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“Think small first in the EU”? A Reality Check

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Typhaine Beaupérin
Typhaine Beaupérin*
Affiliation:
EU Affairs at EUROCHAMBRES. EUROCHAMBRES SME Test Benchmark 2013 can be downloaded from:http://www.eurochambres.eu/content/default.asp?PageID=1&DocID=5794.
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Abstract

Despite recent efforts by the European Commission to improve the application of the SME test by its services, EUROCHAMBRES 2013 SME Test Benchmark reveals that the Commission is still, in the majority of the dossiers analysed, failing to ‘think small first’ and take into account the costs and benefits to smaller businesses in the preparation of legislative proposals.

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European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 93 - 96
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014

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References

1 Eurochambres, Eurochambres Sme Test Benchmark 2011 (Brussels, 2011), available on the Internet <http://www.eurochambres.eu/content/default.asp?PageID=1&DocID=3831>. European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department Economic and Scientific Policy, Barriers and Best Practices in SME Test Implementation, IP/A/ITRE/ST/2010-08, PE464.437, (Brussels, 2011)

2 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Review of the “Small Business Act” for Europe, COM(2011)78; Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on minimizing regulatory burdens for SMEs – Adapting EU regulation to the needs of micro-enterprises, COM(20011)803; Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Smart regulation – Responding to the needs of small and medium- sized enterprises, COM(2013)122.

3 Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on minimizing regulatory burdens for SMEs – Adapting EU regulation to the needs of micro-enterprises, COM(20011)803.

4 European Commission, Impact Assessment Guidelines (Brussels, 2009), annex 8.4.