Within the scope of our overall response on the preparations for the Agreement in the spring of 2013, we pointed out that any such extension of the EC's negotiating powers should be firmly rejected (Response by the the Federal Chamber of Labour (AK) "Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) – Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the USA", 22 April 2013). It is regrettable that the EC has neither drawn the right conclusions from the controversial discussions on the concessions directive in the context of the internal market nor from the public reservations with regard to the TTIP negotiations.