Traduction de «entreprise générale » (Français → Anglais) :

To that end, the undertaking or controlling undertaking must be required to communicate to the employees’ appointed representatives general information concerning the interests of employees and information relating more specifically to those aspects of the activities of the undertaking or group of undertakings which affect employees’ interests.

Summary code: Enterprise / Business environment / Improving the business environment / Corporate social responsibility (CSR) Environment and climate change / General provisions / Transversal policy objectives Food safety / Food / General rules

‘Indirect instruction’ means any general or particular instruction, regardless of the form, given by the parent undertaking, or another controlled undertaking of the parent undertaking, that limits the discretion of the management company or investment firm in relation to the exercise of the voting rights in order to serve specific business interests of the parent undertaking or another controlled undertaking of the parent undertaking.

The objective of the concerted actions is, in particular, to: - Improve the environment for enterprises by proposals for administrative simplification and, if appropriate, better coordination of the various items of legislation existing in Member States, at both national and regional level; - Identify the best practices in business support, in order to propose their dissemination throughout the European Union; - To develop the experimental initiatives carried out by different Member States, in order to place them in a broader macro-economic context. This is the only approach which can lead to the creation of a critical mass of general ...[+++]measures destined to support and develop general economic growth, the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, and ultimately employment.

We have Mr. Robert Dunlop, director general of the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Office; Mr. Peter Webber, team leader of small business financing in the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Office; Mr. Serge Croteau, director general of the Programs and Service Branch; and Ms. Lenore Scanlon, legal counsel.

A first programme with nine targets . to produce a guide to the SME and craft sector in the twelve Member States; . to set up a network of centres for transferring know-how and specialized technologies to small firms and craft businesses; . to boost standardization and certification schemes; . to support pilot projects on cross-border cooperation; . to analyse the situation of small firms in border areas; . to train heads of businesses in collaboration with the general preparatory training schemes for SME managers; . to enhance the skills of spouses helping to run businesses, particularly women; . to improve the information supply ...[+++] to businesses; . to promote the activity of small businesses and craft firms.