Publications
Single Market Strategy: a promising start, but long-term impact must be secured
BusinessEurope welcomes today’s launch of the European Commission’s Single Market Strategy, which seeks to tackle fragmentation and strengthen governance across the EU.
BusinessEurope Directo...
Examples of Single Market barriers for businesses – 2025
European companies cherish the Single Market as the bedrock of the EU economy. A strong and competitive EU industry depends on the full realisation of the EU Single Market and the removal of all barri...
Benchmarking competitiveness checks used in selected EU impact assessments 2023-2024
Introduction
In 2023 the European Commission introduced mandatory competitiveness checks in impact assessments accompanying all of its legislative proposals. BusinessEurope has taken a look at select...
EU single market
Priorities for the EU Single Market for services 2024-2029
Key messages
Liberalise cross-border services in Europe through better and more effective implementation of the existing legislative framework, including a comprehensive assessment of the Service...
EU single market
Free movement of goods: our priorities for 2024-2029
Key messages
Focus on reinforcing the New Legislative Framework (NLF) with an ‘NLF 2.0’ that includes an omnibus to streamline existing interpretations in legislation as well as ensuring an N...
Digital economy
Our digital policy ambition for the 2024-2029 legislature – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
A 10-year period of intense horizontal regulation in the digital technology sphere is closing in. The European Union has become by far the most prominent writer of the digital technology...
EU single market
Priorities for the EU transport sector beyond 2024 – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
With this paper, BusinessEurope sets out its priorities and key recommendations for future EU transport policy for the sector as a whole, followed by specific priorities for each transpo...
EU single market
Letta Report: A significant call for a reboot of the EU Single Market
17 April 2024 - BusinessEurope welcomes today’s publication of Enrico Letta’s report on the future of the EU Single Market, with Director General Markus J. Beyrer commenting:
"We very m...
EU single market
Amendment of Combined Transport Directive – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Focus on the multimodal optimisation in European transport, while avoiding a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach, as the expected increase in demand for freight transport services must be...
Digital economy
BusinessEurope reacts to the European Parliament Plenary vote on the AI Act
13 March 2024 - Commenting on today’s European Parliament Plenary vote on the AI Act, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "This is a pivotal moment for AI development in Euro...
EU single market
Joint call for a comprehensive long-term Single Market agenda
Harnessing the Treaty freedoms to reshape the EU into an economic powerhouse
A joint call by: BUSINESSEUROPE, DIGITALEUROPE, ERT, Eurochambres, EuroCommerce, SMEunited...
EU single market
Revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
Facilitate the cross-border provision of road transport services through an effective and targeted harmonisation of rules regulating cross-border transport operations of heavy-duty veh...
EU single market
BusinessEurope reacts to the political deal on the EU Product Liability Directive
14 December 2023 - In the face of Europe's significant competitiveness challenges, BusinessEurope has strong reservations about the recent revision of the Product Liability Directive. In response...
Digital economy
BusinessEurope reacts to political deal on EU AI Act
11 December 2023 - In light of the historical political deal reached by EU co-legislators on the AI Act, Director General of BusinessEurope Markus J. Beyrer said: "The potential lack of lega...