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• 16/12/08 - Lisbon strategy
  Removing hidden and non tariff barriers - helping European business

  The European Commission today reinforced its commitment to keeping Europe's markets open and to increasing efforts to improve openness further afield. This Communication identifies the main non tariff barriers faced by European exporters and sets out a plan to tackle them, including through deepening regulatory co-operation with key countries and regions...

See: Pressemitteilung / Press release / Communiqué de presse

• 16/12/08
  The Commission's Enterprise and Industry Policy – Can we do better?

  What do you think about the Commission’s Enterprise and Industry Policy? Please let us know via our online survey! The results will feed in to DG Enterprise and Industry’s internal reflections on its policies and organization. To participate, please follow the link which will lead you to the on-line questionnaire (hosted on a website of the contractor which is carrying out this survey)...

See: Online - Questionnaire

• 10/12/08 - Pharmaceuticals
  Safe, innovative and accessible medicines: a renewed vision for the pharmaceutical sector

  The EU has been losing ground in pharmaceutical innovation. European patients still suffer from inequalities in the availability of information about medicines, whilst counterfeits are on the rise. To address these challenges, the Commission has tabled a package, consisting of four key parts...

See: Pressemitteilung / Press release / Communiqué de presse

• 02/12/08 - SMEs
  Small Business Act bolsters small enterprises to take on global crisis

  The Competitiveness Council today gave strong support to the European Commission's initiative on small and medium-sized businesses. It adopted an action plan on the Small Business Act for Europe that seeks to shield and support SMEs in the current economic crisis. The Member States commit themselves to implementing a series of key principles and accompanying actions in areas such as improving access to finance, alleviating administrative burden and facilitating small businesses' access to markets.

  see: "Small Business Act" for Europe...

• 02/12/08
  EU Member States approve world-wide rules for labelling of chemicals

  The European Commission welcomes the agreement by the EU Member States to align EU legislation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures to the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS)...