Practical guide to doing business in Europe Running a business Developing a business EMAS registration Merging businesses Setting up a European Company (SE) Free flow of non-personal data Investments in another EU country Digitalising a business Setting up a business website Selling online using third-party platforms Setting up an online shop Securing a website Deliveries and fulfilment for online sales Customer service for online businesses Promoting a business online Intellectual property Intellectual property rights Patents Trade marks Copyright Trade secrets Design protection Website domains Database protection Geographical indications Licensing and selling intellectual property Infringement of intellectual property rights Startups Starting a business Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs EU support tools for SMEs Taxation Excise duties Paying excise duties Products subject to excise duties VAT VAT rules and rates Charging and deducting VAT VAT exemptions VAT refunds Cross-border VAT Check a VAT number (VIES) VAT on digital services (MOSS scheme) Business tax Company tax in the EU Taxes on parent companies and subsidiaries Selling in the EU Public contracts Public tendering rules Request a review of a public procurement procedure Search and bid for a public contract Selling goods and services Selling products in the EU Providing services abroad E-commerce, distance and off-premises selling Package travel and linked travel arrangements Parcel services Competition between businesses Reporting anti-competitive behaviour Competition rules in the EU Human resources Employment contracts Terms of employment Changes to staff contracts Inform and consult staff Fixed-term work Part-time work Temporary agency work Redundancies Teenage workers Working hours, holiday and leave Parental leave Working hours Transport sector workers Employing road transport workers: driving time and rest periods Civil aviation staff Rail staff Seafarers and inland waterway staff Posted workers Posting staff abroad Posted drivers Social security and health Social security Health and safety at work Equal treatment and qualifications Equal treatment of staff Reasonable accommodation Recognition of qualifications Product requirements Standards Standards in Europe Product compliance Identifying product requirements Conformity assessment Technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity Ecodesign requirements Declaration of mutual recognition Labels and markings CE marking Energy label WEEE label Footwear Label Textile Label ℮-mark EU Ecolabel Chemicals Classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals Registering chemicals (REACH) Recycling and waste management WEEE responsibilities Food labelling Food labelling rules Nutrition declaration Labelling of food supplements Food additives Health and nutrition claims Finance and funding Accounting Accounting for SMEs and micro-businesses Getting funding Access to finance EU funding programmes Making and receiving payments Cross-border debt recovery Electronic and cash payments Late payment Dealing with customers Consumer contracts and guarantees Consumer guarantees Defective products Contracts with consumers Data protection Data protection under GDPR Online privacy Solving disputes with customers European Small Claims procedure Alternative/Online dispute resolution