Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. Better environment for enterprises

On 7 November 2002, the Commission adopted a Communication on a Better environment for Enterprises to be presented to the Competitiveness Council of 26 November 2002. The Communication launches a new instrument in enterprise policy - quantitative targets. It contains a set of 70 national targets matching several business issues that Member States have committed themselves to achieve. By improving policy monitoring and facilitating policy discussion, such targets constitute commitments to the objective of the European Council of Lisbon, to make Europe the world's most dynamic knowledge-based economy by 2010. They are a first attempt to develop a comprehensive approach integrating benchmarking and policy objectives in the competitiveness area.