Tools to tackle unjustified TSCs – reflections from EuroCommerce

• Territorial supply constraints are restrictions imposed by large multinational brand manufacturers which prevent retailers and wholesalers from making use of the Single Market.
• The use of territorial supply constraints is widespread across the EU and affects consumers in the form of higher prices and lower choice.
• Affordability remains a top concern for EU consumers when doing their shopping as the EU comes out of a cost-of-living crisis and is yet again faced with uncertainty driven by geopolitics.
• The Commission should act on the calls by the Letta and Draghi reports, Member States and the European Parliament to ensure the EU Single Market delivers for consumers.
• Tackling territorial supply constraints, one of the top 10 terrible barriers in the Single Market, is therefore of the utmost importance.
• Existing competition rules can only address certain types of territorial supply constraints.
• The Commission must therefore act and close the remaining legal gaps through dedicated Single Market legislation banning territorial supply constraints
• Urgent action is also needed on regulatory barriers which fragment the Single Market and strengthen the effects of territorial supply constraints.
• The Commission must also take steps to harmonise labelling, packaging and waste requirements, exploring where appropriate the use of digital labelling. The Commission should also take action against national rules on commercial relations which fragment the Single Market.

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