To an important extent, the EU proposals challenge private businesses on another, subtler front.
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The Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office are overseeing the audit, which will seek written evidence from businesses and EU institutions.
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The audit is to be co-ordinated by the Foreign Office and the Cabinet Office and will invite written evidence from British businesses and EU institutions.
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Jazz pianist Antony Dontchev said the decision to give EU money, meant for small businesses, to a thriving company, was "totally absurd".
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It lends money to the public and private sectors for projects of European interest, such as cohesion of EU regions, support for small businesses, transport projects and research and development programmes.
The commission says the move will allow businesses and individuals to create an EU-wide identity on the internet.
The European Commission hopes that the changes to OHIM will promote innovation throughout the EU by reducing administrative costs and protecting small businesses.
The free-trade agreement provides a level playing field for businesses in both Korea and the EU and, in a nutshell, is apparently a two-way street, not one way.
One of its chief concerns is to ease the regulatory burden on small businesses, especially the Working Time Directive and other EU labour and welfare legislation.
Mr Miliband stressed the importance of being part of the single market for British businesses, which do 60% of their trade with EU members.
The so-called Eurosceptics want to see certain powers repatriated from the EU to Britain and a reduction in legislation they say holds back businesses.
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But enthusiasm for the election is at best lukewarm, he says, as joining the EU is not guaranteed to make matters better and may expose local businesses to increased competition.
It is likely the reaction this time will be the same -- compensation will rise, but banks in the mid-to-long term won't need to have to pay big basic salaries and slowly businesses that don't need to be in the EU will cease to be.
The so-called Eurosceptics want to see Britain get some powers back from the EU, as well as a reduction in legislation they say holds back businesses.
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The long-awaited speech was met with approval by those in his party who want to see Britain get some powers back from the EU, as well as a reduction in legislation they say holds back businesses.
The money we pay into the EU budget in the first place could be better used to directly support Welsh businesses.
The UK is pushing businesses to be ready for this, reports BBC News, as a new EU privacy directive is supposed to be going into effect come May 25.
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Whatever vagaries of the adoption and enforcement process may still lay ahead, the very fact that the EU is so seriously considering such a regimen should send a clear and disturbing message to businesses that do business globally.
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The discussions occur at a time when the EU is pursuing official probes into Samsung and Google's Motorola unit to assess whether the two businesses have abused some of their patents in order to "distort competition".
The .eu domain name, due to be officially registered later this year, is likely to appeal to businesses which want a pan-European presence as well as being taken up both small traders and large corporations which already have a web presence, in a process known as defensive registration.
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