Publication Archive

 

 

This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years:

cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues

cepPolicyBrief: Concise reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including an executive summary

cepInput: Impulse to current challenges of EU policies

cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy

 

 

2024

Over the past few weeks, violent protests by farmers have shaken Europe. At a time when the sector has been hard hit by the war in Ukraine, with rising fuel and fertilizer prices and increased imports of Ukrainian agri-food products into Europe, European farmers are taking action against regulatory constraints and low incomes.

2023

European family businesses suffer because of the consequences of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It causes unnecessary costs and creates confusion because the same rules do not apply everywhere in the EU. This is the result of an empirical study conducted by the Centres for European Policy Network (cep) and Prognos AG on behalf of the Stiftung Familienunternehmen.

 

2023

Various crises increasingly lead to shortages in the supply of relevant goods and services. The Commission wants to counteract this with the so-called Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI). In future, state intervention is to ensure availability even in tense situations. The Centrum für Europäische Politik (cep) criticises the EU plan as being legally contestable in large parts.

2023

European family businesses are groaning under bureaucratic burdens that leads to inefficiencies - first, by the requirements of the European Union itself and second, by the impractical implementation and operation on the national level. Moreover, different rules in individual member states complicate the process.

 

2023

The EU is under pressure both geopolitically and in terms of its industrial policy, and is in danger of being left behind by the USA and China. Last week, therefore, the Commission presented three draft laws and a communication which aim to strengthen European sovereignty, competitiveness and resilience. The Centrum für Europäische Politik (cep) finds the proposals fragmented and overly bureaucratic.

2023

More rights in damage cases: The Commission has presented a recast of the Product Liability Directive. The directive dates back to 1985 and is to be adapted to digitalisation and the circular economy. In the future, software is to be considered as a product throughout the Union. The Centrum für Europäische Politik (cep) sees the rights of injured parties strengthened, but warns of legal uncertainties and vagueness when looking in the details.

2023

Employment contracts, pay slips, proof of medical examination: European family businesses are groaning under bureaucratic  burdens that leads to inefficiencies – first, by the requirements of the European Union itself and second, by the impractical  implementation and operation on the national level. Moreover, different rules in individual member states complicate the process. This can be seen in the posting of workers across national borders.

2023

European Family Businesses are groaning under the strain of bureaucracy of the European Union, which is full of inconsistencies – on the one hand, because of the requirements of the EU itself and on the other hand, because of its impracticable, domestic implementation. This is visible in the so-called A1 Certificate. The Centres for European Policy Network (cep), the Prognos AG Berlin and the Centre for Industrial Studies Milano issued this study for the Foundation for Family Businesses.

2022

Well intended, not well done: The European Union wants to oblige companies to protect human rights and the environment in the EU and third countries - from raw materials to products and their disposal, throughout the entire value chain. The Centrum für Europäische Politik (cep) criticises the Commission's draft directive as too vague.