European Parliament 28 March 2012, Written question E-003344/12 Daniel Hannan (ECR) to the Commission. Compulsory ‘SME test’ remains unused by EU Commission in 50 % of cases

Question for written answer E-003344/12 to the Commission Daniel Hannan (ECR) (28 March 2012) Subject: Compulsory ‘SME test’ remains unused by EU Commission in 50 % of cases The Commission wrote in February 2011 (16) that it would endeavour to further strengthen the application of the ‘SME test’ in its impact assessment procedure to ensure that impacts on SMEs are thoroughly analysed and taken