Business, Economy, Euro

Find information on the EU economy, trade, and resources for businesses including networking and funding opportunities. Get advice on complying with EU regulations on the environment, competition and product safety.

Doing business in the EU

Doing business in the EU

  • Setting up a business in the EU
  • Finance and support
  • Intellectual property rights
  • Competition rules
  • Employing people
  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
  • Contract rules
  • Company law and corporate governance
    • Accounting and taxes

    Accounting and taxes

  • VAT (value-added tax)
  • Company tax
  • Excise duties
  • Annual accounts
    • Product safety and requirements

    Product safety and requirements

  • Consumer product safety
  • EU product requirements
  • Chemicals
  • EU labels
    • Trade with non-EU countries

    Trade with non-EU countries

  • Export from the EU
  • Import into the EU
  • Trade agreements
    • Transport safety

    Transport safety

    EU policies on safe and secure transport, banned and restricted airlines.

    eGovernment

    eGovernment

    eGovernment strategy, electronic payments and invoicing, EU digital single market.

    Indicators, Statistics

    Indicators, Statistics

  • Economic databases
  • Economic forecasts
    • Economic performance and forecasts

    Economic performance and forecasts

  • Economic forecasts
  • Economic performance by country
    • Economic and fiscal policy coordination

    Economic and fiscal policy coordination

  • EU Economic governance: monitoring, prevention, correction
  • EU financial assistance
  • Economic research
  • Economic and Monetary Union
  • International economic relations
  • European Fiscal Board (EFB)
  • European economy explained
    • Growth and investment

    Growth and investment

  • Financing investment
  • Capital markets union
  • Coordination with European financial institutions
  • Investment funds
  • Structural reforms
    • Euro area

    Euro area

  • What is the euro area?
  • Economic and Monetary Union
  • Enlargement of the euro area
  • The euro
  • Anti-counterfeiting
  • Financial assistance to euro area countries
    • Banking and finance

    Banking and finance

  • Financial reforms and their progress
  • Financial supervision and risk management
  • Banking union
  • Financial markets
  • Consumer finance and payments
  • Insurance and pensions
  • Sustainable finance
  • FinTech
  • Enforcement and infringements of banking and finance law
  • International relations
    • Company reporting and auditing

    Company reporting and auditing

  • Company reporting
  • Auditing of companies' financial statements
    • Funding and tenders on business, economy, euro

    Funding and tenders on business, economy, euro

  • Funding opportunities - by topic
  • Tender opportunities - by department
    • News and events for business, economy, euro

    News and events for business, economy, euro

  • Events
  • News
    • Economy, finance and the euro publications

    Economy, finance and the euro publications

    All publications prepared by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.

    Departments
    Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsEnvironmentHealth and Food SafetyFinancial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets UnionEconomic and Financial Affairs
    Topics
    Business and industryFood safetyCompetitionEconomy, finance and the euroBanking and financial servicesSingle market