Enterprise Europe

European Commission Directorate-General For Enterprise And Industry

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Enterprise policy news and reviews13, October-December 2003
Enterprise policy
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-ENTERPRISE-AND-INDUSTRY
• Nombre de lectures: 32
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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FOCUSING ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP European Charter for Small Enterprises

SMEs EICs offer practical advice

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NEW ECONOMY Enlarging IDA

SINGLE MARKET PECAs prepare way for EU enlargement

European Commission

ISSN 1680-0516 Enterprise EUROPE Enterprise policy news and reviews Published by the European Commission’s Enterprise DG

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EU ENLARGEMENT SPECIAL

EDITORIAL p3 EU enlargement: a done deal for industry? 3 FOCUSING ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP European Charter for Small Enterprises helps candidates prepare for enlargement 4 SMEs EICs offer practical advice and assistance 6

INDUSTRY New Member States steel themselves to join the Union 8 INNOVATION Promoting innovation in the future Member States 10 EU ENLARGEMENT SPECIAL Interview with Enterprise Director- General Jean-Paul Mingasson 11 Statistics on the 10 future members 12

October-December 2003 ISSN 1680-0516 Joining in October-December 2003 EU ENLARGEMENT SPECIAL FOCUSING ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP European Charter for Small Enterprises SMEs EICs offer practical advice INDUSTRY New Member States’ steel industries NEW ECONOMY Enlarging IDA SINGLE MARKET PECAs prepare way for EU enlargement

European Commission The European Union is set to expand to 25 members on 1 May 2004. This issue ofEnterprise Europe examines how enterprise policy is helping to prepare for this next stage in the Union’s development.

EU enlargement map and referenda results EIC, IRC and IRE addresses

GLOBAL MARKETPLACE Technical assistance to near neighbours

NEW ECONOMY Enlarging IDA SINGLE MARKET PECAs prepare way for Union’s enlargement Implementing the construction products directive Vetting national rules for trade compatibility Medical devices workshop Food industry: successful ‘double zero’ trade negotiations European standards and enlargement FOR THE RECORD Publications and diary

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Publishing Editorial  information Enterprise Europeis a free-of-charge Enterprise Europeaims to show how fostering enterprise, innovation and newsletter published quarterly in the entrepreneurship can help create a Europe of sustained economic growth, 11 Community languages by the with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion. European Commission’s Enterprise DG: An electronic version ofEnterprise Europeis available on the Commission’s Europa web site (europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library). Information and Communication Unit Here you will also find regular updates on topics of interest toEnterprise Enterprise DG Europereaders. A wealth of other information about and from the European Commission European Commission is available online at: europa.eu.int and Tel. [phone] .ieu/cnturea.opprires.mo/mneet Fax [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Editor: Andrew Boreham Subscriptions: europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/enterprise-europe or European Commission Enterprise Europe (SC15-6/115) B-1049 Brussels Photographs for this editio  Fax [phone] supplied by the Audiovisual Lib n r   ar w y  er o e f   E-mail: [e-mail] t C h o e r  E el u , r   o Z p ef e a a   n a   n C d o   m Ol m iv i i ss e i r o  P n, o   l P et h . otodisc, © European Communities, 2003 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged.

Ent 2 erprise EUROPE No 13 | October-December 2003

Catalogue No: NB-BH-03-013-EN-C