SME UNION Newsletter May 2007

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Table of Contents

Upcoming Events:

* SME UNION General Assembly 2007
* Conference on Better Regulation and the cutting of red tape for SMEs
* Working Breakfast on ROME I: A Threat for European SMEs?
* Working Breakfast on International Accounting Standards for SMEs
* EUMU Congress about SMEs in Europe
* International SME Union Poland Conference on Energy
* SME Intergroup Meeting on EU Labour Law
* SME Day 2007: Small Companies - Big Ideas
* Orgalome Working Breakfast on European Mechanical Engineering
* Working Lunch on WTO, ITA & High-Tech SMEs

Service and Information:

* Easier EU funding opportunities
* More integral approach for external markets
* Sarkozy - Best Choice for French SMEs
* SMe Union France Secretary General becomes Chevalier dans l Ordre National du Merite
* Verheugen calls for European defence technological and industrial base
* First issue of SME Women & Start-up Quarterly Newsletter published
* New award for innovatiove women
* Vision for a Strong Europe - EU Constitution Publication from Austrian Chamber of Commerce
* SME UNION Annual Report 2006 published
* Latest edition of SME UNION Magazine The Entrepreneur

Latest Events:

* Energy Globe Award

SME Lex:

* State aid: Commission launches consultations on simplified rules for block exemptions
* Internal Market Commissioner McCreevy to create new patent strategy
* Tax Commissioner Kovacs proposes environmental taxation
* Commission debates easier access to EU documents
* Rome I proposal endangers SMEs
* cutting roaming charges improves cross border trade