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ARTICLE — 10 juni 2021

Future Electricity Supply in Sweden

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise has initiated the project Future Electricity Supply in Sweden where a wide range of areas concerning the electricity supply are being analyzed in order to provid epolicy recommendations that will ensure the transition into a fossil free economy with maintained prosperity.

ARTICLE — 9 juni 2021

Swedish Enterprise on the revision of REACH

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise welcomes a Chemical strategy for sustainability and a revision of REACH that both simplifies the legislation and makes it more efficient. This combined with a strong and coordinated enforcement across the union will protect consumers, environment and ensures a level playing field and competitiveness for business.

ARTICLE — 7 juni 2021

The European Commission should implement the Digital Markets Act

In December 2020, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new regulation – the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The purpose of the regulation is to harmonize rules in the digital market to promote innovation and competition.

ARTICLE — 28 maj 2021

Position Paper on the proposal to regulate digital services through the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act

The 27th of May, ministers from the EU Member States met in the Competitiveness Council (Single Market and Industry) to discuss the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for the first time. These are two wide-ranging items of legislation, which are proposed to apply to a number of services we all use; they are expected to have a huge impact once they come into force.

ARTICLE — 28 maj 2021

Global green issues in focus at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise’s Future Meeting

While the world tackles the climate crisis, other countries should learn from the Swedish example. That was the message from US climate envoy John Kerry and Executive Vice-President Margarete Vestager at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise’s Future Meeting, which largely focused on EU and international issues.

ARTICLE — 26 maj 2021

EU Commission’s ”Business Taxation for the 21st Century” is anything but forward-looking

Given its grandiose title - ”Business Taxation for the 21st Century” - the European Commission’s initiative is disappointing. What Europe really needs are competitive rules that promote new investments, new jobs and economic growth. This will not be achieved by imposing additional burdens on those who are genuinely guaranteeing our welfare, namely our businesses.

ARTICLE — 25 maj 2021

The EU’s updated industrial strategy - a review

On 5 May 2021, the European Commission presented its updated industrial strategy, which will pave the way for European business policy in the coming years. In this article, we analyse the proposals in depth, and comment on the various parts of the strategy, which span a large number of issues.

ARTICLE — 25 maj 2021

Swedish Enterprise’s overall comments on the taxonomy and the delegated act for climate

Sustainable growth is essential for achieving the green transition. But much more needs to be done to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and the EU’s Green Deal and move to a climate-neutral society.

ARTICLE — 21 maj 2021

EU should introduce new rules against foreign subsidies

Companies operating in the single market should do so on a level playing field, allowed to compete on their own terms and on the basis of a market economy.

ARTICLE — 20 maj 2021

Data transfer urge certainty

Confusion over international data transfers following the Schrems II ruling is threatening to hamper trade, innovation, and competitiveness. This situation must come to an end if companies are to recover from the pandemic, and if Europe is serious about investing in technological capacity and competitiveness.

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