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The European Commission puts industry at the heart of its priorities
26/04/2004
on April 26, 2004
After the relaunch of the debate on the role of industrial policy in December 2002, the European Commission, in a communication adopted a few days ago, outlined the contours of an industrial policy for an enlarged European Union. This responds to the concern expressed by the European Council, as well as to the concern about the risk of deindustrialisation and about the way in which we can anticipate and address the structural change in European industry.
The Commission calls for action in three areas: improving the regulatory environment of businesses, including measures to avoid over-regulation at community or national level, a greater mobilization of all the EU's policy to foster competitivenessin particular acting in areas such as research, training, standards of competence and regional aid, and work in specific sectors to develop policy responses that meet the specific needs, from rising in the value chain, anticipate a structural transformations and accompany them.
Action in these areas will take place in the context of the new financial perspective up to 2013, making special emphasis on competitiveness. Finally, this communication offers also a starting point, because their analysis and recommendations will be important for the ongoing revision of the Lisbon strategy and for the work of the Group of high-level dedicated to such a strategythat he chaired by Wim Kok.
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