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Striking the balance between short term and long-term measures to restore EU’s competitiveness
In light of the 30th anniversary of the internal market and at the request of the European Council, the European Commission will on 16 March present a long-term strategy for the European competitivene...
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Eurochambres statement on the EU long-term Competitiveness Strategy
Restoring the long-term competitiveness of economic activity within the EU is vital, and success will depend on striking the right balance between short term and long-term EU challenges.
Europe is...
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Eurochambres position on the European Commission’s proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive (AILD)
Eurochambres welcomes the European Commission´s endeavour to introduce a degree of harmonisation in non-contractual liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI). We call for balanced and clear lia...
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Northern Ireland Protocol agreement = a significant step forward for EU:UK economic relations
The announcement today of the agreement on the revision of the Northern Ireland Protocol is a significant step forward in regularising and strengthening the economic relationship between the EU and th...
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Balancing urgency and caution: Eurochambres’ stance on the update of the Electricity Market Design
Over the past year, electricity prices in the EU have increased significantly. The price surge began in the summer of 2021 when Russia reduced its gas supplies to Europe, just as global demand was pic...
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Eurochambres position on the Green Deal Industrial Plan: putting Europe’s net-zero industry in the lead
Eurochambres acknowledges the urgent need to adapt the EU Industry Strategy. The communication by the European Commission on the Green Deal Industry Plan was timely and necessary. Strengthening our ow...
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Global Economic Survey 2023: functioning supply chains and energy security vital to international economy’s revival
The Global Economic Survey 2023 (GES2023) published today, based on responses from business organisations in countries accounting for around 70% of total world gross domestic product, identifies geopo...
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Global Economic Survey 2023 (GES2023) Report
The 2023 Eurochambres Global Economic Survey (GES2023) was conducted during November and December 2022. The survey provides a qualitative assessment for the year ahead of global economic developments,...
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Joint Business Statement on the due diligence proposal
The European business community supports an EU due diligence framework. However, it calls for realism, proportionality, and workability for this framework to truly enable and guide businesses in takin...
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Joint industry statement on the Data Act: Safeguards necessary to ensure Chapter V preserves data holders’ fundamental rights
As representatives of European businesses, the signatories of this joint statement want to express their deep concerns about Chapter V of the EU Data Act on how to organise mandatory Business-to-Gover...
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Chambers call for structural changes to revive the Single Market
2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the single market, the flagship achievement of Europe’s integration process. The EU has evolved into the world’s most integrated transnational market and became...
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Eurochambres position on the European Commission proposal to revise the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD)
As the network of European chambers of commerce and industry, we acknowledge that the revision of specific aspects of the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) is necessary to reflect the technological deve...
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Position on the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI)
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine constituted the most recent challenges to Europe’s economy and continue to undermine the functioning of the Single Market and its recovery e...
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Eurochambres position on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Year of Skills
The 2023 European Year of Skills is an excellent opportunity to work with EU level instruments to respond to labour market needs, such as mobility schemes, upgrading Vocational Educational Training (V...
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Eurochambres position on the EC proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market
The European chamber network is committed to sustainable and responsible economic activity, that fully respects human rights, including the prohibition of forced labour. In this sense we welcome the C...
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Joint Press Release: Make Better Regulation work better for SMEs! A joint analysis of the SME Test
Eurochambres, BusinessEurope, and SMEunited have joined forces to analyse the application of the SME Test across the European Commission services. 26 impact assessments have been checked against the E...
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SME Test Benchmark report
Eurochambres, Business Europe, and SME United present the "SME Test Benchmark" report, assessing 26 SME relevant European Commission legislative impact assessments.
The main objective of the Europe...
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Energy prices: Chambers underline risk of deindustrialization in exchange with energy ministers in Brussels
Participating in today’s lunch debate with energy ministers, Eurochambres Deputy President, Vladimír Dlouhý, set out the importance of providing swift respite to European businesses struggling to...
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Eurochambres position on the European Commission’s proposal for a Data Act
Eurochambres welcomes the objectives of the European Commission to foster access to data and to encourage its further use for different purposes. For these endeavours to succeed, businesses require a...
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EES2023 Press Release: Business confidence at historic low for 2023
Business confidence for next year is even lower than during the 2008-09 financial crisis and the height of the pandemic according to the 30th consecutive edition of the annual Eurochambres Economic Su...
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Eurochambres Economic Survey 2023 (EES2023) Report
The Eurochambres Economic Survey 2023 is unique at European level in being based on responses to a common survey from over 42.000 European companies on their expectations for next year. Over the years...
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A snap analysis of the Commission’s 2023 Work Programme
On 18 October, the European Commission adopted its Work Programme for 2023, providing an outline of initiatives that we can expect to see over the course of the coming year and building on some of the...