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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9549
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competitiveness council

Günter Verheugen opposes quotas preserving public contracts for European SMEs

Brussels, 22/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - There is “no sense in trying to introduce quotas for small and medium-sized enterprises” (SMEs) in the “Small Business Act” (SBA) to be proposed by the European Commission “in spring 2008”, to support the development of SMEs, said Günter Verheugen, the commissioner for enterprise and industry, speaking on Thursday 22 November after the Competitiveness Council. He takes the view that European SMEs already benefit from a “much larger share...

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