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Single Market Sherpa

INITIATIVEA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → Single Market Deepening & HarmonisationOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary →

This page tracks a single EU policy initiativeA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → — a regulatory file in the Commission's pipeline. Below you'll find its current status, linked source documents, parent strategies, and sibling files in the same policy priorityOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary → .

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.

Status

Planned for Q4 2025.

External references

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Associated strategies (1)

Siblings under Single Market Strategy(21)

Siblings in Single Market Deepening & Harmonisation(6)