predatory market entry

job access [ access to the labour market | employment opportunity | job market | job perspective ]

commitment on market access

market access strategy

market access [ trade outlet ]

assist in gaining access to job market | facilitating job market access | enable job market access | facilitate job market access

the Commission: has established Market Access Teams in key export markets bringing together Member States’ trade councillors and EU business organisations, which will help to improve SMEs’ information on trade barriers markets outside the EU will actively seek the opening up of third countries markets, in particular in developed and advanced developing economies, through WTO negotiations and bilateral agreements will in particular seek the opening up of non-EU countries’ procurement markets, which should lead to mutual and reciprocal benefits, through its bilateral and multilateral negotiations (WTO Government Procurement Agreement), in ...[+++]particular with fast-growing countries will promote trade facilitation both in the context of the WTO and in bilateral negotiations will continue to facilitate EU SMEs’ access to the markets of candidate and other neighbourhood countries, in particular through the Enterprise Europe Network and by promoting the “Think Small First” principle in these countries, including through exchanges of good practice based on the European Charter for Small Enterprises and the SBA intends to establish European Business Centres in 2009 in selected markets, starting with the fast-growing economies of India and China intends to launch a ‘Gateway to China’ scheme, focusing on establishing an Executive Training Programme in China to enable European SMEs to be more competitive in the Chinese market by 2010. the Member States are invited to: encourage coaching of SMEs by large companies in order to bring them to international markets.

In parallel, SMEs benefit from actions undertaken in the context of the Market Access Strategy, such as the Market Access Database or the work of over 30 Market Access Teams in key export markets who bring together the local expertise of representatives of EU delegations, Member States’ embassies and EU business with the aim of improving European companies’ access to these markets[39].

Developing innovative approaches to prevent labour market discrimination Involving social partners in the elaboration and implementation of integration measures Informing employers and educational institutions about certificates for introduction courses to promote access to the labour market or training opportunities Exploring additional ways of recognising newcomers’ qualifications, training and/or professional experience, building upon existing laws Suppo ...[+++]rting training capacities of small companies, business organisations and trade unions in sectors of the economy employing many migrants Promoting employment for immigrant women, i.a. by ensuring that restrictions in labour market access are minimised and do not hamper integration, when transposing the Directive on the right to family reunification[8] Encouraging the recruitment of migrants through awareness-raising, economic incentives and other measures targeted at employers Supporting migrant entrepreneurship, e.g. through facilitated access to banking and credit services | Monitoring the impact of National Reform Programmes on labour market integration of immigrants Encouraging Member States to develop labour market integration policies Monitoring the application of the Directives concerning discrimination in employment and on third-country nationals who are long-term residents[9] |

Is concerned by the fact that foreign businesses face difficulties in accessing Chinese public procurement, which stands in contrast to the fact that access to European public procurement is guaranteed; is concerned by the possibly unfair terms of competition that apply whereby, in particular, disguised state aid allows Chinese businesses to make markedly better offers than their European competitors; welcomes the revision – and broadened scope – of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) that was agreed on during the last WTO Ministerial Conference on 15 December 2011, and the commitments made by China on that ...[+++]occasion, even though they are still insufficient; encourages, therefore, China to offer to join the agreement on terms comparable with those of other parties to the Agreement, in line with its commitment in its protocol on accession to the WTO; calls on the Commission rapidly to develop, if possible in 2012, a European instrument to ensure reciprocity as regards openness in public procurement markets; considers that it is also crucial to reinforce instruments aimed at encouraging, coordinating and supporting market access for European SMEs on priority markets such as China;