European Commission approves new state aid scheme for SMEs affected by coronavirus pandemic
Continuă lectura „Newsletter November 2020”Newsletter November 2020
European Commission Consultation on Minimum Wages
The European Commission has released a new consultation document on addressing challenges related to fair minimum wages. Fairness, along with environmental sustainability, productivity gains, and macro-economic stability, are the four pillars of the EU’s economic policy for the coming years.
Continuă lectura „European Commission Consultation on Minimum Wages”Brexit preparedness checklist
Giving the approaching date of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union on 31 October 2019, the Commission has published the 6th Brexit preparedness Communication – to reiterate its call on all stakeholders in the EU27 to prepare for a ‘no-deal’ scenario.
Continuă lectura „Brexit preparedness checklist”Key measures to boost jobs and growth
The Capital Markets Union project has been at the heart of this Commission’s ambition to boost growth in Europe, invest in innovation and promote the EU’s global competitiveness. With now 11 out of 13 proposals agreed, the CMU will become a true driver of investment in the Single Market, providing additional sources of financing to EU companies and opportunities for citizens to save for their future according to the press release of the European Commission.
Continuă lectura „Key measures to boost jobs and growth”Summertime consultation
In Romania the participation rate was of 0,04% according to the preliminary results of European Commission on the summertime consultation.
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in the EU
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming one of the key drivers of economic development in the modern era. It has the potential to be implemented in nearly every sector from healthcare to agriculture to industrial manufacturing to increase their productive capacity.
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Country Report Romania 2018
The European Commission published this month the Country Report for 2018, in terms of investments, Romaniaʼs net international investment position (NIIP) has continued to improve. The NIIP reached -49.9 % of GDP in 2016, almost 5 percentage points above the 2015 level.
Crowdfunding
On 8th of March, the European Commission has unveiled an Action Plan on how to harness the opportunities presented by technology-enabled innovation in financial services (FinTech). As a first major deliverable, the Commission is also putting forward new rules that will help crowdfunding platforms to grow across the EU’s single market.
New tools to combat VAT fraud
At the end of November the European Commission has unveiled new tools to make the EU’s Value Added Tax (VAT) system more fraud-proof and close loopholes which can lead to large-scale VAT fraud.
Romania – SME Initiative
With a contribution of €100 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the SME initiative aims to boost the development of Romanian small businesses via new and innovative ways to invest Cohesion Policy funds.