What Maastricht Means for Business; Opportunities and Regulations in the EC Internal Market

Part I The New Union 1 The European Union 2 Citizenship and Free Movement 3 Uniformity of Law 4 Economic and Monetary Union Part II The Opportunities 5 The Public Procurement Market 6 Public Works 7 Public Supplies 8 The EC Market for Services 9 EC Grants 10 Opportunities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 11 Selling to the Multinational Corporations 12 Training Opportunities 13 Investing in Europe Part III The Tighter Regulations 14 European Standardization 15 Products Needing Standards 16 Product Liability and Consumer Protection 17 ISO 9000 18 the Health and Safety Regulations 19 Environmental Management Standards 20 Packaging and the Environment 21 General Legal Liability Part IV Infrastructure 22 Trans-European Networks and Information Databases 23 The Electronic Marketplace 24 Testing and Certification 25 Other Supports Available to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 26 Banking Facilities Appendix 1 Sample Life-of-programme Agreement Appendix 2 Customs, Excise and VAT Appendix 3 Other EC Programmes