Single Market Sherpa

To hard-wire enforcement and barrier prevention, Member States will appoint a high-level “Single Market Sherpa” in the prime minister’s/president’s office with authority across government. Sherpas will proactively police gold-plating, coordinate proportionality checks at the inception of national rules, and fix regulatory or administrative obstacles before they fragment the market. They will cooperate in a permanent network convened by the Commission’s Executive Vice-President, meeting regularly to accelerate barrier removal and to give political steer to the Single Market Enforcement Taskforce (SMET), including via an annual high-level session with responsible ministers.