Publications
Industrial relations and EU labour law
Energy and environment
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
BusinessEurope supports the ambition to establish a functioning internal market for packaging and secondary raw materials and a more circular economy, while addressing the adverse impact...
Energy and environment
BusinessEurope on ENVI vote on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive: Improvements are welcome, but significant challenges remain
24 May 2023 - Commenting on the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) vote on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive, BusinessEurope Director G...
Trade
Open strategic autonomy: economic security measures should not harm EU’s competitiveness
24 May 2023 - Today, BusinessEurope published its new paper "Open Strategic Autonomy – How trade policy can best support European competitiveness". It addresses some of the most important geopoliti...
Trade
Open strategic autonomy – How trade policy can best support European competitiveness
Key messages
Trade policy for decades has played a key role in supporting the EU’s competitiveness and in influencing investment decisions in Europe. We should renew our commitment to trade pol...
Access to finance / financial affairs
Competitiveness Council
Key messages to EU Competitiveness Council of 22-23 May 2023 – Letter from Markus J. Beyrer to Ebba Busch
The following were attached to the letter:
Competitiveness check in EU policy- and law-making - BusinessEurope comments
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) - a BusinessEurope...
Labour markets and social policy
Bilateral relations
B20 and B7
Education, training and skills
Digital economy
Product liability and AI liability directives – a BusinessEurope position paper
Key messages
The expansion of scope of the PLD should be limited to embedded software. For instances of AI software overlapping with the PLD’s strict liability regime an explicit clarification sh...