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Raw materials

Critical Raw Materials: EU Parliament shows ambition to secure and diversify supplies

14 September 2023 - The European Parliament plenary meeting today adopted its position on the Critical Raw Materials Act. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "Securing and diversif...
Economy and finance

BusinessEurope reacts to proposed EU Framework for Income Taxation

12 September 2023 - Commenting on the package of tax proposals announced by the European Commission today (the BEFIT and Transfer Pricing Directives), BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer...
EU SME strategy

SME Relief Package: Revision of Late Payment Directive should better reflect business reality

12 September 2023 - Commenting on the European Commission’s proposed SME Relief Package, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer said: "We welcome efforts to create an SME-proofed regu...
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Corporate and legal

EU’s due diligence rules must be workable for companies and must not weaken the internal market

An important political trialogue on the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive takes place today 7 September 2023 - Commenting on the ongoing negotiations, BusinessEurope President F...
Economy and finance

The EU economic governance review – a BusinessEurope position paper

Key messages Agreement on new fiscal rules is urgently needed ahead of Member States setting their 2024 budgets. Given high debt and deficit levels in some countries, a credible and respected frame...
Corporate and legal

Proposals on Supplementary Protection Certificates – a BusinessEurope position paper

Key messages Following the entry into operation of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court on 1st June 2023, it is time now to create the unitary Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC)...
Corporate and legal

Compulsory licencing for crisis management – a BusinessEurope position paper

Key messages Compulsory licences weaken the protection granted by patents and they should only be used in mainly knowledge-based economies as a last resort and in very limited circumstances. The c...
Bilateral relations

EU-CELAC Summit: EU needs to show real commitment to strengthen economic ties with the region

BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson will speak at the Business Roundtable on 17 July 14 July 2023 - Ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit on 17-18 July 2023, BusinessEurope President Fredrik Persson outl...
Education, training and skills