Press releases
Free movement of goods: Greece to establish fair play on parallel importation of medicinal products
26/01/2012
European Commission - Press release Brussels 26 January 2012. The European Commission has today requested Greece to amend its legislation on fixing of prices of parallel imported medicine in order to comply with EU rules on the free movement of goods....
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Industry down 1%: Confidence needed to reignite EU production
19/01/2012
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 19 January 2011: The economic outlook for EU industry has deteriorated. According to the January 2012 report published today by the European Commission, in the last three months to November 2011, manufacturing ...
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Small companies create 85% of new jobs
16/01/2012
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 January 2012. 85% of net new jobs 1 in the EU between 2002 and 2010 were created by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This figure is considerably higher than the 67%-share of SMEs in total employment. ...
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Natalia, Thijs, Tara, Milena … Galileo satellites bear their names
12/01/2012
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 12 January – Over 16 000 children across the EU participated in the Galileo Drawing Competition in a bid to have a Galileo Programme Satellite named after them which will be launched into space....