29/11/2022 (Agence Europe) – Small and medium-sized enterprises are not sufficiently heard in the European Commission’s impact assessments, according to a new study published on Tuesday 29 November by Eurochambres, BusinessEurope and SMEunited. For example, 10 of the 26 consultations in the Impact Assessment report include one or more sections presenting the SME perspective. “This is a disappointing result, as in most cases SMEs were directly or indirectly impacted by the initiatives”, reads a press release. For the three associations, the Commission services should consider the needs of SMEs from the beginning of the impact assessment process. In addition, these analyses should distinguish between micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Furthermore, they call for an analysis of the indirect effects of EU policies to explore the ‘unintended’ consequences. To access the study: https://aeur.eu/f/4ci (PH)