The Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act (‘IMERA’) entered into application on Friday 29 May, the European Commission noted in a press release (see EUROPE 13341/10).
IMERA establishes a three-tier approach. “Under the default contingency mode, the Commission and Member States will monitor Single Market resilience through early warnings, simulations, and preparedness exercises. If a crisis emerges, the Council may activate vigilance mode, enabling closer monitoring of supply chains for critical goods and services. In cases of severe disruption, emergency mode can be triggered to allow targeted measures such as coordinated procurement, information requests to companies, and restrictions on national measures that fragment the Single Market, including export bans within the EU”.
On 4 June, the first formal IMERA Board meeting will bring together Member States to discuss, among other issues, the supply chain implications of the evolving situation in the Middle East. (Original version in French by Solenn Paulic)