European Commission
Enterprise and Industry Directorate General
Measures to improve start-up procedures in the Lisbon National Progress Reports
Kirsi Ekroth-Manssila
Deputy Head of Unit European Commission Enterprise Directorate-General Workshop on business start-up procedures Brussels, 13 November 2006
Member States reporting on start-ups • • One-stop-shops: 15 Member States Start-up times and cost: 14 Member States National Progress Reports of Czech Republic and Sweden not yet available.
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One-stop-shops • Already in place: DE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, AT, SI • Improvements planned: EL, ES, IT, SI • Under preparation: EE, CY, HU, MT, PL, SK
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Start-up times and cost
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Reporting on existing situation: FR, IE, AT, SI, UK Improvements planned: DE, EE, EL, ES, IT, CY, HU, NL, PL, SI
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Start-up times and cost - targets • • • • • • EE: IT: CY: HU: PL: SI: 7 days in 2008; ultimately 2 hrs 7 days 1 week in 2007 1 week in 2007 3 (natural persons) and 7 days (legal persons) in 2008 7 days by 2008
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