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Response to Commission Consultation on the review of the SME definition
Positions & consultation responses
This response to this Commission Inception Impact Assessment welcomes the Commission consideration to revise the SME definition and suggests this revision should make clear that firms backed by private equity and venture capital investors do not, solely by virtue of that ownership form, fall outside the definition of an SME.
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Statement on the 28th regime
Positions & consultation responses
19 Jan 2026
Response to the European Commission Consultation on the Rescue and Restructuring Guidelines
Positions & consultation responses
13 Nov 2025
Response to the European Commission Consultation on the 28th regime
Positions & consultation responses
29 Sep 2025
Response to the European Commission Consultation on the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
Positions & consultation responses
29 Sep 2025
Response to the European Commission Consultation on the EU life sciences strategy
Positions & consultation responses
16 Apr 2025
Position Paper on Investment Omnibus proposal
Positions & consultation responses
18 Mar 2025
Position on the Scope of the Leaked 28th Regime Corporate Legal Framework (EU Inc.)
Positions & consultation responses
17 Mar 2026
Response to the European Commission Consultation on the European Innovation Act (EIA)
Positions & consultation responses
29 Sep 2025
Response to the Commission’s targeted survey on simplifying the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
Positions & consultation responses
02 Jul 2026
Position on the draft 2027-2034 General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)
Positions & consultation responses
17 Apr 2026
Position on the European Biotech Act I
Positions & consultation responses
29 Apr 2026
Response to European Commission Consultation on EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy
Positions & consultation responses
03 Mar 2025
Response to Capital Markets Union Mid-Term Consultation
Positions & consultation responses
17 Mar 2017
Response to European Commission Call for Evidence on EU Regulatory Framework for Financial Services
Positions & consultation responses
31 Jan 2016
EVCA-PAE Response to Green Paper on Capital Markets Union
Positions & consultation responses
13 May 2015
EC Green Paper on Capital Markets Union
Positions & consultation responses
18 Feb 2015
The European definitions of innovative enterprises, startups and scaleups: a major achievement for PE/VC backed companies and their investors
Opinion
26 Mar 2026
Statement: A major step forward for equity-backed scale-ups
Press releases
22 May 2025
Response to the European Commission Consultation on the Draft Merger Guidelines
Positions & consultation responses
26 Jun 2026
Response to the European Commission Calls for Evidence on the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and sustainability reporting standard for voluntary use
Positions & consultation responses
01 Jun 2026
Position on the 28th Regime Corporate Legal Framework (EU Inc.)
Positions & consultation responses
15 May 2026
Response to AMLA Public Consultation on the draft RTS on Customer Due Diligence under Article 28(1) AMLR
Positions & consultation responses
11 May 2026
Response to EIOPA Consultation on Private Equity and Insurance
Positions & consultation responses
20 Apr 2026
Response to European Commission Consultation on the Competitiveness of Banking
Positions & consultation responses
20 Apr 2026