–

BETTER

EGULATION

IMPLEMENTATION

AND ENFORCEMENT

Today, more than ever, there is a need for sound preparations, evaluations and evidence-based

policy-making. Any decision, any proposal must take into account all available facts and

evidence in a structured and comprehensive way. The stakes are too high, the challenges too

complex to take any other approach. This is why Better Regulation underpins all the

Commission's work and continues to ensure that our proposals are based on the best available

information. Over the last year we have significantly reinforced our efforts to engage actively

with civil society to improve both the legitimacy and the quality of our work. We continue to

act only where we need to and where it adds value.

At the same time, even the best proposals will have no impact unless Member States translate

them into national rules and implement them correctly and efficiently on the ground. The

Commission has a central role, as guardian of the Treaties, in ensuring that this is done. At the

end of 2016, the Commission put forward a more strategic approach to infringement policy to

ensure better compliance with EU law

. This policy allows us to focus on systemic problems

where enforcement action can make a real difference to ensure swifter compliance where it

matters. The effective enforcement of existing EU law is just as important as the work

devoted to developing new legislation. Member States must live up to their responsibility to

respect and enforce the rules they themselves have jointly put in place. We are committed to

the full implementation of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-making

agreed

with the European Parliament and the Council last year.

As part of its infringement policy, the Commission will continue to support and work in

partnership with Member States to ensure that EU rules are applied effectively and

consistently. The Commission will continue to encourage the modernisation of enforcement

authorities through the European Semester and, when necessary, through specific legislation.

The Commission will also continue to help Member States improve the effectiveness of their

national justice systems and to fight corruption through the European Semester, and to

support justice reforms and judicial training with EU funds, including with the EU Justice

Scoreboard. The Structural Reform Support Service will continue to provide tailor-made

support to help Member States build more effective institutions, stronger governance

frameworks and efficient public administrations, while broadening its activities to more

sectors and to more Member States.

C(2016)8600 Communication on EU Law: Better Results through Better Application

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The Commission will pay particular attention to independent administrative authorities or

inspectorates that EU legislation requires to be sufficiently and adequately equipped and have

the necessary independence to perform their tasks. These include national competition

authorities, national regulatory authorities in electronic communications services and the

energy sector, as well as rail regulatory bodies, national financial supervisory authorities and

national data protection authorities.

We will also continue to work in partnership with national authorities through a range of

networks. These include the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications

that assists and advises the Commission and national regulatory authorities in implementing

the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications. Similarly, we will work with the

European Competition Network that contributes to the effective and coherent implementation

of competition rules. We will also take the same approach with the European Union Network

for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law that plays a key in facilitating

the exchange of best practice in enforcing the environmental acquis and respect for the

minimum requirements for inspections. The recent compliance and assistance package, in

particular the Single Digital Gateway, will help citizens and business to make full use of the

opportunities the Single Market offers.

The new EU data protection framework will establish strong common standards for data

protection that are fit for the digital age. Citizens and businesses will benefit from rules that

both provide strong protection and create opportunities for innovation in the Digital Single

Market. The Commission will provide guidance to help prepare citizens, businesses and

public administrations before it comes into force in May 2018. In doing this, we will work

closely together with the new European Data Protection Board, the joint body of national data

protection authorities that will assume its functions as of 25 May 2018.

We will continue to strengthen our cooperation with the European Network of Ombudsmen,

which the European Ombudsman coordinates. This brings together national and regional

Ombudsmen to promote good administration in the application of EU law at national level.

V. C

ONCLUSIONS

Over the next 16 months, Europe has a window of opportunity to act and to make a

difference. The Commission Work Programme 2018 builds on the current momentum and

sets out a targeted agenda to complete the ten priorities and the strategies that underpin them.

2018 will be a decisive year for Europe. It must be about delivering concrete results for our

citizens. This is what our agenda focuses on. We will make sure that what we deliver is

simple, easy to understand and adds value so that citizens can feel the difference in their daily

lives.

The Joint Declaration on the EU's legislative priorities, signed by the Presidents of the three

institutions last December, has proved valuable to promote quick progress on the most

important and urgent legislative files. We look forward to agreeing a new Joint Declaration

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with the three Presidents to ensure that the European Parliament, Member States and the

Commission are all on the same track.

The Commission will work intensively with the European Parliament and the Council to

ensure that by the time citizens go to the polls in 2019 the Union will have delivered on what

it set out to do. Europe will be judged not on the number of directives and regulations we

adopt, but on the tangible results our policies deliver to our citizens. This work programme

provides the basis for this common European effort.

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COMMISSION

Strasbourg, 24.10.2017

COM(2017) 650 final

ANNEX 1

ANNEX

to the

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 2018

An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe

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Annex I: New initiatives

Nº

Title

Description

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

Delivering on the Circular Economy

Action Plan

This includes a strategy on plastics use, reuse and recycling

(non-legislative, Q4 2017);

a proposal for a Regulation on

minimum quality requirements for reused water

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 192 TFEU, Q4 2017);

REFIT revision of the Drinking Water Directive

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 192 TFEU, Q4 2017);

initiative to address legal, technical or practical bottlenecks at the interface of chemical, product and waste

legislation

(non-legislative, Q4 2017);

and a monitoring framework for the circular economy

(non-legislative, Q4

2017)

Comprehensive proposal for the future Multi-annual Financial Framework beyond 2020 (Q2 2018) followed by

proposals for the next generation of programmes and new own resources

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 311

TFEU plus sectoral bases, Q2 2018)

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, Q2 2018)

Multi-annual financial framework

(initiative to be launched with a 2025

perspective)

A sustainable European future

(initiative to be launched with a 2025

perspective)

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

The Circular Economy package was already included in Annex I to the Commission Work Programme 2017

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Nº

Title

Description

A Connected Digital Single Market

Completing the Digital Single Market

Proposal on fairness in platform-to-business relations

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018);

an initiative addressing online platform challenges as regards the spreading of fake information

(non-legislative, Q1

2018);

and a revision of the Commission guidelines on market analysis and assessment of significant market power

in the electronic communications sector

(non legislative, Q2 2018)

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

Completing the Energy Union

Follow-up to the solidarity aspect of the Energy Union, including a proposal on common rules for gas pipelines

entering the European internal gas market

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 194 TFEU, Q4 2017)

Communication on the future of EU energy and climate policy, including the future of the Euratom Treaty (taking

account of Declaration No 54 of five Member States added to the Final Act of the Lisbon Treaty) and on the possible

use of Article 192(2), second subparagraph TFEU

(non legislative, Q2 2018)

Future of EU energy and climate policy

(initiative

to be launched with a 2025

perspective

)

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

Fair taxation in the digital economy

Proposal establishing rules at EU level allowing taxation of profits generated by multinationals through the digital

economy

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 113, 115 TFEU, Q1 2018)

Proposal to establish a European Labour Authority (legislative; Q2 2018); an initiative on access to social protection

for atypical self-employed workers

(legislative/non-legislative, Art. 153-155, 352 TFEU, Q2 2018);

an initiative on a

European Social Security Number that could be used acros s policy areas where appropriate

(legislative, incl. impact

assessment, Q2 2018);

a REFIT revision of the Written Statement Directive establishing the employer's obligation to

inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship

(legislative, incl. impact

assessment/non-legislative, Art 153, 154 TFEU, Q4 2017)

Proposal to improve the EU food supply chain

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 42 and 43 TFEU, Q1 2018)

Social fairness package

EU food supply chain

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Nº

10.

Title

Completing the Capital Markets Union

Description

A revised framework for investment firms

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q4/2017);

an Action

Plan on sustainable finance with regulatory measures

(legislative, incl. impact assessment/non legislative, Q1 2018);

initative on Financial Technology (FinTech)

(non legislative, Q1 2018);

a proposal for an EU framework on crowd

and peer to peer finance

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018);

a European enabling

framework for covered bonds

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018);

and a REFIT initiative

on reducing barriers to cross-border distribution of alternative investment funds and UCITS

(legislative, incl. impact

assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018)

Communication on the possibility of further enhancing the use of qualified majority voting and of the ordinary

legislative procedure in internal market matters on the basis of Article 48(7) TEU

(non-legislative, Q3 2018)

11.

More efficient Single Market law-

making (initiative

to be launched with a

2025 perspective

)

A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

12.

Completing the Economic and

Monetary Union

Proposals for the transformation of the European Stability Mechanism into a European Monetary Fund within EU

law

(legislative, Q4 2017);

the creation of a dedicated euro area budget line within the EU budget providing for four

functions: (1) structural reform assistance, (2) a stabilisation function, (3) a backstop for the Banking Union, and (4)

a convergence instrument to give pre-accession assistance to Member States on their way to euro membership

(non-

legislative, Q4 2017);

and the integration of the substance of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance

in the Economic and Monetary Union into EU law, taking into account the flexibility built into the Stability and

Growth Pact and identified by the Commission since January 2015

(legislative, Q4 2017)

Proposals on the development of secondary markets for non-performing loans

(legislative, incl. impact assessment,

Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018);

protection of secured creditors from business borrowers' default

(legislative, incl. impact

assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018);

and an enabling framework for the development of EU Sovereign Bond-

backed Securities

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018)

Communication on the possible creation of a permanent European Minister of Economy and Finance who is

democratically accountable

(non-legislative, Q4 2017)

13.

Completing the Banking Union

14.

Creation of a permanent and

accountable European Minister of

Economy and Finance

(initiative to be

launched with a 2025 perspective

)

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Nº

Title

Description

Trade: A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

15.

Delivering on the Trade for All

Strategy

Finalising agreements with Japan, Singapore and Vietnam, pursuing negotiations with Mexico and Mercosur and

advancing negotiations with Australia and New Zealand once the Council will have approved the mandates

recommended by the Commission

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

16.

Completing the Security Union

Implementation of the Security Union agenda and advancing the fight against terrorism: proposals to allow

interoperability between EU information systems for security, border and migration management

(legislative, incl.

impact assessment; Art. 74, 77, 79, 85, 87, 88; Q4 2017);

a proposal to improve cross-border access of law enforcement

authorities to electronic evidence

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 82 TFEU, Q1 2018);

REFIT revision of the

Regulation on marketing and use of explosive precursors

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q2

2018);

initiatives to facilitate cross-border access to and use of financial data by law enforcement authorities

(legislative, incl. impact assessment/non-legislative, Q2 2018)

Proposal for a Decision of the EP and of the Council on the revision of Decision No. 1313/2013/EU for a fully-fledged

European Union Civil Protection Mechanism with own operational capacities

(legislative, Art. 196 TFEU, Q4 2017)

Communication on a possible extension of the tasks of the new European Public Prosecutor's Office to include the

fight against terrorism on the basis of Article 86(4)TFEU

(non-legislative, Q3 2018)

17.

EU Civil Protection Mechanism

18.

Extension of the tasks of the new

European Public Prosecutor's Office

(initiative

to be launched with a 2025

perspective)

Rule of law

(initiative to be launched

with a 2025 perspective

)

19.

Initiative to strengthen the enforcement of the Rule of Law in the European Union

(non-legislative, Q4 2018)

Towards a New Policy on Migration

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Nº

20.

Title

Delivering on the EU Agenda on

Migration

Description

Revision of the common visa code

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 77 TFEU, Q1 2018);

REFIT revision of the

Visa Information System

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 77 and 87 TFEU, Q2 2018);

revision of the

Immigration Liaison Officers Regulation

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Q2 2018)

A Stronger Global Actor

21.

Delivering on the Global Strategy

Including an EU strategy on connecting Europe and Asia; a renewed partnership with Latin America and the

Caribbean; and new frameworks for engagement with India, Iran and Iraq

(non-legislative, Q1 and Q2 2018)

Strategy for a succesful EU accession of Serbia and Montenegro as frontrunner candidates in the Western Balkans,

with a particular emphasis on the rule of law, fundamental rights, the fight against corruption and organised crime

and on the overall stability of the region

(non-legislative, Q1 2018)

Communication on the possibility of further enhancing the use of qualified majority voting in Common Foreign

Policy, on the basis of Article 31(3)TEU, as well as on enhancing the consistency of the Common Foreign Policy

(non-legislative, Q3 2018)

22.

A credible enlargement perspective

(initiative to be launched with a 2025

perspective

)

More efficiency and consistency in

implementing the Common Foreign

Policy

(initiative to be launched with a

2025 perspective

)

23.

A Union of Democratic Change

24.

Communicating Europe

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

(non-legislative, Q2 2018)

Communication on further enhancing subsidiarity, proportionality and better regulation in the daily operation of

the European Union

(non-legislative, Q3 2018)

Communication on options for enhancing efficiency at the helm of the European Union

(non-legislative, Q3 2018)

25.

Doing less more efficiently

(initiative to

be launched with a 2025 perspective

)

A more efficient and democratic

Europe

(initiative to be launched with a

2025 perspective

)

26.

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EUROPEAN

COMMISSION

Strasbourg, 24.10.2017

COM(2017) 650 final

ANNEX 2

ANNEX

to the

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 2018

An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe

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Annex II: REFIT initiatives

Nº

Title

Description

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

Follow up to Environmental Monitoring &

Reporting Fitness Check

Initiative to streamline requirements in follow-up to a Fitness Check on Environmental Monitoring &

Reporting

(Art. 95, 175, 192 TFEU, Q1 2018)

A Connected Digital Single Market

Public Sector Information

Review of Directive 2013/37/EU on the re-use of public sector information will create opportunities to open up

government data for the benefit of society, reduce regulatory costs and simplify the existing legislation

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q2 2018)

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

Review of the Fisheries Control System

Based on the results of the evaluation SWD(2017)134 final, the initiative aims at simplifying the current

legislative framework (Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005, Council

Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008) and making it more effective by e.g. streamlining the rules, harmonising the

catalogue of serious infringements, reducing administrative burdens and promoting the use of harmonised IT

tools. This initiative responds to an opinion of the REFIT Platform

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 43

TFEU, Q2 2018)

This annex lists legislative initiatives under REFIT foreseen for adoption in 2018. It complements the items listed with new initiatives in Annex I

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

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Nº

Title

Description

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

Recognition of electronic transport documents The initiative will aim at leveraging the potential of digitalisation in the transport sector through fostering the

for freight carriage by public authorities recognition of freight transport documents in an electronic form by authorities and /or commercial partners,

and their wider use by transport operators

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 91 TFEU, Q2 2018)

and/or commercial partners

Single Maritime Window Initiative

Revision of Directive 2010/65/EU on Reporting Formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports

of the Member States

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 100(2) TFEU, Q2 2018)

Regulation on streamlining measures for swifter implementation of the projects of common interest on the

Trans-European Transport Network

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 171-172 TFEU, Q1 2018)

Revision of Directive 2008/118/EC to align and ensure coherence between customs and excise legislation,

improve legal certainty and ensure the uniform application of EU legislation

(legislative, incl. impact

assessment, Art 113 TFEU, Q1/2018).

TEN-T investments

General arrangements for excise duty

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

A new Deal for Consumers

Targeted revision of the EU consumer directives following on the Fitness Check of EU consumer and

marketing laws finalised on 23 May 2017. Initiative to facilitate coordination and effective action from

national consumer authorities at EU level and reinforcing public enforcement action and better protection of

consumer rights

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art 114 TFEU, Q1 2018)

Legislative Initiative to improve the security of ID cards and residence documents of EU citizens and of their

non-EU family members. This initiative responds to an opinion of the REFIT Platform.

(legislative, incl. impact

assessment, Art. 21 and/or 77(3) TFEU, Q2 2018)

ID cards and Residence Documents

General arrangements for excise duty was already included in Annex II to the Commission Work Programme 2017

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Nº

Title

Description

10.

Revision of the Regulation on service of Revision of Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial

documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents)

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 81(2)

documents

TFEU, Q2 2018).

11.

Revision of the Regulation on taking of Revision of the Regulation 1206/2001 on taking of evidence

(legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 81(2)

TFEU, Q2 2018)

evidence

12.

Emergency Travel Documents

Review of the Proposal for a Council Directive to replace the Decision on the establishment of an emergency

travel document

(legislative, incl. impact assessmen, Art. 23 TFEU, Q2 2018)

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COMMISSION

Strasbourg, 24.10.2017

COM(2017) 650 final

ANNEX 3

ANNEX

to the

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 2018

An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe

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Annex III: Priority pending proposals

Item

Full Title

Reference

A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and and Investment

EFSI 2.0*

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)597 final

amending Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) 2015/1017 as regards the extension of the 2016/0276 (COD)

duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments as well as the introduction of technical 14.09.2016

enhancements for that Fund and the European Investment Advisory Hub

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)605 final

the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2016/0282(COD)

2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, EU No 14.09.2016

1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013,

(EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014

of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European

Parliament and of the Council

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2015)593 final

amending Directives 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators 2015/0272(COD)

and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment

02.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2015)595 final

amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste

2015/0275(COD)

02.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2015)594 final

amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste

2015/0274(COD)

02.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2015)596 final

amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste

2015/0276(COD)

02.12.2015

Financial Regulation/Omnibus*

Circular Economy package*

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

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Item

Accesibility requirements for

products and services*

Full Title

Reference

COM(2015)615 final

2015/02785COD)

02.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE

COUNCIL on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of

the Member States as regards the accessibility requirements for products and services

A Connected Digital Single Market

Cross-border parcel delivery

services

Digital Contracts

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM/2016/0285 final

cross-border parcel delivery services

2016/0149 (COD)

25.05.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM/2015/0634 final

certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content

2015/0287 (COD)

09.12.2015

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM/2015/0635 final

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

2015/0288 (COD)

09.12.2015

Telecoms Reform*

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)590 final

establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (Recast)

2016/0288 (COD)

14.09.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)591 final

establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications’

2016/0286(COD)

14.09.2016

Market*

broadcasting*

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)593 final

2016/0280 (COD)

14.09.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)594 final

laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online 2016/0284 (COD)

transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes

14.9.2016

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

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Item

Modernised audiovisual

framework*

Full Title

Reference

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM/2016/0287 final

amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation 2016/0151 (COD)

or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audio-visual media services in 25.05.2016

view of changing market realities

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM/2016/0289 final

addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of 2016/0152 (COD)

residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulation (EC) No 25.05.2016

2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2017)10 final

concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications 2017/0003(COD)

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

10.01.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2017)8 final

the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, 2017/0002(COD)

bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 10.01.2017

45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC

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

a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union

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)495 final

2017/0228 (COD)

13.09.2017

COM(2017)477 final

2017/0225 (COD)

13.09.2017

10. Proposal to prevent unjustified

geo-blocking*

11. e-Privacy Directive*

12. EU internal data protection rules

–

alignment to General Data

Protection Legislation*

13. Free flow of non-personal data

14. EU Cybersecurity Agency

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

15. Clean Energy for all Europeans

package*

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

amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency

COM(2016)761 final

2016/0376(COD)

30.11.2016

COM(2016)765 final

2016/0381(COD)

30.11.2016

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

amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

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

promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast)

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

common rules for the internal market in electricity (recast)

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

the internal market for electricity (recast)

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

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

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

Proposal for aREGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the Governance of the Energy Union, amending Directive 94/22/EC, Directive 98/70/EC,

Directive 2009/31/EC, Regulation (EC) No 663/2009, Regulation (EC) No 715/2009, Directive

2009/73/EC, Council Directive 2009/119/EC, Directive 2010/31/EU, Directive 2012/27/EU, Directive

2013/30/EU and Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013

Reference

COM(2016)767 final

2016/0381(COD)

30.11.2016

COM(2016)864 final

2016/0380(COD)

COM(2016)861 final

2016/0379(COD)

COM(2016)863 final

2016/0378(COD)

COM(2016)862 final

2016/0377(COD)

All adopted on 30.11.2016

COM(2016)759 final

2016/375 (COD)

30.11.2016

16. Climate Package*

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2015)337 final

amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon 2015/0148 COD

investments

15.07.2015

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

COM(2016)479 final

on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and 2016/0230 COD

forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the 20.07.2016

European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas

emissions and other information relevant to climate change

Proposal for aREGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

COM(2016)482 final

on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a 2016/0231 COD

resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation 20.07.2016

No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and

reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

Reference

17. Europe on the Move Package

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM/2017/ 275 final

amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain 2017/0114 (COD)

infrastructures

31.05.2017

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy COM/2017/ 276 final

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

2017/0115 (CNS)

31.05.2017

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

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

on the failure to pay road fees in the Union (recast)

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

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

them to developments in the sector

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

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

by road

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

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/ 280 final

2017/0128 (COD)

31.05.2017

COM/2017/ 281 final

2017/0123 (COD)

31.05.2017

COM/2017/ 282 final

2017/0113 (COD)

31.05.2017

COM/2017/ 277 final

2017/0122 (COD)

31.05.2017

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM/2017/ 279 final

the monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty 2017/0111 (COD)

vehicles

31.05.2017

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM/2017/ 278 final

amending Directive 2006/22/EC as regards enforcement requirements and laying down specific rules 2017/0121 (COD)

with respect to Directive 96/71/EC and Directive 2014/67/EU for posting drivers in the road transport 31.05.2017

sector

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

Reference

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

18. Compliance package

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

establishing a single digital gateway to provide information, procedures, assistance and problem

solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012

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

setting 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

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

empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to

ensure the proper functioning of the internal market (ECN+)

19. 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

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

proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions

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

introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities

20. Market surveillance of motor

vehicles

21. Insolvency Directive

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

the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components

and separate technical units intended for such vehicles

COM(2017)256 final

2017/0086 (COD)

02.05.2017

COM(2017)257 final

2017/0087(COD)

02.05.2017

COM (2017) 142 final

2017/0063 (COD)

22.03.2017

COM(2016)821 final

2016/0398 (COD)

10.01.2017

COM(2016) 822 final

2016/0404 (COD

10.01.2017

COM(2016) 824 final

2016/0403 (COD)

10.01.2017

COM/2016/031 final

2016/014 (COD)

27.01.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)723 final

preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of 2016/0359 (COD)

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

22.11.2016

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

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

a pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP)

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

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

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

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

Reference

COM(2017)343 final

2017/0143(COD)

29.06.2017

COM(2017)208 final

2017/0090(COD)

04.05.2017

22. Pan-European Personal Pension

Product (PEPP)

23. Amendments to the European

Market Infrastructure Regulation

COM(2017)331 final

2017/0136(COD)

13.06.2017

24. Common Consolidated

Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a Common Corporate Tax Base

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)

COM(2016)685 final

2016/0337 (CNS)

25.10.2016

COM(2016)683 final

2016/0336 (CNS)

25.10.2016

COM(2016)755 final

2016/0371(CNS)

01.12.2016

COM(2016)758 final

2016/0374 (CNS)

01.12.2016

COM(2016)198 final

2016/0107(COD)

12.04.2016

25. Administrative cooperation and

combating fraud in the field of

VAT

26. Rates of value added tax applied

to books, newspapers and

periodicals

27. Disclosure of income tax

information

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 on administrative

cooperation and combating fraud in the field of value added tax

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC, as regards rates of value

added tax applied to books, newspapers and periodicals

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

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

undertakings and branches

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory

automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation in relation to reportable cross-border

arrangements

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

amending Directive 96/71/EC of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996

concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services

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

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

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

Reference

COM(2017)335 final

2017/0138 (CNS)

21.06.2017

COM(2016)128 final

2016/0070 (COD)

08.03.2016

COM(2016)815 final

2016/0397 (COD)

13.12.2016

COM(2017)253 final

2017/0085 (COD)

26.04.2017

28. Automatic exchange of

information in the field of

taxation

29. Posting of workers

30. Coordination of social security

systems*

31. Work-life balance for parents

and carers

A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

32. Statute of the European System

of Central Banks and of the ECB

33. Unified representation of the

euro area in the International

Monetary Fund

34. Capital requirements regulation

reform*

Recommendation for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Article 22

of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the ECB

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

unified representation of the euro area in the International Monetary Fund

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

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

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

credit institutions and investment firms

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

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

ECB/2017/18

23.06.2017

COM(2015)603 final

2015/0250(NLE)

21.10.2015

COM(2016)850 final

2016/0360 (COD)

23.11.2016

35. Loss-absorbing and

Recapitalisation Capacity*

36. Loss-absorbing and

recapitalisation capacity of credit

COM(2016)851 final

2016/0361 (COD)

21.11.2016

COM(2016)852 final

2016/0362 (COD)

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

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Item

institutions and investment firms

Full Title

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

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

amending Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the ranking

of unsecured debt instruments in insolvency hierarchy

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

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

financial holding companies, remuneration, supervisory measures and powers and capital conservation

measures

Reference

23.11.2016

COM/2016/853 final

2016/0363 (COD)

23.11.2016

COM(2016)854 final

2016/0364 (COD)

23.11.2016

37. Ranking of unsecured debt

instruments in insolvency

hierarchy*

38. Exempted entities, financial

holding companies, mixed

financial holding companies,

remuneration, supervisory

measures and powers and capital

conservation measures*

39. Recovery and Resolution of

central counterparties*

40. European Deposit Insurance

Scheme*

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

Proposal for aREGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

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

COM(2016)856 final

2016/0365 (COD)

28.11.2016

COM(2015)586 final

2015/0270(COD)

24.11.2015

An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights based on Mutual Trust

41. Money landering and terrorist

financing*

42. Europea Travel and

Authorisation System*

43. European Criminal Records

Information System (ECRIS)*

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)450 final

amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the 2016/0208(COD)

purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and amending Directive 2009/101/EC

05.07.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)731 final

establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and amending 2016/0357(COD)

Regulations (EU) Nos 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/794 and (EU) 2016/1624

16.11.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2017)344 final

establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction 2017/0144(COD)

information on third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) to supplement and support the 26.06.2017

European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN system) and amending Regulation (EU)

No 1077/2011

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

44. EU-Lisa

Item

Full Title

Reference

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2017)352 final

the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, 2017/0145 (COD)

security and justice, and amending Regulation (EC) 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA 29.06.2017

and repealing Regulation (EU) 1077/2011

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)819 final

the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders

2016/0412(COD)

21.12.2016

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU)

2016/399 as regards the rules applicable to the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal

borders

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

the use of the Schengen Information System for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals

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

the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border

checks, amending Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006

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

the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police

cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 and

repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006, Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and Commission Decision

2010/261/EU

COM(2017)571 final

2017/0245(COD)

28.09.2017

COM(2016)881 final

2016/0408(COD)

21.12.2016

COM(2016)882 final

2016/0407(COD)

21.12.2016

COM(2016)883 final

2016/0409(COD)

21.12.2016

45. Mutual recognition of freezing

and confiscation orders

46. Schengen Border Code

47. Schengen Information System

(SIS)

Trade: A balanced and progressive trade policy to harness globalisation

48. Modernisation of Trade Defence

Instruments*

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

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 on protection against dumped imports from

countries not members of the European Community and Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 on

protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community

COM(2013)192 final

2013/0103 (COD)

10.04.2013

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

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

COUNCIL on the 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

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

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

Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorising the opening of negotiations for a

Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes

Reference

COM(2016)34 final

2012/0060(COD)

29.01.2016

COM(2017)487 final

2017/0224(COD)

13.09.2017

COM(2017)493 final

13.09.2017

49. International Procurement

Instrument

50. Screening of FDI into the EU

51. Multilateral Investment Court

Towards a New Policy on Migration

52. Reform of the Dublin system*

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)270 final

establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining 2016/0133(COD)

an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country 04.05.2016

national or a stateless person (recast)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)271 final

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

2016/0131 (COD)

04.05.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)272 final

the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of 2016/0132 (COD)

[Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member 04.05.2016

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)

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying COM(2016)465 final

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

2016/0222(COD)

13.07.2016

53. Asylum agency/EASO*

54. Eurodac*

55. Reception Conditions*

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

EUU, Alm.del - 2017-18 - Bilag 68: Brev fra Timmermans til Folketingets formand om Kommissionens arbejdsprogram for 2018

Item

Full Title

Reference

56. Asylum Qualification*

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on COM(2016)466 final

standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of 2016/0223(COD)

international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary 13.07.2016

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

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)467 final

establishing a common procedure for international protection in the Union and repealing Directive 2016/0224(COD)

2013/32/EU

13.07.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)468 final

establishing a Union Resettlement Framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the 2016/0225(COD)

European Parliament and the Council

13.07.2016

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILon the COM(2016) 378 final

conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled 2016/0176 (COD)

employment

07.06.2016

57. Asylum procedure*

58. Union Resettlement

Framework*

59. Entry and residence of third-

country-nationals for the

purpose of highly skilled

employment ("Blue Card

proposal")*

A Stronger Global Actor

60. European Investment Bank

external lending mandate*

Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)583final

amending Decision No 466/2014/EU granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank 2016/0275(COD)

against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union

14.09.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2016)582

amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions

2016/0274(COD)

14.09.2016

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2017) 294 final

establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the 2017/0125 (COD)

competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry

61. European Investment Bank:

Guarantee fund for external

actions*

62. European Defence Industrial

Development Programme

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

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Reference

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63. European Solidarity Corps*

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM(2017)262 final

laying down the legal framework of the European Solidarity Corps and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/0102(COD)

No 288/2013, (EU) No 1293/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and 30.05.2017

Decision No 1313/2013/EU

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL COM/2017/085 final

amending Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning 2017/035 (COD)

mechanisms for control by Member

States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers

14.02.2017

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

amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No. 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of

22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political

foundations

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

the European citizens’ initiative

COM(2017)481final

2017/0219(COD)

13.09.2017

COM(2017)482 final

2017/0220(COD)

13.09.2017

64. Comitology Regulation

65. European political parties and

European political foundations

66. European Citizens Initiative

* =

proposal mentioned in the Joint Declaration on the EU' legislative priorities for 2017, signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the

Commission

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ANNEX 4

ANNEX

to the

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 2018

An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe

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COM/ Inter-institutional

reference

Title

Reasons for withdrawal

Agriculture and rural development

COM/2017/0150 final

2017/068/COD

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN Obsolete: the matter was dealt with in Commission Implementing

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL fixing the Regulation (EU) 2017/1236 of 7 July 2017.

adjustment rate provided for in Regulation (EU) No

1306/2013 for direct payments in respect of the calendar

year 2017

Economic & Financial Affairs, Taxation & Customs

COM/2011/737 final

2011/333/CNS

Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the methods The Commission will present new proposals on own resources in the

and procedure for making available the own resource based comprehensive proposal for the future multi-annual financial

on the value added tax

programming beyond 2020. Thus this proposal will become obsolete as it

will be replaced by new proposals in that context.

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN No foreseeable agreement. The file has not progressed since 2015..In

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on structural addition, the main financial stability rationale of the proposal has in the

measures improving the resilience of EU credit institutions

meantime been addressed by other regulatory measures in the banking

sector and most notably the entry into force of the Banking Union's

supervisory and resolution arms.

COM/2014/43 final

2014/0020/COD

This list includes pending legislative proposals, which the Commission intends to withdraw within six months (by April 2018)

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reference

Foreign Affairs & Security Policy

COM/2003/695 final

CNS 2003/0268

Title

Reasons for withdrawal

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of a Obsolete: no longer in force as replaced by Joint proposal JOIN/2016/04

Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the final of 3 February 2016.

European Community and its Member States, of the one

part, and the Andean Community and its member countries,

the Republics of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, of the other part

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the Union position Obsolete: the Association Agenda was adopted by the FAC on 23 June

with the Cooperation Council established by the European 2014 (Georgia ST 10978/14) and OJ L 261 of 30.8.2014.

Union

–Georgia

Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

between the European Community and its Member States, of

the one part, and Georgia, of the other part with regard to the

adoption of a Recommendation on the implementation of the

EU-Georgia Association Agenda

Proposal for a COUNCIL

DECISION on the Union’s

Obsolete: the Association Agenda was adopted by the FAC on 23 June

position in the Cooperation Council established by the 2014 (Moldova ST 9621/14 (I/A item note)).

Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the

European Community and its Member States on the one

hand and the Republic of Moldova on the other, with regard

to adopting a Recommendation on implementing the EU-

Moldova Association Agenda

Joint Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the Union

position within the Association Council established by the

Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an Association

between the European Community and its Member States, of

the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part

with regard to the adoption of a Recommendation on the

implementation of the second EU-Lebanon ENP Action Plan

DECISION No 1/2016 OF THE EU-LEBANON ASSOCIATION

COUNCIL of 11 November 2016 agreeing on EU-Lebanon Partnership

Priorities explicitly states that rather than renewing the ENP Action Plan,

the parties adopt the Partnership Priorities and Compact. The Joint

Proposal COM(2013)014 is therefore obsolete.

COM/2014/360 final

2014/0182/NLE

COM/2014/359 final

2014/0181/NLE

COM/2013/014 final

2013/0149/NLE

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Title

Reasons for withdrawal

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

COM/2012/164 final

2012/82/COD

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN No foreseeable agreement. The file has not progressed since 2012. The

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL simplifying the Commission will reassess the issue, including by launching work to

transfer of motor vehicles registered in another Member update the impact assessment.

State within the Single Market

International Cooperation & Development

COM/2011/0861 final

2011/0420/NLE

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on EU accession to Obsolete: a Council Decision was adopted on 18 May 2017 based on an

the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)

updated Commission proposal (COM/2016/0712 final - 2016/0349

(NLE)).

Justice, Consumers & Gender Equality

10.

COM/2014/0212 final

2014/0120/COD

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN Possible withdrawal was mentioned in the written replies to questions of

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on single- the PANA Committee. The Commission will table new proposals on

member private limited liability companies

company law in Q4 2017 and this proposal will be subsequently

withdrawn.

Maritime Affairs & Fisheries

11.

COM/2011/0760 final

2011/0345/COD

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending

Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December

2008 establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring

distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries

Will become obsolete with the proposed repeal (see Annex V) of the

Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008

establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the

west of Scotland.

12.

COM/2013/09 final

2013/0007/COD

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN The Commission intends to present a new proposal on the substantial

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending revision of the Fisheries Control System, foreseen for Q2/ 2018.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a

Community control system for ensuring compliance with the

rules of the Common Fisheries Policy

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COM/ Inter-institutional

reference

Title

Reasons for withdrawal

Migration, Home Affairs & Citizenship

13.

COM/2014/163 final

2014/0095/COD

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of Proposal to be withdrawn in the context of the proposal for a revised Visa

the Council establishing a touring visa and amending the Code foreseen for Q1/2018.

Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and

Regulations (EC) No 562/2006 and (EC) No 767/2008

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of Proposal to be withdrawn in the context of the proposal for a revised Visa

the Council on the Union Code on Visas (Visa Code)

Code foreseen for Q1/2018.

14.

COM/2014/164 final

2014/0094/COD

Transport

15.

COM/2013/409 final

2013/0187/COD

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN The substance was subsumed into the new proposal establishing EASA

PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending (COM(2015) 613 final) now in the inter-interinstitutional process. Thus

Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 in the field of aerodromes, air this proposal will become obsolete.

traffic management and air navigation services

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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 2018

An agenda for a more united, stronger and more democratic Europe

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Annex V: List of envisaged repeals

Nº

Policy Area

Maritime

Affairs and

Fisheries

Taxation and

Customs

Title

Reasons for repeal

Council Regulation (EC) No 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008 This Herring plan has become outdated in its reference points and is no longer

establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed applied. It can therefore be repealed.

to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock

Commission Directive 79/802/EEC of 6 September 1979 on goods

entered for inward processing which, if imported for release into

free circulation, would benefit from a favourable tariff

arrangement by reason of their end-use

The directive is superfluous as goods within the end-use procedure are within the

scope of the Common Tariff Regulation, 2658/87 (Annex I) and, in addition, both

inward processing and end-use procedures are now regulated by the Union Customs

Code (UCC).

Justice and

Home

Affairs

Joint Action 98/699/JHA on money laundering, the identification, This instrument was replaced in full by Directive 2014/42/EU on the freezing and

tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime for all Member States

the proceeds from crime

participating in the Directive (all except Denmark and the UK). Most of its provisions

were already replaced by Framework Decision 2001/500/JHA (on money laundering,

the identification, tracing, freezing, seizing and confiscation of instrumentalities and

the proceeds of crime), which applies also to Denmark and the UK. The remaining

provisions are general recommendations with no binding value which now apply only

to Denmark and the UK.