Publications
EU single market
Comments on SMIT, Single Digital Gateway and SOLVIT
The Commission “Compliance Package”
proposals of 2 May 2017
DETAILED REMARKS ON:
THE SINGLE MARKET INFORMATION TOOL (SMIT) PROPOSAL
THE SINGLE DIGITAL GATEWAY (SDG) PROPOSAL
THE ACT...
Financing research and innovation
Views on the “LAB-FAB-APP” report
Key messages
The “LAB-FAB-APP” report sets out a clear picture of what the EU’s priority is: to overcome its innovation deficit. Knowledge needs to be turned into new products, so...
Consumers/marketing
Education, training and skills
EU employers: For better apprenticeships, better policy needed
Today the European Commission has published its proposal for a Council Recommendation on an EU Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships. BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyre...
Economy and finance
EU Commission VAT proposals can lead to less complexity, less fragmentation, less tax fraud and evasion
Following the release of the European Commission proposals on the definitive VAT system for cross-border trade within the EU single market, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Beyrer made the fo...
EU Commission’s package will improve implementation of public procurement
On Tuesday 3 October, the European Commission presented a non-legislative Public Procurement Package. BusinessEurope supports the Commission’s continued efforts to ensure that the public procurement...
Trade
New EU Anti-Dumping Methodology – level of protection maintained
Following the agreement of the negotiators of the European Parliament and the Council today in Strasbourg, Markus J. Beyrer, Director General of BusinessEurope said: “Fair trade is the nece...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Digital economy
A message to Tallinn: unleash Europe’s data economy
Industry calls for an end to data localisation
Today, BusinessEurope and Noerr LLP released a study on legal issues of digitalisation in Europe. As Europe’s leaders meet at the Digital Summit in Ta...
Digital economy
Legal issues of digitalisation in Europe – Measures to effectively help companies advance their digital strategies
BusinessEurope and Noerr LLP on 29 released a study on legal issues of digitalisation in Europe. As Europe’s leaders meet at the Digital Summit in Tallinn this Friday 29 September, we believed that...
Circular economy
Digital economy
Tax systems must support the take-up of digital technologies in Europe
Following the release of the European Commission Communication on a fair and efficient tax system in the European Union for the Digital Single Market, BusinessEurope Director General Markus J. Be...
Bilateral relations
Canada-EU business leaders: CETA implementation beneficial for all
Businesses across Canada and the European Union are welcoming today’s provisional implementation of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
A progressive free trade agr...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Bilateral relations
Brexit – business is concerned about the slow pace in negotiations
Business needs certainty and time to prepare and adjust to the post-Brexit situation. The slow pace of the negotiations is of special concern to business as it might jeopardise an orderly and construc...