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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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Eurochambres 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 2022 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...
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European chambers call for joint actions to help businesses cope with high energy prices
Prior to this week’s crunch EU Summit talks on the energy crisis, Eurochambres has reiterated the dramatic impact of high energy prices on European businesses. The European association of chambers o...
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State of the Union Speech 2022
European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered her annual State of the Union speech on 14 September to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Joined by the honorary guest, First Lady o...
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Access to financial resources and skills are critical to twin transition, according to new chamber survey
The findings of a new Eurochambres survey, based on responses from chambers of commerce and industry in 19 countries, emphasises the importance to businesses of securing adequate finances to invest an...
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Eurochambres Twin Transition Survey
Recent economic shocks and the subsequent slowdown make investments more important than ever to improve resilience, guarantee stability, and accelerate the path towards sustainability. The European Un...
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Single Market Emergency Instrument: chambers ask for rebalancing of priorities and more legal certainty
While supporting the broad objectives of today’s European Commission proposal for a Regulation for a Single Market Emergency Instrument, Eurochambres warns against overshooting and thus call for gre...
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Chambers call for immediate measures to help businesses absorb spiralling energy prices
Leaders of Eurochambres, the European Association of Chambers of Commerce & Industry meeting in Prague today called for immediate measures to help businesses deal with spiralling electricity and g...