Practical guide to doing business in Europe

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Home
Running a business
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
Developing a business
Setting up a European Company (SE)
Merging businesses
EMAS registration
Using, storing and transferring data
Start-Ups
Starting a business
Erasmus for young entrepreneurs
Taxation
Excise duties
Products subject to excise duties
Paying 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
Search and bid for a public contract
Request a review of a public procurement procedure
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
Competition rules in the EU
Reporting anti-competitive behaviour
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
Working hours
Parental leave
Transport sector workers
Road transportation workers
Civil aviation staff
Rail staff
Seafarers and inland waterway staff
Posted workers
Posting staff abroad
Social security and health
Social security
Health and safety at work
Equal treatment and qualifications
Equal treatment and free movement
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 labels
EU Ecolabel
Footwear Label
Textile Label
WEEE label
Chemicals
Registering chemicals (REACH)
Classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals
Recycling and waste management
WEEE waste responsibilities
Finance and funding
Accounting
Accounting for SMEs and micro-businesses
Making and receiving payments
Late payment
Electronic and cash payments
Cross-border debt recovery
Getting funding
EU funding programmes
Access to finance
Dealing with customers
Consumer contracts and guarantees
Consumer guarantees
Defective products
Contracts with consumers
Solving disputes with customers
Alternative/Online dispute resolution
European Small Claims procedure
Data protection
Data protection under GDPR
Online privacy