After a fourth trilogue lasting just a few hours on the morning of 1 February, negotiators from the EU Council and European Parliament reached agreement on the regulation introducing the Single Market Emergency Instrument (‘SMEI’), and on a package of several accompanying legislative proposals (‘SMEI omnibus’).
The aim of this legislation is to remedy internal disruptions to the single market during crises, as was the case during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Both Parliament and the EU...