# Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and repealing Decision 2006/57/EC (2008/212/EC), Division Chapter 20: Enterprise and industrial policy

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Define and implement an industrial strategy conducive to growth and innovation.
Introduce systematic assessment of the impact of new regulations on enterprises.
Strengthen resources of the SME department and the SME agency and ensure implementation of SME strategy and Action Plan and the European Charter for Small Enterprises.
Continue work on regulatory simplification, ‘regulatory guillotine’ and reduction of bureaucratic barriers to doing business; introduce regulatory impact assessments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/212/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/4/chapter/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-212/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-4/chapter-17
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