<![CDATA[European Commission - Enterprise and Industry]]> http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/contracts-grants/index_en.htm All topics European communities Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:40 GMT Newsroom_2.0 20 <![CDATA[Public consultation on applications of EU satellite navigation programmes (Galileo and EGNOS)]]> Published : Mon, 22 Apr 2013

Sun, 14 Jul 2013

The objective of this public consultation is to obtain input and a broader range of views on the way the European Commission should maximise and ensure the market uptake of GNSS downstream applications and of the European GNSS downstream applications in particular.

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Consultation on Certification of Alarm systems and system components]]> Published : Wed, 17 Apr 2013

Wed, 10 Jul 2013

The European Commission is seeking to collect the views and opinions of all relevant alarm systems stakeholders on the possibility of creating a harmonised certification procedure for alarm systems and system components at EU level.

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Have you obtained a short stay "Schengen visa" over the past three years?]]>

Published : Fri, 12 Apr 2013

Mon, 17 Jun 2013

The Commission is reviewing the procedures for issuing these visas and would like to hear your views on your experience. The idea is to modernise the policy and your input via this public consultation will help to make the right changes.

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Consultation on Certification of Airport Screening Equipment ]]> Published : Fri, 15 Mar 2013

Mon, 10 Jun 2013

The European Commission is seeking to collect the views and opinions of all relevant aviation security stakeholders on the possibility of creating a harmonised certification procedure for airport screening equipment at the EU level.

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Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Public Consultation on Mutual Societies]]> Published : Fri, 08 Mar 2013

Fri, 14 Jun 2013

Mutual societies provide services supplementary to statutory social security systems, or services of social nature, or insurance services covering all types of life and non-life (re-) insurance, or services in fields such as credit for housing etc.

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Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT Sun, 10 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Integrated delivery market to boost e-commerce in the EU]]> Published : Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Fri, 22 Feb 2013

Three priority areas have been identified to address the problems and challenges faced by e-retailers and consumers in the EU:

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:00:00 GMT Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Protection of business and research know-how]]> Published : Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Fri, 08 Mar 2013

Keeping valuable information secret is often the only or the most effective way that companies have to protect their intellectual property (such as the results of their research and innovation efforts).

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:00:00 GMT Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Consultation on exemptions from the substance restrictions in electrical and electronic equipment ]]> Published : Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Fri, 15 Feb 2013

Manufacturers of monitoring and control equipment are seeking new exemptions under the revised RoHS directive on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. This product group was previously excluded from RoHS.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:00:00 GMT Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[IPR: the efficiency of proceedings and accessibility of measures]]> Published : Wed, 09 Jan 2013

Sat, 30 Mar 2013

This technical survey aims at gathering specific information on the efficiency of proceedings and accessibility of measures used in the context of civil enforcement of intellectual property rights.

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:00:00 GMT Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Stakeholder Consultation on the revision of Directive 97/68/EC on emissions from non-road mobile machinery engines]]> Published : Sun, 09 Dec 2012

Mon, 08 Apr 2013

The non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) sector covers a large variety of equipment types which are used in many different economic activities such as construction, agriculture, rail or inland waterway transport.

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Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Which are the TOP 10 most burdensome legislative acts for SMEs?]]>

Published : Mon, 01 Oct 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012

Complaints are often aired about the red tape created by European law. We want to cut red tape and we can. However, there is a definite lack of concrete proposals to reduce this burden. With this in mind, the European Commission is calling upon businesses: "Let us know what could [...]

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Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Commission launches consultation on a future framework for investment funds]]> Published : Fri, 03 Aug 2012

Sun, 30 Sep 2012

The Commission today launched an in-depth consultation on issues arising in the area of investment funds. The consultation focuses on: the issue of money market funds and how such funds should be regulated in future; the fund industry's involvement in securities lending and repurchase (repo) arrangements; and the fund industry's exposure [...]

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Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:00:00 GMT Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Survey on possible research needs in Horizon 2020 "Secure Societies"]]> Published : Wed, 18 Jul 2012

Sun, 16 Sep 2012

This survey addresses Security Research under Horizon 2020, covering the whole period of Horizon 2020, i.e. 2014–2020.

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Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:00:00 GMT Wed, 18 Jul 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Commission invites comments on use of state aid rules for supporting risk capital investments]]> Published : Tue, 17 Jul 2012

Fri, 05 Oct 2012

The purpose of this consultation is to invite Member States and other stakeholders to provide comments on the application of the risk capital guidelines and on SME access to finance at large.

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Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[2013 EU Citizenship Report "EU citizens - Your rights, your future" ]]> Published : Fri, 13 Jul 2012

Sun, 09 Sep 2012

The European Commission likes to know about any obstacles you might be facing in your daily life as a European citizen living, studying, working, shopping or simply travelling within the EU. We would also like to hear your ideas about how to remove these obstacles and further develop EU citizenship.

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Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:00:00 GMT Tue, 08 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Public consultation on demand-side policies to spur European industrial innovations in a global market]]> Published : Mon, 18 Jun 2012

Sun, 23 Sep 2012

The aim of the public consultation is to gather inputs from stakeholders on the scope of possible future EU-level actions in demand-side policies for industrial innovation policy.

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Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:00:00 GMT Thu, 31 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Consultation on Industrial Policy Communication 2012]]>

Published : Wed, 16 May 2012

Tue, 07 Aug 2012

Developing new policies to boost the competitiveness of European industry is the aim of a new public consultation, which is meant to provide input for the review of the industrial policy communication planned for September 2012. It will focus on developing a limited number of new initiatives that can [...]

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Tue, 15 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT Tue, 15 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Public consultation on Challenges and opportunities for maritime and coastal tourism in Europe]]> Published : Mon, 14 May 2012

Mon, 06 Aug 2012

This consultation aims at gathering the opinion of individuals and stakeholders that have an interest in and would like to shape the EU actions in the maritime and coastal tourism sectors.

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Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[European Commission launches consultation on modernisation of Trade Defence Instruments]]> Published : Mon, 16 Apr 2012

Tue, 03 Jul 2012

On the 3rd of April 2012 the European Commission launched a Public Consultation on Modernisation of Trade Defence Instruments. The aim of the consultation is to explore different ways to modernise the EU's trade defence instruments, by asking stakeholders for their views on areas for possible improvements. The EU's trade defence instruments are important to [...]

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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:00:00 GMT Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Open Consultation on the European Tourism Label for Quality Systems Initiative]]>

Published : Fri, 13 Apr 2012

Fri, 13 Jul 2012

Currently there is a wide variety of public and private initiatives that aim at defining the principles and criteria to be used by European tourism stakeholders for ensuring the development and provision of quality tourism within the EU.

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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:00:00 GMT Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:00:00 GMT