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UEAPME pushes for higher de minimis ceiling

By Sophie Mosca | 24 May 2013

UEAPME, the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, seeks a higher ceiling in the de minimis regulation and rejects the five-year restriction on the duration of loan guarantees, while demanding reintroduction of the 80% threshold for guarantees. These are the main...

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Mergers : Munksjö-Ahlstrom deal gets green light - 24/05/2013

e-commerce : Online retailers see no crisis - 23/05/2013

Pressure on textile plants - 23/05/2013

Electronics : Commission wants to boost EU’s electronics industry - 23/05/2013

Competition : Air Canada, United and Lufthansa settle anti-trust case - 23/05/2013

Financial services : Transparency: Commission tackles large companies - 23/05/2013

Product safety : Fireworks to be made safer in EU - 22/05/2013

Banking supervision : EP wants guarantees from ECB - 22/05/2013

Pharmaceuticals merger approved - 22/05/2013

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Bank resolution : Non-guaranteed deposits to be used as a last resort, say MEPs - 21/05/2013

Health : Diane 35: Paris calls back all stock in spite of PRAC opinion - 21/05/2013

Merger in private education authorised - 21/05/2013

Mergers : Syniverse ready to divest to get all-clear on bid for Mach - 21/05/2013

Industrial bakery merger cleared - 17/05/2013

Culture Council : EU-US trade deal: Cultural backlash grows - 17/05/2013

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Cartels : General Court reduces fines on marine hoses producers - 17/05/2013

Financial services : Exec consults on bank restructuring - 17/05/2013

EU/Switzerland : Closer cooperation on competition cases - 17/05/2013

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EU/Switzerland : Savings taxation: Berne waiting - 16/05/2013

Court confirms Commission’s failure to investigate - 16/05/2013

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Taxation : Cacophony on automatic information exchange - 15/05/2013

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Investigation into aid for Propapier - 15/05/2013

Mergers : Warner cleared to buy Parlophone - 15/05/2013

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French aid for biorefineries approved - 15/05/2013

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Bank resolution : No clear position in Council - 14/05/2013

Industry : Production slightly up - 14/05/2013

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