Czech Business Today
Volume X, 6-2011
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Beware of re-allocations for old Member States and missing national support systems!
The success of the new financial perspective lies undoubtedly in the capacity of the Member States, as well as the… continue reading »
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EU External aid programmes
Participation of Czech SMEs in the EU external aid is quite low. In terms of use of financial instruments for the… continue reading »
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Modernized professional qualifications can enhance mobility across Europe!
Simplification and modernization of Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC, setting the rules for mutual… continue reading »
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Petr Kužel on his visit to EU institutions
Petr Kužel, president of the Czech Chamber of Commerce (CCC), met important EU officials as well as the Heads of the… continue reading »
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EESC Corner: How to make post-secondary vocational education and training more attractive?
The structural shortage of skilled labour in the EU is a fact. For European businesses, the immediate consequences of… continue reading »
CEBRE calendar
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November 7th, 2011:
CEBRE Debate on “SME and Administrative burden” (Prague)
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November 21st, 2011:
CEBRE Debate on “Connecting Europe Facility“ (Prague)
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November 23rd, 2011:
CEBRE Debate on “Cutting Red Tape: How to implement the SME Test?” (Brussels)
Flash news
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The Czech Republic has the largest deficit intransposing EU rules
During the last last six months 16 of the 27 EU Member States failed to have the transposition deficit smaller than 1%. The biggest deficit was unfortunately recorded by the Czech Republic (2%), followed by Austria, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland and Italy.
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Emission allowances for free, but higher carbon tax
The Czech Republic will apply the exception to grant a third of emission allowances for free in the period 2013- 2020. From 1st January 2013 the carbon tax will increase and therefore affect mainly households and businesses.
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Czech Republic the worst in using EGF
The Czech Republic is ineffective in using the money from the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF). Last year, the EGF helped only 450 Czech workers out of total 23,688 EU workers fired.
