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"Mr President, we all surely agree on the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the economic development of Member States, and thus the stability of the entire EU. I very much applaud the approach of reducing and simplifying the bureaucratic burden on small businesses. I know from owners of small businesses that this approach is viewed very positively.
On the other hand, we must not forget the other regulatory standards adopted by the European Parliament. These have a very heavy impact on SMEs. The regulations for restaurants, excessive mandatory product labelling and so on not only increase costs, but also undermine the competitiveness of small businesses. It is an enormous burden for them just to keep up with the changes to European legislation. The obligations relating to employees are also a major problem. The effort to maximise protection of employees often increases the unwillingness to employ workers in compliance with all the rules based on the legislation. When adopting regulating standards, we should therefore always think very carefully about the impact on small businesses."@en1
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