Publications

On 15th December 2021, the European Commission presented a revision of the third energy package for gas, which mainly aims at the Directive on common rules for the internal market in natural gas and the 2009 Regulation on conditions for… continue reading »

The Czech Republic received the first CZK 23 billion in pre-financing from the National Recovery Plan (NRP) at the end of September. The money from the EU’s emergency recovery fund will go mainly to green and digital projects. Under the digital… continue reading »

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Financing of research, development and innovation in the new EU programming period after 2020 will be definitely affected by Brexit and new challenges. Better synergies of EU programmes have to be created with EU funding allocated at national level. Those… continue reading »

The Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU hosted the seminar „Fit for shopping?“ on future EU Consumer legislation on 25th September. The event was organised together with CEBRE – Czech Business Representation to the EU in Brussels and… continue reading »

Brussels, 27th March 2017 – Illegal practices in transport sector pushed some Member States to apply minimum wage on international transport operations and burdensome administrative requirements on transport operators. “We need to find a suitable solution which will avoid frauds and illegal practices… continue reading »

20th April 2016, Brussels: Services account for a major part of EU GDP. However, a vast majority of them is provided in domestic markets. The growth potential of cross-border provision of services is huge, but there are significant obstacles that… continue reading »

Brussels, 6 April 2016: High-quality proposals from innovative Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises not funded within Horizon 2020 SME instrument available call budget have additional chances to be funded. The action concerns, for this initial ‘pilot’ phase, only proposals applying for… continue reading »

Brussels, June 2nd, 2015: On the 19th of May 2015, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Germany concerning the introduction of the Minimum Wage Act to the transport sector. Previously, the step of the German government was heavily criticized both… continue reading »

More clarity and high quality of the Consumer Rights Directive is needed, agreed representatives of the European Parliament, European business and consumer associations and Czech Permanent Representation on 11 November. There should be no hurry. It is worth to dedicate… continue reading »

Almost 67 days is an average late payment in Europe in commercial transactions with public administration worsening in the light of economic crisis. Business representatives, national and EU officials discussed with Madame Barbara WEILER, Member of European Parliament’s IMCO Committee,… continue reading »

Economic perspectives of the EU are the worst in the post-war era. According to Commission’s spring forecast, GDP growth is to contract by 4 % in 2009 and the unemployment rate may increase to 11 % in 2010. EU countries are taking extensive measures… continue reading »

BUSINESSEUROPE, EUROCHAMBRES and UEAPME united yesterday to call on the European Commission, Parliament and Council for greater transparency and significant improvements in the analysis of costs, benefits and the systematic evaluation of impacts on business, especially SMEs, in EU law-making. With… continue reading »

High level panel discussed the impact of transitional periods applied to free movement of workers by some Member States during round table “Free movement of workers – fundamental right of European citizens” concluding that such restrictions are of political rather… continue reading »

Czech accession to the EU is evaluated very positively by Czech entrepreneurs. – They particularly value the benefits of the Internal Market, easier access to foreign markets and better macroeconomic stability. Furthermore, participants of the CEBRE debate about EU enlargement… continue reading »

The European Commission supports SMEs and promotes the “think small first” principle. SMEs should greatly benefit from the latest proposal – Small Business Act for Europe. But how can a non-binding document with a set of 10 guidelines boost European… continue reading »

The liberalization of international trade is a part of the solution to economic crisis. Protectionist measures, on the contrary, can worsen the crisis and create more barriers to world trade. Therefore, it is necessary to continue the removal of technical… continue reading »

Czech Presidency promotes “Europe without barriers” and plans to focus on persisting barriers to the internal market. Employers and entrepreneurs always welcome such priorities. But to what extend are barriers on the internal market still the most burning issue for businesses… continue reading »

Only appropriate measures taken according to the local needs and via established structures (structural funds, EIB loans and EU programmes) can ease the access of SMEs to liquidity. SMEs access to finance is a part of broader problem but also… continue reading »

Czech Presidency claims to focus on removing barriers on the internal market. Business sector always supports such efforts. Nonetheless, how realistic such Presidency aim is? What exactly are the remaining barriers? Incoming Czech presidency requested two studies – one to… continue reading »

Number of MEPs discussed during CEBRE Policy Cafe titled “Full auctioning of emission allowances for energy sector – end of fossil fuel power plants – EU ETS after 2012” with representatives of Czech and European business the impacts of proposed full auctioning… continue reading »

In order to make the transport sector more environmentally friendly, the European Commission has developed a strategy to ensure that prices better reflect the real costs of transport to society. In July, the European Commission proposed the review of the… continue reading »

Definition of qualified employees and conditions of minimum wage are limiting the potential of EU Blue Cards. In any case it is an initiative that has to be supported and properly promoted. MEPs from Employment and Social Affairs Committee and… continue reading »

Opinions of the MEPs and representatives of the business sector discussed European SME policy and the process of implementation of a Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) into the legal framework of the EU. Moreover, the impact of the ongoing financial… continue reading »

More than 40 representatives of Czech companies, entrepreneurs associations, schools, universities and NGOs participated on a mid July in a panel discussion on European Commission‘s call for proposal “EURASMUS for young entrepreneurs”. They agreed the pilot project is an initiative worth full… continue reading »