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Newsletters - by the IMCO secretariat - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
2026
April 2026 - issue 169
March 2026 - issue 168
February 2026 - issue 167
Janaury 2026 - issue 166
2025
December 2025 - issue 165
November 2025 - issue 164
October 2025 - issue 163
September 2025 - issue 162
July 2025 - issue 161
June 2025 - issue 160
May 2025 - issue 159
April II 2025 - issue 158
April 2025 - issue 157
March 2025 - issue 156
February 2025 - issue 155
January 2025 - issue 154
2024
December 2024 - issue 153
November 2024 - issue 152
September 2024 - issue 151
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Latest news - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Next Committee Meetings;
Wednesday, 15 April- IMCO: 09:00 - 12:30 & 14:45 - 17:30, Room ANTALL 6Q2
- Joint ENVI-IMCO: 12:30 - 13:30, Room ANTALL 2Q2
- IMCO: 10:00 - 12:30, Room SPAAK 3C50
The Floor Is Yours: Discover What’s New
IMCO Committee Meeting Agenda of 15 & 16 April 2026
ENVI / IMCO - Joint Committee Meeting Agenda of 15 April 2026
Calendar of Committee Meetings
IMCO Timetables
List of Coordinators
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Highlights - EU-wide gender-neutral job evaluation: presentation by Commission and EIGE - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
On Tuesday, 14 April 2026, the Commission together with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) will present in the FEMM Committee the updated EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification.On 26 March 2026, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), together with the European Commission, launched updated EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification. This initiative supports the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, aiming to ensure equal pay for work of equal value across the EU. Designed as a practical step-by-step toolkit, the guidelines support organisations of all sizes in assessing and classifying jobs based on objective, gender-neutral criteria, including skills, responsibility, effort, and working conditions.
EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification
Video tutorial for micro-organisations
Video tutorial for small and medium-sized organisations
Video tutorial for large organisations
Large organisation case study
Webinar
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Highlights - The 2026 Structured Dialogue with Commissioner Lahbib - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
On Tuesday, 14 April 2026, the FEMM Committee will hold its annual structured dialogue with Ms Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management. This meeting follows the adoption by the Commission of the new Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030.In addition to presenting the new Strategy, the Commissioner is also expected to discuss with the FEMM Committee the upcoming work of the Commission in the field of gender equality for the year ahead. This may include scrutiny over the implementation of several important Directives in the field of women's rights, including the Directive (EU) 2024/1385 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on combating violence against women and domestic violence.
Procedure: COM(2026)0113
EU Commissioner for Equality, Hadja Lahbib
Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030
2025 Annual Progress Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement of Commissioner Hadja Lahbib
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Highlights - Study Presentation on Flexibility and Simplification in Cohesion Policy-MFF Proposals - Committee on Regional Development
The Committee on Regional Development will have a Study Presentation on “Flexibility and Simplification in Cohesion Policy under the 2028-2034 MFF Proposals” as part of the Accompanying Expertise for the legislative proposals on the ‘NRP Fund’ and the ‘ERDF, Interreg and Cohesion Fund' by the Policy Department for Regional Development, Agriculture and Fisheries at its meeting on Tuesday 14 April 2026. Further details in the attachment
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