32024R2747

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?

Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 aims, when an unexpected crisis¹ negatively affects the functioning of the internal market in the European Union (Union or EU), to:

• safeguard the free movement of goods, services and persons, including workers, within the internal market;
• ensure the availability of goods and services of critical importance² and crisis-relevant³ goods and services;
• prevent the emergence of new obstacles to free movement within the internal market.

Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 anticipates, prepares for and responds to a crisis by introducing:

• an Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Board to advise the European Commission;
• anticipation, planning and resilience contingency measures;
• ways to tackle a crisis in danger of becoming an emergency;
• plans to smooth the free movement of goods, services and persons during an emergency;
• rules on public procurement, digital tools and cooperation between relevant authorities.

KEY POINTS

Scope

Regulation (EU) 2024/2747:

• applies to goods, services and persons in the internal market;
• does not apply to:
  • certain products (medicines, semiconductors, energy and defence items) and services (banking, credit and insurance),
  • sectorial crisis response or management legislation, such as the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Governance

The Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Board:

• is chaired by the Commission and comprises:
  • as members, representatives from each EU Member State,
  • as a permanent observer, a representative from the European Parliament, and
  • as possible occasional observers, representatives of other crisis-relevant bodies at the EU level, representatives of international organisations and non-EU countries, and experts with specific knowledge who may be invited to attend certain meetings on an ad hoc basis;
• advises the Commission on:
  • proposing administrative cooperation on information exchange,
  • assessing ad hoc alerts notified by the Member States, data analysis and market intelligence,
  • consulting economic operators and social partners,
  • analysing aggregated data from other EU and international bodies,
  • maintaining a repository of national and EU crisis measures that have been taken in previous crises,
  • selecting and implementing measures to anticipate and plan for a crisis,
  • internal market vigilance measures (activation/deactivation criteria, sharing information and analysing and discussing the impact of the threat of a crisis, particularly in border regions),
  • internal market emergency responses (activation/deactivation criteria, sharing information and analysing and discussing the impact of a crisis, particularly in border regions, along with analysing national and Commission crisis-relevant information, action to be taken and standard templates and forms for sectors producing or supplying crisis-relevant goods and services).

In addition:

• the European Parliament:
  • may invite the Commission, as the board’s chair, to appear before its relevant committee,
  • receives information on any Council of the European Union implementing acts proposed or adopted pursuant to this regulation,
  • expresses its views to the Commission, which takes these into account;
• the Commission brings together economic operators, social partners, researchers and civil-society organisations to:
  • identify useful voluntary initiatives in an emergency,
  • provide scientific advice, opinions or reports,
  • help the exchange of information and best practice;
• each Member State establishes a central liaison office to contact, coordinate and exchange information with other national liaison offices and the EU-level liaison office operated by the Commission, which must report significant incidents without undue delay.

Contingency planning

The Commission is responsible for:

• preparing a detailed crisis contingency plan covering:
  • timely cooperation between national and EU authorities, including consultation with economic operators and social partners,
  • secure information exchange,
  • coordination of crisis communication;
• initiating, on the board’s recommendation, the drawing up of voluntary crisis protocols by economic operators setting out:
  • the specific parameters of the disruption that the protocol seeks to address,
  • the roles of each participant,
  • the procedures for activating the measures under the respective voluntary crisis protocol and their duration,
  • action to mitigate and respond to potential crises;
• developing and regularly organising preparedness training for the liaison offices, drawing on lessons from previous crises;
• regularly conducting and coordinating stress tests, including simulations that aim to anticipate and prepare for a crisis in the internal market.

Vigilance mode

The Commission can propose that the Council activate the vigilance mode if it considers a possible crisis could escalate into an emergency within six months. This stage requires:

• legislation, in the form of Council implementing acts, containing:
  • an assessment of the potential impact of the crisis on free movement,
  • a list of goods and services considered critically important,
  • details of, and justification for, the measures to be taken;
• national authorities to monitor supply chains of critically important goods and services and the free movement of persons involved in their production;
• the Commission to propose to the Council that the initial maximum six-month duration of the vigilance measures be extended for one or more similar periods.

Emergency mode

The Commission proposes that the Council move to the emergency mode if it considers a crisis would have a significant negative effect on the internal market by severely disrupting free movement or the functioning of the supply chains. This must be based on concrete and reliable evidence.

This stage requires a detailed assessment of:

• the obstacles, sectors and supply chains involved;
• the impact on society, the economy and particular regions.

Based on this assessment, a Council implementing act activating the emergency stage for six months will be proposed. The period may be extended. If necessary, the implementing act will list the crisis-relevant goods or services.

Free movement in the emergency mode

Member States:

• must ensure any national measures they adopt:
  • comply with EU law, especially with regard to non-discrimination, justification and proportionality,
  • are removed as soon as they are no longer justified,
  • do not create unnecessary administrative burdens on the public or economic operators,
  • contain clear explanations for the public on the need to restrict free movement,
  • are communicated to the Commission and other Member States, especially if they affect cross-border free movement;
• must not adopt measures that:
  • are not limited in time,
  • ban the internal EU trade of crisis-relevant goods or services or disrupt their supply chains,
  • place unjustified restrictions on the free movement of persons travelling to their Member State of nationality or residence,
  • prohibit business travel linked to the development or supply of crisis-relevant goods.

Transparency

Member States establish a single contact point to:

• provide the public with information about national free movement restrictions;
• help the public with any procedures and formalities being put in place.

The Commission operates an EU contact point for information and assistance on EU-wide measures.

Emergency response measures

The Commission, if the Council has agreed a list of crisis-relevant goods and services, may:

• ask economic operators in the relevant supply chains to provide information on:
  • production capacity, existing stocks and expected output of the goods concerned,
  • any disruptions or shortages;
• request one or more operators to prioritise production or supply where crisis-relevant goods are in persistent shortage (priority-rated request); however, the economic operators are free to refuse such request, and operators that accept such a request and then fail to deliver face a fine of up to €100,000;
• recommend that Member States:
  • help any other Member State experiencing shortages of the crisis-relevant goods and services,
  • take specific measures, such as expediting new production capacities, to reorganise supply chains, production lines and use of existing stocks to increase the availability of the goods and services.

Public procurement

The Commission:

• launches, if some Member States request, a public procurement procedure for those willing to participate to purchase critically important or crisis-relevant goods and services;
• establishes a negotiating mandate containing details such as the conditions and maximum quantities involved;
• complies with its own internal financial rules and concludes contracts with one or more economic operators;
• may carry out a joint procurement procedure open to Member States, candidate countries and other European participants.

Member States must consult each other and the Commission and coordinate any procurement procedures for crisis-relevant goods and services they launch during an emergency.

Timing

By 29 May 2026, the Commission and Member States will develop the necessary interoperable tools and IT infrastructure to achieve the legislation’s aims.

By 29 November 2029, and every five years thereafter, the Commission will report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the regulation’s implementation.

The regulation amends Regulation (EC) No 2679/98. Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 and Directive (EU) 2024/2749 amend earlier harmonised product legislation to ensure that strategic goods are available quickly to tackle shortages in a market crisis.

FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

The regulation will apply from 29 May 2026.

BACKGROUND

For further information, see:

• Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act (European Commission)
• Factsheet: Single Market Emergency Instrument (European Commission)
• Crisis-proofing the single market: Equipping Europe with a robust toolbox to preserve free movement and availability of relevant goods and services (European Commission).

KEY TERMS

1. Crisis. Exceptional, unexpected and sudden, natural or human-made event in or outside the EU with a severe impact on the internal market.
2. Critically important. Items, indispensable and without substitutes, for the smooth functioning of our societies, economic activities, the internal market and supply chains.
3. Crisis-relevant. Critically important items essential to responding to a crisis.

MAIN DOCUMENT

Regulation (EU) 2024/2747 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2024 establishing a framework of measures related to an internal market emergency and to the resilience of the internal market and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 (Internal Market Emergency and Resilience Act) (OJ L, 2024/2747, 8.11.2024).

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (OJ L, 2024/1252, 3.5.2024).

Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.

Regulation (EU) 2024/2748 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2024 amending Regulations (EU) No 305/2011, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/988 and (EU) 2023/1230 as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency (OJ L, 2024/2748, 8.11.2024).

Directive (EU) 2024/2749 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2024 amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2006/42/EC, 2010/35/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU and 2014/68/EU as regards emergency procedures for the conformity assessment, presumption of conformity, adoption of common specifications and market surveillance due to an internal market emergency (OJ L, 2024/2749, 8.11.2024).

Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/694 (Chips Act) (OJ L 229, 18.9.2023, pp. 1–53).

Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 2022 on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices (OJ L 20, 31.1.2022, pp. 1–37).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU (OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, pp. 26–63).

Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2372 of 24 October 2022 on a framework of measures for ensuring the supply of crisis-relevant medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency at Union level (OJ L 314, 6.12.2022,pp. 64–78).

Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for exports(OJ L 83, 27.3.2015, pp. 34–40).

Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, pp. 65–242).

See consolidated version.

Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, pp. 243–374).

See consolidated version.

Council Decision 2014/415/EU of 24 June 2014 on the arrangements for the implementation by the Union of the solidarity clause (OJ L 192, 1.7.2014, pp. 53–58).

See consolidated version.

Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, pp. 338–436).

See consolidated version.

Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 924–947).

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, pp. 13–18).

Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, pp. 1–36).

See consolidated version.

Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, pp. 51–70).

See consolidated version.

Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, pp. 67–128).

See consolidated version.

Council Regulation (EC) No 2679/98 of 7 December 1998 on the functioning of the internal market in relation to the free movement of goods among the Member States (OJ L 337, 12.12.1998, pp. 8–9).