Press Release: EU steps up the fight against undeclared work

Undeclared work is still a problem in Europe and is undermining the EU's ability to meet its targets for more and better jobs and stronger growth, says a new European Commission report released on 24 October 2007. It identifies the main drivers for the informal economy, sets out successful ways to reduce it and proposes a series of concrete follow-up actions at European and national levels. New figures from Eurobarometer – which has carried out the first ever Europe-wide harmonised survey on this sensitive topic – confirm the existence of a large market for undeclared work all over the EU.

European Commission: MEMO/07/424: EU steps up the fight against undeclared work http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/424&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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