Definicija: The Committee was set up to improve and simplify the environment for enterprises and in particular SMEs. It consists of expert representatives from each Member State, and is charged with carrying out consultations on legislative and administrative provisions which hamper the creation, growth and transfer of enterprises (e.g. in the following fields, as regards SMEs: financial instruments, capital markets, increased responsibility of enterprises, internationalization of activities, statistical reporting obligations).

Definicija: The Brussels Convention of 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters lays down rules on jurisdiction in legal proceedings concerning civil and commercial matters. It ensures that judgments given by the courts of the Member States are recognized throughout the whole Community and sets up a mechanism to help judgments given in one contracting state to be enforced in another.