Links

Website in the spotlights

• On-line consultation of annual accounts: from now on, you can freely consult online with an application of the National Bank of Belgium the annual accounts or consolidated annual accounts filed in the last five calendar years and the current calendar year.

Entrepreneurship

• europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/enterprise_policy/analysis/observatory.htm - website of the Observatory of European SMEs
• www.kbs-frb.be - King Baudouin Foundation
• www.corporategovernancecommittee.be - website of the Corporate Governance Committee. Here you find the 2009 Belgian Code on Corporate Governance, the single reference Code for listed Belgian companies and the Committee’s initiatives.

SMEs

• www.cefip.be - website of the Belgian Knowledge Centre for SME (BeCeFi) financing sets up a network of expertise and optimizes the access to information on SME financing
• www.fedict.be - website of the Federal Public Service for ICT, with a key section on developments in e-government at federal level)
• www.abb-bvb.be - website of the Belgian Bankers' Association – BVB/ABB)
• www.rsvz-inasti.fgov.be - website of the National Social Security Institute for Self-employed Workers – RSVZ/INASTI)

LABOUR & SOCIAL SECURITY

• www.cnt-nar.be - Website of the National Labour Council, an advisory body where national employers' organisations (including FEB) and employees' organisations consult each other on social issues.
• www.meta.fgov.be Website of the Federal Public Service Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue
• www.statbel.fgov.be Portal site of the National Institute of Statistics; home to all manner of statistical information

Tax

• www.minfin.fgov.be or www.fiscus.fgov.be - Federal Public Service Finance
• http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/index_en.htm - website of the European Commission's Taxation and Customs Union Directorate-General
• www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37427_1_1_1_1_37427,00.html - OECD (Taxation)

Business law

• www.euronext.com - Euronext is a pan-European stock exchange created by merging the markets for stocks and derivatives in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.
• www.mineco.fgov.be - website of the Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy

Energy & environment

• www.valipac.be - The officially accredited body responsible for processing and managing packaging waste generated by businesses.
• www.fostplus.be - The officially accredited body responsible for processing and managing household packaging waste
• www.ibebvi.be - BPI: Belgian Packaging Institute Promotes the rational use of packaging and advises the government and industry on legislation, information and education. The BPI also carries out laboratory research via a separate organisation.

Telecoms & transport

• www.europa.eu.int/pol/infso/index_en.htm - the European Commission's Information Society Directorate-General)
• www.bipt.be/bipt_E.htm - website of the Belgian regulatory body for postal services and telecommunication)
• www.europa.eu.int/pol/trans/index_en.htm - the European Commission's Transport Directorate-General)

Europe

• europa.eu.int/eures - EURES, the European Job Mobility Portal is the easy way to find information on jobs and learning opportunities in Europe.
• europa.eu.int - the renewed gateway to the European Union
• www.eu2006.at - website of the European Presidency. The presidency changes every six months. It is currently held by Austria.
• europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm - website of the European Commission, the European institution where every piece of European legislation begins.
• europa.eu.int/press_room - the European Commission's press room
• ue.eu.int - website of the Council of the European Union. The site where you can find the agendas and decisions of the Council of Heads of State and Government and of other Councils.
• ue.eu.int/showPage.asp?lang=en&id=221&mode=g&name - the Council's press office
• www.europarl.eu.int - website of the European Parliament. Here you will find everything about the operation and composition of the European Parliament.
• www.europarl.eu.int/press/index_en.htm - the European Parliament's press service
• europa.eu.int/prelex/apcnet.cfm?CL=en - Website of Prelex, the European Union's service for monitoring the status and progress of legislative initiatives.
• www.esc.eu.int - Website of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The EESC is the official advisory body of the European Union. FEB has a representation in the EESC.
• curia.eu.int - Website of the European court of Justice. The Court of Justice oversees compliance with and enforcement of the founding treaties of the European Communities and the rules set out by the authorised Community institutions.
• www.businesseurope.eu - Website of the European employers' organisation (FEB is a member).
• www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/calls_en.cfm - Website with current and future opportunities to apply for European support for R&D initiatives under the Sixth Framework Programme

International business

• www.europa.eu.int/pol/comm/index_en.htm - the European Commission's External Trade Directorate-General)
• www.diplomatie.be/en/default.asp - Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation)

Macroeconomics

• www.nbb.be - Site of the National Bank of Belgium
• statbel.fgov.be/ - National Institute of Statistics
• europa.eu.int/newcronos/Contingency.htm - Eurostat site, statistics
• www.ecb.int - site of the European Central Bank
• www.europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/index_en.htm - Site of the Economic and Financial Affairs Directorate-General at the European Commission
• mineco.fgov.be - Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy