Publications
Important signal: No automatic China market economy status
BUSINESSEUROPE welcomes the resolution of the European Parliament with about 80 per cent of votes against an automatically conceded “market economy status” (MES) to China.
BUSINESSEUROPE Director...
Yellow card: don’t revise EU directive on posting of workers
National parliaments in more than one third of the EU member states have invoked a "yellow card" opposing the European Commission’s proposal to revise the EU posting of workers directive.
In their...
Mutual recognition in goods – a BusinessEurope strategy paper
Executive summary
National technical rules are being used as a basis to deny mutual recognition.
No effective mechanisms exist for businesses to question national decisions denying mutual recognit...
Commission’s economic forecast underscores the need for policies supporting long-term growth
Following the release of the European Commission’s Spring Economic Forecast this morning, BUSINESSEUROPE Director General Markus J. Beyrer made the following comment:
“The picture pain...
EU and Japan should work to conclude a free-trade agreement this year
On the occasion of the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Brussels on 3 May 2016 BUSINESSEUROPE recalls the importance of concluding an ambitious trade and investment agreement between the...
Implementing the joint initiative on standardisation: what it means for the European standardisation system – Address by Paul Coebergh van den Braak, final plenary of the joint initiative on standardisation
Implementing the joint initiative on standardisation: what it means for the European standardisation system - Address by Paul Coebergh van den Braak, final plenary of the joint initiative on standardi...
Proposals on online sale of goods and digital content – BusinessEurope comments
Key messages
BusinessEurope has long advocated for more harmonisation of contract rules in business-to-consumer transactions, which is why it welcomes the fact that both Commission proposals on digit...
EU industrial digitalisation strategy just in time – ACT NOW
Today the European Commission published its strategy for digitising European industry within a digital single market.
Markus J. Beyrer, Director General of BUSINESSEUROPE commented: "The strategy foc...
New EU data protection rules increase administrative burden
Reacting on the European Parliament plenary vote on the EU general data protection regulation, Markus J. Beyrer, Director General of BUSINESSEUROPE, said: “We appreciate the efforts of the EU instit...
Country-by-country reporting risks damaging EU investment
Following the release today of the European Commission's proposals for companies to report financial information on a country-by-country basis to the public, BUSINESSEUROPE’s Director General, Marku...
EU business supports Commission plan to modernise VAT
Following the publication of the European Commission’s action plan on VAT, BUSINESSEUROPE’s Director General Markus J. Beyrer commented: "The European Commission's action plan on value-added tax c...
A horizontal EU SME policy – Joint declaration by BusinessEurope, UEAPME, EUROCHAMBRES, EuroCommerce, CEEP and copa-cogeca
A horizontal EU SME policy - Joint declaration at the SME Round Table organised on 5 April 2016 at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the initiative of EESC Employers' Group Presiden...