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27 January 2010, 20:06 CET The Icelandic Government encourages foreign investment in most sectors. The majority of investment is in energy-intensive industries such as aluminum smelting t... Iceland Investment Climate 2009
27 January 2010, 19:44 CET Iceland's Scandinavian-type social-market economy combines a capitalist structure and free-market principles with an extensive welfare system. Prior to the 2008... Iceland: Economy Overview
26 January 2010, 22:54 CET Contacts of the European Commission delegation in Skopje. Delegation of the European Commission to FYR of Macedonia
26 January 2010, 23:36 CET The overall objective of the "Regional Development" programme is to support the sustainable development of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, through th... IPA Regional Development Operational Programme in the FYR of Macedonia
26 January 2010, 22:46 CET As a small, open economy, the FYR of Macedonia continues to take active steps to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). The country has enacted legislation th... FYR of Macedonia Investment Climate
21 January 2010, 16:02 CET EU rules introduced in 1971 coordinate European countries’ social security schemes, offering solutions to most cross-border problems that may arise. These rul... Social Security Rights
20 January 2010, 19:10 CET Before the financial and economic crisis hit the EU, the Lisbon strategy had helped create more than 18m new jobs. When the economy slumped, the EU acted to sta... Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs
20 January 2010, 19:19 CET Free movement of people is a basic component of the single area which the EU has been building since its inception. It is acknowledged as a fundamental right fo... Free movement of people within the EU
19 January 2010, 20:08 CET Contacts of the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers. European Commission DG Health and Consumers Contacts
19 January 2010, 20:54 CET The aim of the Community plant health regime is to prevent the introduction into the community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products or their spread ... Plant health: Harmful organisms
19 January 2010, 19:48 CET Personal consignments containing meat, milk or their products and brought into the EU continue to present a real threat to animal health throughout the EU. Henc... Trade and Imports of Animal Products - personal consignments
18 January 2010, 21:03 CET Novel foods are foods and food ingredients that have not been used for human consumption to a significant degree within the Community before 15 May 1997. Regula... Novel food
18 January 2010, 20:26 CET In the EU rules are put in place on the labelling of foodstuffs to enable European consumers to get comprehensive information on the contents and the compositio... Food and Feed Labelling
18 January 2010, 18:54 CET The aim of the General Food Law Regulation is to provide a framework to ensure a coherent approach in the development of food legislation. At the same time, it ... General Food Law
18 January 2010, 15:50 CET The European Union and the Republic of Iraq have signed in Baghdad, Iraq, a Memorandum of Understanding on a "Strategic Energy Partnership" which provides a pol... EU - Iraq Strategic Energy Partnership Memorandum of Understanding - briefing
15 January 2010, 17:50 CET Contacts of the European Commission Directorate-General for Research. Contacts for Research
15 January 2010, 18:33 CET CORNET - ‘COllective Research NETworking’ is an ERA-NET in the field of Collective Research. Collective research programmes benefit all or most of the SMEs ... The CORNET Programme for research-acquiring SMEs
15 January 2010, 18:23 CET EraSME is a network of 18 national and regional research programmes supporting SMEs, currently supported under the Seventh Framework Programme. Started under th... EraSME research programmes network
15 January 2010, 17:03 CET The major initiatives that favour the involvement of SMEs include selection of SME-relevant topics, SME dedicated calls, a budget earmarked for SMEs within spec... Cooperation for research-performing SMEs
15 January 2010, 16:47 CET A step-by-step guide on how SMEs can participate in FP7 research projects. SME participation in FP7 research projects