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The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Mr Sam Gyimah)
The Competitiveness Council (Internal Market and Industry) will take place on 12 March in Brussels. Day two on research and space has been cancelled.
The Council will hold an exchange of views on the European semester 2018: Digitalisation of the EU economy. The Council will discuss industrial policy and will look to agree upon a set of conclusions on a future EU industrial policy strategy for competitiveness, growth and innovation. There will then be a discussion to mark the 25th anniversary of the single market. Finally, there will be a ‘competitiveness check-up’ discussion which I expect to focus on the externalities of regulation in services on manufacturing.
The Council will discuss a number of AOB points on the Industry 2030 roundtable and the plastic strategy, both presented by the Commission. The Council will end with a point on better regulation presented by the presidency.
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