Studies

2014

06/2014 – Study and Executive Summary – “Assessing the economic impacts of adapting certain limitations and exceptions to copyright and related rights in the EU – Analysis of specific policy options”

• Study
• Executive Summary

12/2014 – Study on the making available right and its relationship with the reproduction right in cross-border digital transmissions.

• Study

07/2014 – Study on the legal framework covering business-to-business unfair trading practices in the retail supply chain

• Study

05/2014 – SMEs access to public procurement markets and aggregation of demand in the EU

• Document

04/2014 – "Study on the legal framework of text and data mining" - March 2014

• Full study

04/2014 – Study "Economic Analysis of the Territoriality of the Making Available Right in the EU" - March 2014

• Full study

2013

12/2013 – Study on the application of Directive 2001/29/EC on copyright and related rights in the information society

• Full study

12/2013 – “Analysis of development in the field of direct investment and M&A” - November 2013 - by London Economics

• Part I, including summary
• Part II

10/2013 – Study on Cross-Border Merger Directive prepared by Bech-Bruun and Lexidale for the Commission

• Study

10/2013 – Study “Assessing the economic impacts of adapting certain limitations and exceptions to copyright and related rights in the EU”

• Full study(2 MB) English (en)

09/2013 – “Intellectual Property Rights intensive industries: Contribution to economic performance and employment in Europe” – 30 September 2013

• Study on IPR intensive industries(2 MB) English (en)

08/2013 – Main developments in the postal sector (2010–2013) – WIK Consult/Jim Campbell (August 2013)

• Final report
• Country reports

07/2013 – E-commerce and delivery - Study on the state of play of EU parcel markets with particular emphasis on e-commerce - Copenhagen Economics (July 2013)

• Final report
• Appendices

06/2013 – Study of Specialist Nurses in Europe

• Study

06/2013 – Study on e-Procurement Measurement and Benchmarking

• E-Procurement State of Play(2 MB) English (en)
• EU Country Profiles(2 MB) English (en)
• Performance Indicators(2 MB) English (en)

05/2013 – Evaluation of the Legal Framework for the Free Movement of Lawyers

• Final report
• Executive summary

04/2013 – External Study on Directors’ Duties and Liability (April 2013)

• Comparative analysis
• Country reports

03/2013 – e-Procurement Golden Book of Good Practice

• Final Report(12 MB) English (en)

2012

12/2012 – Study reviewing the functioning of the CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary)

• Final Report

12/2012 – Study on the principles used to calculate the net costs of the postal USO (Frontier Economics – December 2012)

• Final report

12/2012 – Study on the pricing behavior of postal operators and its effect on postal markets (Copenhagen Economics – December 2012)

• Final report

11/2012 – "Analysis of development in the field of direct investment and M&A" - November 2012 - by London Economics

• Part I, including summary
• Part II

04/2012 – Study on the functioning and usability of the Points of Single Contacts

• Studies and annexes

02/2012 – Providing the inventory of reserves of activities linked to professional qualifications in 13 EU Member States and assessing their economic impact

• Final Report (corrigendum 24.05.2012)
• Annexe
• Executive summary

01/2012 – Study on Trade Secrets and Parasitic Copying (Look-alikes)

• Report on Trade Secrets for the European Commission
  • Appendices

• Hogan Lovells Final Report on Parasitic Copying for the European Commission
  • Appendices

01/2012 – Study on the economic potential of cross-border pay-to-view audiovisual media services

TNS opinion, Plum, the futures company - Study prepared on behalf of the European Commission – January 2012

• Executive Summary
• Study

2011

12/2011 – Study on intra-community cross-border parcel delivery (FTI Consulting – December 2011)

• Final report

12/2011 – Study on Appropriate Methodologies to Better Measure Consumer Preferences for Postal Services (Rand EUROPE 2011)

• Final report

12/2011 – Study on intra-community cross-border parcel delivery (FTI Consulting)

• Final Report

12/2011 – Study on Appropriate Methodologies to Better Measure Consumer Preferences for Postal Services (Rand EUROPE 2011)

• Final Report

11/2011 – Study on the effects of the implementation of the “acquis” on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts including the consequences on the audit market

• Executive summary
• Full study
• Annex

11/2011 – "Analysis of development in the field of direct investment and M&A" - November 2011 - by London Economics

• Part I, including summary
• Part II

10/2011 – Study evaluating the Professional Qualifications Directive against recent educational reforms in EU Member States

• Final report
• Executive Summary

10/2011 – Feasibility Study for a pan-European storage system for information disclosed by issuers of securities

• Final Report
• Annexes

06/2011 – Public procurement – Strategic use of Public Procurement in Europe

• Final Report

05/2011 – Public Procurement – Estimating the Benefits from the Procurement Directives

• Final Report

03/2011 – Public Procurement in Europe – Cost and Effectiveness

• Final Report

03/2011 – Public Procurement – Cross-Border Procurement above EU Thresholds

• Final Report

02/2011 – Public Procurement – Taking stock of utilities procurement

• Final Report