small business

d) Support to Small and Medium Entreprises (SMEs).

the development of a legislative framework for SMEs;

- The development of cooperation among small and medium-size enterprises;

the development of business links between economic operators of both Parties, including between small and medium-sized enterprises;

The state will encourage the inflow of foreign investments and investments of Slovene companies abroad and provide support, particularly, to small- and medium-sized companies in entering international markets.

Assistance to small and medium enterprises through direct technical support for technology upgrading and for introduction of new technologies, implementation of quality control systems, consumer monitoring

The Parties shall aim to develop and strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their associations, and cooperation between SMEs in the Community and the Republic of Tajikistan.

For the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 the Union shall, throughout the Union, encourage undertakings, including small and medium-sized undertakings, research centres and universities in their research and technological development activities of high quality.

Strengthening of competitiveness of enterprises through international and business information networking for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), technology networks and partnerships, capacity building for the acquisition and absorption of new technologies, technology training centres

with respect to the inclusion in its PECS of the development of certain technologies listed in the Agency's Technology Master Plan to be undertaken by the Republic of Slovenia or the development by the latter of non-critical path technology in this field and of activities to be undertaken in support of SMEs.

SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED UNDERTAKINGS

Small and medium-sized undertakings

small and medium-sized enterprises

to small(32) or even micro enterprises;

"small and medium-sized enterprises" (SME) means enterprises as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 70/2001;

In its activities the Agency should pay attention to small and medium-sized enterprises.

This Regulation should exempt aid to small and medium-sized enterprises regardless of location.

Enterprises, and in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises, are also major users of services of general interest, whose needs must be met.

Regulation for State aid to SMEs, draft published in OJ C 89, 28.3.2000, p. 15.

The production, processing and marketing of agricultural products in the Community is largely dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises.

Seventh indent (Council Decision 2000/819/EC) of paragraph 5 of Article 7 (Enterprise, entrepreneurship, and small and medium- sized enterprises).

However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products to end consumers may not lodge applications.

However, retail establishments or restaurants selling their products to end consumers may not lodge applications.

However, the wife starts a business and, slightly altering the outcome, now employs her husband.

Due to the specificities of the agricultural sector, a Regulation covering only small and medium-sized enterprises active in this sector is justified.

Small enterprises have benefited from larger reductions averaging 7,9 %, albeit with substantial increases in Denmark and Greece.

Council Decision 2000/819/EC of 20 December 2000 on a multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001-2005) (OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 84).

The principal basis on which the Commission may authorise risk capital measures even though they fall outside the scope of existing rules is that one of the main handicaps suffered by SMEs, and in particular small enterprises and start-ups, is the difficulty in obtaining capital and credit.

for small enterprises, as defined in accordance with the Community definition fn of such enterprises and in conformity with Commission practice, up to and including 31 December 2011;

These developments should be encouraged and supported by simplification of the existing rules, as far as they apply to small and medium-sized enterprises.

Small and medium-sized enterprises in those regions suffer from both the structural disadvantage of the location and the difficulties deriving from their size.

for small and medium-sized enterprises, as defined in accordance with the Community definition fn of such enterprises and in conformity with Commission practice up to and including 31 December 2011.

This Regulation shall apply to aid granted to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing or marketing of agricultural products.

In accordance with established practice of the Commission for the evaluation of State aid in the agricultural sector, no differentiation between small enterprises and medium-sized enterprises is necessary.

There are two main sources of market failure relevant to risk capital markets which particularly affect access to capital by SMEs and companies at the early stages of their development and which may justify public intervention:

for small and medium-sized enterprises, as defined in accordance with the Community definition fn of such enterprises and in conformity with Commission practice, up to and including 31 December 2011;

In order to achieve this, it shall encourage undertakings including small and medium-sized undertakings, research centres and universities in their research and technological development activities;

Small and medium-sized enterprises play a decisive role in job creation and, more generally, act as a factor of social stability and economic drive.

Contributions to funds from the Structural Funds and other public sources, as well as the investments made by funds in individual SMEs, are subject to the rules on State aid.

That amount shall be reduced to EUR 250000 for undertakings, subscribing individually or collectively, which may be regarded as small or medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of the Commission Recommendation of 3 April 1996 concerning the definition of small and medium-sized enterprises(2).

The Commission may by decision impose on undertakings or associations of undertakings fines of from one hundred to five thousand units of account where, intentionally or negligently:

This Regulation is without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to notify aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products.

The funds may be publicly-supported mutual funds subscribed by SMEs, commercially-run funds with private-sector partners, or wholly publicly-financed funds.

For this purpose the Community shall, throughout the Community, encourage undertakings, including small and medium-sized undertakings, research centres and universities in their research and technological development activities of high quality;

Where undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services are not subject to the requirements of company law and do not satisfy the small and medium-sized enterprise criteria of Community law accounting rules, their financial reports shall be drawn up and submitted to independent audit and published.

The chief causes of this are imperfect information, the risk-averse nature of investors and lending institutions and the limited guarantees that SMEs are in a position to offer(26).

Contributions to guarantee funds from the Structural Funds and other public sources, as well as the guarantees provided by such funds to individual SMEs are subject to the rules on State aid.

The following aid to small and medium-sized enterprises shall be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and shall be exempt from the notification requirement of Article 88(3) of the Treaty:

At the time of the closure of the operation, the eligible expenditure of the fund (the final beneficiary) shall be the capital of the fund that has been invested in or loaned out to SMEs, including the management costs incurred.