Press Release: ‘Think Small First’: A Small Business Act for Europe

Most jobs in the EU are provided for by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), companies of 250 employees or less. They have a crucial importance for the future development, but very often face enormous bureaucratic hurdles and obstacles. European SMEs deserve to be better assisted to fully unlock their potential of long term sustainable growth and of more job creation. To achieve this goal, on 25 June, 2008, the European Commission unveiled the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), based on ten guiding principles and proposes policy actions to be undertaken by both the Commission and Member States.

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European Commission: MEMO/08/434: Competition: Commission action against cartels – Questions and answers http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/433&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: SPEECH/08/354: Press Conference http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/08/354&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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