Brussels, 20/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - In 2000, in the twelve candidate countries of the EU, 2.5 million companies employing 15 million were active in the industry, building, trade and services sectors, states Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. By way of comparison, in the fifteen EU member States, 10 million companies employing 80 million were active in 2000.
Within candidate countries, industry was the most important sector with regard numbers of employees. The...