Confartigianato Imprese

Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to more than 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 companies.

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Confartigianato Imprese is Italy’s most representative organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to more than 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 enterprises.

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation for craft businesses and micro and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1,206 offices and 10,700 employees, offering various types of services to over 1.5 million artisans and small entrepreneurs and almost…

Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 businesses.

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 businesses.

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it counts 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1,206 offices and 10,700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million artisans and small business owners and almost 700.000 enterprises.

Confartigianato Imprese believes that a reduction in food waste and surpluses is of primary importance both for reasons related to the improvement of environmental sustainability and for what concerns the reduction of production costs faced by companies, those of micro, small and medium size.

Confartigianato Imprese, the most representing social partner for micro and SMEs in Italy, welcomes the publication of the revision proposal of the CPR, which is expected to establish a stable regulatory framework to enable the sector to contribute to the efforts toward green and digital transition. However, it should be ensured that the twin transition aims at simplification, instead of creating additional burdens.

Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 businesses.

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On the part of the producers of ceramic products intended for contact with food, the current level of management and control of health and safety information is considered more than adequate, as it is guaranteed - compared to the past - greater and better transparency between the producer and the final consumer.

Confartigianato Imprese believes that, as concerns weights and dimensions of heavy vehicles, it is extremely important to improve the standardization and harmonization of the rules in each EU Member State to further strengthen the whole transport apparatus. We are aware that reducing market fragmentation caused using oversized and overloaded vehicles is an objective to be achieved in the short term.

Confartigianato Imprese, the largest Italian network that represents Crafts and SMEs and delivers services to entrepreneurs, believes that the revision of the EU F-Gas Regulation must take into consideration two fundamental concepts: - exclusion of combustible gases from refrigerant gases as future alternative for F-Gas (for safety reasons); - obligation for producers and importers to track units (e.g.

Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it counts 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1,206 offices and 10,700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million artists and small business owners and more 700.000 enterprises.

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Confartigianato Imprese welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to establish a law on cyber resilience in order to avoid fragmentation of the single market by creating a clear and well-defined regulatory framework by prescribing specific cybersecurity requirements, such as the whole life cycle of a product.

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation for craft businesses and micro and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1,206 offices and 10,700 employees, offering various types of services to over 1.5 million artisans and small entrepreneurs and almost…

Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 businesses.

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Confartigianato Imprese welcomes the European Commission's commitment to combat late payment. In fact, the Confederation has always insisted on the need to remedy the age-old problem of late payments in commercial transactions, so that ethics and fairness can be re-established in economic relations between companies, as well as between them and the Public Administration.

Confartigianato Imprese ha da sempre evidenziato limportanza di risolvere il problema dei ritardi di pagamento. Sul piano dei rapporti B2B, non siamo in linea di principio contrari alla fissazione consensuale del termine.

While agreeing with the main objective of this initiative, it is appropriate to underline some aspects of the proposal that could cause negative externalities to the system of micro and small enterprises operating in this sector. Firstly, to achieve the objectives, set by the initiative, and by European climate law, it will be crucial to provide direct incentives to companies operating in the sectors concerned.

Confartigianato Imprese welcomes the future revision of the Regulation for the labeling of textile products as it believes it is essential to guarantee consumers correct and complete access to all relevant information regarding the origin and sustainability of textile products.

Confartigianato Imprese is the largest association representing micro, small and craft enterprises in Italy (around 700.000 micro and SMEs). Confartigianato Imprese represents, through the national trade association for road haulage and logistics, ‘Confartigianato Trasporti’, around 20.000 undertakings operating in road transport.

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The initiative to simplify the methods of business identification in the different Member States and to reduce the technical, legal and administrative difficulties faced by SMEs is welcome. These difficulties are linked not only to the need to deal with the tax administrations of individual Member States and the lack of language knowledge, but also to the complexity of the registration rules underlying their…

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it has 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1.206 offices and 10.700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million craftsmen and small entrepreneurs and almost 700.000 businesses.

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The passenger transport sector is going through a period of very heavy crisis and difficulty as a result of the pandemic and of national measures which have blocked the mobility of people and tourist flows, thus completely eliminating demand.

The products that most often embody traditional artisanal products, more than anything else, are the result of knowledge and history that are inextricably linked to the production areas. Their production and aesthetic characteristics cannot therefore be independent of the place where they were produced and are strongly affected by the specific characteristics of those areas.

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation for craft businesses and micro and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it counts 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1,206 offices and 10,700 employees, offering various types of services to over 1.5 million artisans and small entrepreneurs and almost…

Confartigianato Imprese considers it essential to ensure adequate levels of safety and health in the workplace. For this reason, all the European Commission’s actions to update the EU legislation currently in force are supported.

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CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CURRENT STATE The results of the mapping exercise were mixed, not least as a result of the ease with which it is possible to investigate the presence of asbestos in buildings (mainly in the elements of cover, coatings of technological installations and insulation systems).

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Confartigianato Imprese is the most representative Italian organisation of crafts and micro and SMEs and one of the most important social partners in Italy. At national level, it counts 104 local associations, 21 regional federations, 1,206 offices and 10,700 employees, offering different types of services to over 1.5 million artisans and small business owners and almost 700.000 enterprises.

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As Confartigianato Imprese, we welcome the identification of standard contractual clauses included in the proposal of EC Decision. These clauses are needed because they contribute to define the right relationship between the controller and the processor. This kind of relationship, especially when the contractual power is unequal between parties, can be strongly disadvantageous for the weaker part.