SMEunited

Our briefing notes for Valdis #Dombrovskis hearing tomorrow on #ECFIN: ✔️ incentivise reforms to increase growth and ensure mid-term #fiscal sustainability ✔️ #SME financial instruments for #sustainablity have to be simplified  ✔️ #InvestEU SME Window needs sufficient #funding #Hearings

#SMEs have high expectations for Valdis #Dombrovskis coordination work on reducing #regulatory #burden. This must include: ✅ A hierarchical approach to the #ThinkSmallFirst Principle  ✅ Joint actions between EU, national, regional authorities and stakeholders ✅ Interoperability of #data, following the once-only principle ✅ Strong focus on enforcement and implementation #Hearings

Our cheat sheet for Wopke Hoekstra hearing tomorrow on #taxation: ✔️ extension of #VAT one-stop-shop to reduce compliance costs ✔️ make Head Office Taxation for #SMEs a reality ✔️ implement Pillar I of #OECD agreement to ensure that every company pays its fair share of taxes #Hearings

Our cheat sheet for Wopke Hoekstra 🌍🌡️💸 hearing on #climate policy tomorrow: ✔️ boost #SMEs to reach the #2040target ✔️ narrow the #climate protection gap ✔️ phase out #fossilfuel subsidies #Hearings

Ahead of Andrius #Kubilius' hearing, SMEunited calls for a stronger emphasis on #SMEs in the EU’s #security and #defence agenda. 🔹 Prioritising #Crafts & #SMEs for their vital role in defence #innovation, economic stability, and societal resilience 🔹 Supporting #SME resilience in #rural and #border #areas, with targeted initiatives to secure livelihoods in these #regions 🔹 Strengthening SME #cybersecurity through EU programmes like #DigitalEurope, and tackling #organisedcrime for fair #competition 🔹 Easing access to defence funding with an SME Window in the #EuropeanDefenceFund, and enhancing collaboration opportunities with larger #industry players 🔹 Involving SMEs in EU #preparedness strategies for better coordination and support, including strategies for addressing #ClimateRisk #Hearings #EDF

Our Economic Policy Director Gerhard Huemer welcomes today's final adoption of the Digital VAT proposal. (1) The new rules will help SMEs to benefit from digital procedures to reduce compliance cost for cross border transactions. (2) It is an important final step to implement the One Stop Shop for cross border VAT compliance also for off-line business. (3) It will contribute to more fairness for SMEs engaged with business platforms and those which compete off platforms. https://lnkd.in/dKrM5YPZ

Our cheat sheet for Maria Luís Albuquerque hearing on #ECFIN: ✔️ bring forward the work on a voluntary #SME reporting #standard to simplify requests on #sustainability information ✔️ provide a simple approach for #SMEs on #taxonomy allowing #SMEs to access #sustainable #finance ✔️ make progress with #CapitalMarketsUnion #Hearings #CMU

We provide some sticky notes for Hadja Lahbib 🌊🌡️🆘 hearing tomorrow: ✔️ support #climate resilience and risk #preparedness ✔️ boost #SMEs contribution to #security close the EU’s external borders ✔️ boost #women #entrepreneurship #Hearings

What #SMEs expect to hear tomorrow from Magnus Brunner: ✅ continue support for SMEs to attract talents from 3rd countries via the EU #TalentPool ✅ work with Member States and third countries to ensure more EU Talent Partnerships are set up ✅ cooperate with #socialpartners for the integration of #migrants in our society #Hearings

The Mission letter to Commissioner Designate Michael McGrath includes the New Consumer Agenda 2025-2030. From the #SME point of view, EU #consumer #law is already very complex and heavy. It should not be further complicated and unnecessarily extended. What is more, #ecommerce opportunities come with lots of challenges and relations to online platforms are still unbalanced. Therefore, SMEs expect : ✅ Simplification: make the duty of information a right to information ✅ Strong sanctions against harmful commercial techniques and #unfair #practices also online ✅ A close monitoring of the #DataAct implementation #Hearings