Brussels,

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​THE ULTIMATE GUIDE 2023-2024

In these pages you will find everything you need to open your company, to expand it, to merge with other companies or if you want to boost your business.

We provide you with all the information on EU funds (European grants and loans) , European tenders rulesand how to participate. You will learn about tax regulations in the Member States, product rules, intellectual and product protection and staff policies.
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​Open or expand your Company in Europe

  • Open a Start-up in Europe
  • Setting-up an european company
  • Intellectual Property
  • Mergers with Foreign Companies
  • Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
  • EMAS Registration
  • Data storing

Finance & Funding

  • Accounting
  • Making & receive payments
  • Getting EU Funding

Taxation in EU

  • VAT - Rules & Rates
  • Cross border VAT
  • Check a VAT number
  • Excise duties​
  • Parent Co. & their Subsidiaries
  • VAT refund
  • Company tax
  • VAT for Digital Services

Selling your product/service

  • Selling products in the EU
  • Providing services abroad
  • E-commerce, distance and off-premises selling
  • Package travel and linked travel arrangements​
  • Parcel services
  • Payments & Contracts with customers
  • Competition Rules
  • Consumer Guarantees & Defective Products
  • Resolving Disputes
  • Reporting anti-competitive behaviour

Supporting SMEs

  • Enterprise Europe Network
  • EU microfinance support
  • EISMEA: EU Agency
  • Expanding outside the EU
  • Access to finance for SMEs
  • SME Associations

Staff Policy

  • Employment Contracts
  • Working hours
  • Posting abroad
  • Redundancies
  • Social security
  • Health and safety
  • Equal treatment
  • Parental leave

Business Registers

  • VAT Validation - VIES
  • Bankruptcy, Insolvency registers
  • insolvent debtors
  • Land Registers
  • National Business Registers
  • BORIS (Beneficial Ownership Registers)
  • Business Registers

Product requirements

  • Standards in Europe
  • European standards
  • CE marking
  • CE mark in Europe
  • Mutual recognition principle
  • Mutual recognition regulations
  • Eco-design

Dealing with Customers

  • Contracts & guarantees
  • Disputes with customers
  • Rules for Data protection​

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For C-levels or experienced General Managers with years in business management and with at least 5 years in general management
The EU Advanced Management Program is a comprehensive general management course program designed to help C-Suite leaders build exceptional levels of strategic, high-performance and self-conscious leadership skills.

​The new opportunities offered by the EU for old and new businesses that want to grow in post-Coronavirus Europe will be explained, illustrating how to be part of the European Rescue Plan and the new tools that will be developed.​

Upcoming Sessions
Start
September 2023

​Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
Start
October 2023

Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
Start
November 2023

Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
For senior functional directors or new general managers with 3 years of experience in internal management or leaders of their own business.​
Transition to EU General Management is about the preparation to higher managerial functions, suitable for those who want to open new  activities or to improve them in a post-Coronavirus European environment, even within a Corporations.

Gaps in knowledge of the EU's business environment will be filled to accelerate your projects. More in-depth sessions will be proposed to  the participants in the next future, or on request.
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Upcoming Sessions
Start
September 2023

Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
Start
October 2023
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Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
Start
November 2023
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Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
For individual contributors who aspire to – or have recently gained – management responsibilities
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The EU Management Acceleration Program improves your ability to manage competently and lead with purpose in a new European environment. Start with the new and relevant EU perspectives and skills to work effectively across functions and cultures, expand your business expertise and strengthen your knowledge and skills.
​The EU is opening new opportunities for revitalizing the European economy and this is the first opportunity to become involved.
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Upcoming Sessions
Start
September 2023

Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
Start
October 2023
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Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels
Start
November 2023
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Length
2 days (16 hours)

Locations
Brussels