Eliana Garces Tolon
DG Enterprise and Industry
European Commission
6 May 2014

Exports to the rest of the world have been the main driver of industrial activity
External and internal EU trade

Priorities of our industrial policy
1.
Mainstream industrial competitiveness
2.
Mobilize financial resources at our disposal
3.
Provide more business friendly environment
4.
Ease access to production inputs (finance, skills, raw materials, energy)
5.
Maximise potential of EU's internal market
6.
Internationalise

DG ENTR
Industrial
Policy
Innovation
Policy
Promotion and support
SME Policy
Legal Base – Art 173 / Industrial
Competitiveness / Promoting co-ordination
COSME financing instruments, ESIF,
Horizon 2020.
Internal
Market /
Better
Regulation
Space and
Security
Galileo

Areas for co-operation
 Exchange of good practice in policy implementation
 Benchmarking, building upon established indexes and indicators
 Keep linking business and promoting access to global markets

Contact: eliana.garces-tolon@ec.europa.eu