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SME & Competitiveness Checks

INITIATIVEA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → Implementation, Simplification & Better RegulationOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary →

This page tracks a single EU policy initiativeA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → — a regulatory file in the Commission's pipeline. Below you'll find its current status, linked source documents, parent strategies, and sibling files in the same policy priorityOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary → .

Will be mandatory for proposals with business impacts, combining a reinforced SME test with a sector-focused competitiveness lens. The check assesses four dimensions (i.e. cost/price effects, international competitiveness, innovation capacity, and specific SME impacts) and examines cumulative burdens across value chains. Findings will shape mitigation (e.g. lighter regimes, phased timing, digital-by-default delivery) and be transparently presented in impact assessments, with stronger analysis of indirect effects on SMEs. Fitness checks will also report on efficiency for SMEs. Results feed progress reports and a stress-test of the acquis, ensuring no new Single Market barriers and aligning rules with Europe’s overall growth agenda.

Status

Announced on 11 February 2025.

External references

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Associated strategies (1)

Siblings under Implementation and Simplification(12)

Siblings in Implementation, Simplification & Better Regulation(6)