News and information about the European Union’s policies for small and medium-sized businesses.
Following the publication of the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Fairness Act (DFA) and revision of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation (CPC), Ecommerce Europe, EuroCommerce and Independent Retail Europe call on the co-legislators to focus on effective enforcement and genuine regulatory gaps, while avoiding unnecessary new burdens for compliant businesses.
The EU Commission has presented a new EU strategy for tourism which it says will boost growth in European tourism and make it more competitive, more sustainable and more resilient.
At the Tripartite Social Summit, SMEunited called on EU leaders to deliver a bold growth strategy to relaunch the European economy.
There is ever-growing use of Artificial Intelligence in European companies, with 42 per cent of Europe’s small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies already using AI and AM.
EU states have formally adopted a €115 million programme to provide rapid and targeted financial support to smaller businesses developing emerging and disruptive defence products.
SBS, SMEunited and EBC raise concerns that the new proposal for a Standardisation Regulation risks reducing the role of SMEs in standardisation to supporting EU legislation, overlooking the strategic value of standards for SME competitiveness and growth.
EU Commission proposals to modernise Europe’s standardisation system will make it faster, increase the representation of smaller companies, and be better equipped to support the EU’s strategic interests.
