News and information about the European Union’s policies for small and medium-sized businesses.
“The implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is creating confusion, legal uncertainty, and disproportionate burden for small businesses. Entrepreneurs ask for practical solutions now. Parliament and Member States should approve the suspension of the obligation to appoint authorised representatives in each Member State”, stated SMEunited President Davide Galli.
“While SMEunited recognises the importance of enhancing the quality of traineeships, we consider the proposed Directive as counterproductive, particularly for SMEs.”
The European Commission has accepted commitments from Microsoft to address EU competition concerns relating to its Teams collaboration platform, making them legally binding under EU antitrust rules.
EuroCommerce is deeply concerned by the weakening of the Single Market after today’s European Parliament’s plenary vote that accepted opening negotiations based on the Agriculture Committee’s report on cross-border enforcement of rules on unfair trading practices (UTPs).
SMEunited strongly welcomes the Commission recommendation on the Voluntary Standard for SMES (VSME) on sustainability reporting.
The European Commission has adopted a recommendation on voluntary sustainability reporting for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).
The European Commission has adopted what it calls ‘targeted quick fix’ amendments to the first set of European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), with a view to reducing the burden on companies.
