Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW)

Source: Europa Nu.

This directorate-general (DG) is responsible for policies concerning the internal market, industry and small and medium enterprises. The directorate-general is also involved in the Copernicus and Galileo space programmes of the EU.

The aim of the DG is to create smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The DG listed the following key priorities:

  • completing the internal market for goods and services
  • supporting initiatives that make the European economy more sustainable and innovative
  • implementing industrial and sectoral policies
  • to remove administrative burdens for small and medium enterprises, and to foster better access to finance for SME's
  • to safeguard intellectual property rights in collusion with stimulating innovation
  • to further develop the European space programmes

On January 1st 2015 DG Grow replaced the directorate-general Enterprise and Industry to emphasize the shift towards policies specifically aimed at stimulating small and medium enterprises.

 

1.

Legislative proposals in negotiation

There are 254 proposals for legislative or other legal instruments of this Directorate-General in negotiations with the Council and the European Parliament.
Date Title
23.05.2025  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE as regards the June 2025 proposals for UN regulations.
Decision com(2025)251
 
21.05.2025  Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies.
Regulation com(2025)258
 
21.05.2025  Amendment of Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and ...
Regulation com(2025)504
 
21.05.2025  Amendment of Directives 2000/14/EC, 2011/65/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU ...
Directive com(2025)503
 
21.05.2025  Single Market: our European home market in an uncertain world A Strategy for making the Single Market simple, seamless and strong.
Communication com(2025)500
 

2.

Legislation currently being implemented

There are 164 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by this Directorate-General, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
04.02.2025  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE as regards the March 2025 proposals for UN regulations.
Decision com(2025)31
 
22.10.2024  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE on proposals for modifications to UN regulation Nos 0, 10, 13, 13-H, 14, 16, 17, 21, ...
Decision com(2024)486
 
28.05.2024  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE on proposals for modifications to UN regulation Nos 13, 13-H, 22, 30, 41, 49, 51, ...
Decision com(2024)219
 
12.02.2024  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE on proposals for modifications to UN regulation Nos 10, 13, 37, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, ...
Decision com(2024)61
 
23.10.2023  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE on proposals for modifications to UN regulation, for new UN regulations and for an ...
Decision com(2023)644
 

3.

Legislation in force

There are at least 19 laws or other legal instruments in force that have been previously proposed by this Directorate-General.
Date Title
31.05.2022  EU position in the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of the UNECE on modifications to number of UN regulations as well as new ones.
Decision com(2022)246
 
18.10.2017  EU position in the relevant Committees of the UNECE as regards to a string of proposals for amendments to UN (technical) Regulations.
Decision com(2017)602
 
29.05.2017  EU position in UNECE as regards amendments to a series of UN Regulations, a Technical Regulation on the evaporative emission test procedure, a decision on using term "UN ...
Decision com(2017)267
 
26.08.2015  EU position within the Committee on Government Procurement on the accession of Ukraine to the Agreement on Government Procurement.
Decision com(2015)407
 
10.10.2007  Type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles.
Regulation com(2007)593