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... one: industry representatives consulted in the studies also acknowledged that resource efficiency is an important and valid strategy for cost reduction, for being less vulnerable to imports of scarce resources and ... See full document

... In the past, trade barriers prevented Europe’s con- struction products sector from fully exploiting the opportunities off ered by the Single Market. But the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), which was adopted in ... See full document

... Tajani: COSME will work like its predecessor, the Competitive and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). Under the CIP, loan guarantees were used in cases where the entrepreneur or the small enter- prise did not have ... See full document

... An example is the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Pro- gramme (CIP) which has earmarked €1,130 million for its finan- cial instruments for the period 2007–2013. These instruments offer possibilities for loan ... See full document

... Internationalisation is crucial to SME success. Although some 25% of SMEs export or have exported at some point during the last three years, they are often less well-equipped than large enterprises to deal with different ... See full document

... Since December 2008, the European Order for Payment procedure can be used to recover debts – such as from unpaid invoices – owed by enterprises, organisations or individuals in another Member State (except ... See full document

... Strengthening EU SMEs requires helping them access new markets, both inside and outside the EU. A key element of the 2011 update to the SBA was increasing access to foreign markets, which the Commission has done ... See full document

... in 2011, the European Commission has presented its flagship initiative for a resource-efficient Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy, which aims at building smart, sustainable and inclusive ...transport, ... See full document

... In a survey of participants who had completed the scheme, 92% of new entrepreneurs said their objectives were fully or largely met and 94% of host entrepreneurs agreed. Likewise, 92% of new entrepreneurs said their host ... See full document

... In Syria, there are two main offices in Aleppo and Damascus, which were opened in December 2008. “The Network’s presence in Syria helps European and Syrian enterprises to connect with one another and do business,” ... See full document

... European industry has bounced back from the depths of the years-long malaise caused by the global financial ...EU industry has lost ...EU industry back to, and beyond, pre-crisis ... See full document

... Karen graduated as a jeweller and goldsmith, but could not find the job she was looking for. Aer searching to no avail, she started working in a local shop, aware that she had the desire and ability to achieve more. In a ... See full document

... The European Investment Bank (EIB) has put together a package of €30 billion euros for loans to SMEs to be distributed through commercial banks in the Member States from now until 2011, an increase of €10 billion ... See full document

... Indeed, the financial crisis has brought a new problem for the shipbuilding industry, one which was much less significant in 2001-02. Traditionally, shipyards receive a relatively small down- payment, with the ... See full document

... As part of its CE awareness-raising drive, the European Commission has launched an EU-wide communication campaign under the slogan ‘CE marking makes Europe’s market yours’. “We need to boost the visibility of and public ... See full document

... resources in order to boost Europe’s capacity to collect, manage and develop the required information for the benefit of its citizens. Revealing the new name for the initiative at the Lille forum, held on 16-17 ... See full document

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... 42 Every five years the regulator reviews the non-fuel costs allowable for electricity and gas networks, in line with Government legislation. In summer 2010, the CER carried out a comprehensive review of the electricity ... See full document

... Mr Tugendhat discussed the special reasons why Britain's role in the Community had been an uneasy one so far - the difficulties of political adaptation, late arrival as a member, the wor[r] ... See full document

... LUT base architecture provides lower memory LUT and by the high pipelining Table base architecture has in- put, LUT3, LUT2, and LUT1. LUT3 contains CRC values for the input followed by 12 bytes of zeros, LUT2 8 ... See full document