Enterprise & research

OUR MOST IMPORTANT VOTES
©Ken Teegardin

Annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities

European regulations are often drafted with big transnational companies in mind, these being the entities most easily able...

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©Rama

Reform of the Internal Market

The single market is the economic core of the EU and many of the EU's political progress has grown from the EU being founded...

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@ nattu

Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries

The specificity of cultural and creative industries is not fully recognised across European policies.

In particular,...

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Women and business leadership

Women and business leadership

Less than 16% of all positions in corporate management bodies are occupied by women. This means women are heavily...

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Granting an EU guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the EU

In 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided that the European Parliament must have a say on the foreign investment...

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©asthmatic

Towards a coherent European approach to collective redress

The sheer size of the European market makes it increasingly likely that a large number of persons can suffer as the result...

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©Garry Wilmore

A corporate governance framework for European companies

EU legislation on corporate governance is a patchwork of binding, but also non-binding measures. For example, it comprises...

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©Dennis Skley

Fighting harmful tax competition through a common corporate tax base

Today, companies operating in different European countries can benefit from differences in legislation to reduce the taxes...

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©Fablab Torino

European standardisation

Standardisation is a key element for determining the functioning of big industrial markets like the EU's internal market...

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©NullProzent

Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

If a German company discharges toxic waste into the Danube river and the toxins mix with Austrian or Slovak farmers'...

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©Statens Arkiver

Implementing enhanced cooperation regarding the creation of unitary patent protection

European patent legislation has been scattered across the Member States for a long time.

Whereas the European Patent...

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©Ken Teegardin

Capital requirements of banks (CRD IV)

The euro crisis has revealed many weaknesses in the banking system. Banks had unsafe business models and insufficient...

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