Translation of "Union des chambres de commerce rhénanes " (French → English) :

Union ouest-européenne des chambres de commerce et d'industrie des régions rhénane, rhodanienne et danubienne [ Rhine Union of Chambers of Commerce ]

Notes for an address by the Honourable Sergio Marchi, Minister for International Trade, to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto

Union of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry

General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries [ GUCCIAAC | Union Arab Chambers ]

Submissions were received from the applicant, the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products, two Union importers/producers and their related Chinese producer and two associations of Union distributors.

69. Stresses the need to improve the competitiveness of European companies on the world market; notes the importance of an EU trade strategy; calls on the Commission, in the light of increased competition from the EU’s trade partners, to reorganise its trade policy to ensure that the Union’s trade and competition policy is compatible with the objectives of European industrial policy and that it does not jeopardise the innovative and competitive potential of European companies; calls on the Commission, together with the VP / HR, to ...[+++]develop a strategy for the inclusion of SME desks at EU missions; notes that these SME desks should take into account the work of chambers of commerce and should integrate lessons learned from the European business centres; calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their cooperation in support of European companies on external markets; calls on them to give priority in particular to instruments to assist SMEs and to centralise information for SMEs by setting up one-stop shops throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to make the improved competitiveness test part of the assessments of the impact of trade agreements and of their cumulative impact;

100.Stresses that RISE is an opportunity for stable employment with good jobs and decent pay; emphasises the indispensable partnership with stakeholders, especially social partners, chambers and youth organisations, in the context of integrating the young into the workforce; calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify social dialogue also within branches of industry and firms; believes that the involvement of social partners at the earliest possible stage in any legislative procedure would be of great benefit; calls also on the Commission to promote the role of the social partners at its level, taking due account of th ...[+++]e differences between the various national systems; calls on the social partners to engage in a dialogue at EU level wherever possible;

Stresses the importance of business-to-business cooperation, and the setting up of partnerships between Chinese universities and EU companies, in order to enhance innovation in China; calls on the advantages offered by the EU Market Access Database which contains information for EU businesses on market access conditions, such as import tariffs, product requirements, trade barriers, formalities and documents and statistics; welcomes the activity of the European Chamber of Commerce in China;