A saving of 7 billion euros for SMEs | Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

A saving of 7 billion euros for SMEs | Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

(...) The first legislative success for the Belgian Presidency: Jean-Claude Marcourt, in his capacity as President of the European Competitiveness Council for industry, welcomed the fact that the Belgian Presidency has today been given a mandate by the Council to reach an agreement with the European Parliament on a flagship directive for the Small Business Act, that is to say, a directive on combating late payment in commercial transactions.(...)