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10 December 2015

Armenia is joining COSME, the EU programme supporting the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises

Published : Thu, 10 Dec 2015 Today Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and Karen Chshmaritian, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, signed the agreement on...
Armenia Competitiveness Small and medium enterprises Elżbieta Bieńkowska European Commissioner Internal market Entrepreneur Economic Eastern Europe Nation-state Cooperation Armenia–European Union relations
09 December 2015

Transatlantic cluster cooperation kicks off with fruitful U.S. - EU exchange

Published : Wed, 09 Dec 2015 From 17 to 19 November 2015, 77 national and regional cluster policy-makers, experts and researchers from both the United States and the European Union gathered in Boston and Washington for a workshop t...
Cooperation Trade Nation Regional planning Policy Research United States European Union Boston Washington, D.C. Business cluster Economic development Workshop Wealth Benchmarking Innovation
08 January 2016

Coreper I

The Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) is responsible for preparing the meetings of the Council in its relevant fields. Member states are represented in the Committee by ambassadors and they are chaired by the member state holding the six-month...
Committee of Permanent Representatives Finance Tax Competition Transport Travel Culture Education Youth Agriculture Fisheries Food Environment Consumer Health Employment Economic, social and cultural rights Politics Council of the European Union European Council Standing committee
03 December 2015

Have your say on the enforcement of intellectual property rights

Published : Thu, 03 Dec 2015 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 Today the European Commission has published a public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR).
Intellectual property European Commission Legal doctrine Law enforcement Contract Judiciary Private practice Civil society
07 December 2015

Public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the IPR enforcement framework

Published : Mon, 07 Dec 2015 Today the European Commission launched a public consultation seeking stakeholder views on whether the rules for the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) are still fit for purpose.
Evaluation Modernization Intellectual property European Commission Stakeholders Social norms Risk assessment Environment
06 January 2016

Coreper II

The Permanent Representatives Committee or "Coreper" (Article 207 of the Treaty establishing the European Community) is responsible for preparing the work of the Council of the European Union. It consists of the Member States' ambassadors to the European ...
Committee of Permanent Representatives Institution Citizenship Rights Economic Finance Tax Antitrust Foreign relations of the European Union Foreign policy Politics European Council Standing committee Treaty of Rome Employment Council of the European Union
02 December 2015

Commission proposes to make products and services more accessible to the disabled persons

The European Commission today proposed a European Accessibility Act, which will set common accessibility requirements for certain key products and services that will help people with disabilities at EU level to participate fully in society.
Services Low-floor Disability European Commission Statute European Union Product Consultant Citizenship Business ATM Bank Computer Telephone Tool
02 December 2015

Commissioners Bieńkowska and Creţu issue statement on public procurement

Published : Wed, 02 Dec 2015 Joint statement of Corina Creţu, Commissioner for Regional Policy and Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs on their first regular meeting on public procureme...
European Commissioner Corina Crețu European Commissioner for Regional Policy Elżbieta Bieńkowska Internal market Entrepreneur Small and medium enterprises Government procurement Economic European Union Justice Investment

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Strengthening research, technological development and innovation
Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies
Enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises