Page contents Page contents Class description The Business, Economy, Euro class content gives an overview of the European Commission's related activities in this field, by linking to europa.eu level content within YourEurope Business (for example, on product safety questions) and by publishing more detailed sections on ec.europa.eu about the EU's approach to the economy. Economic forecasts and details of economic performance by country, for example, are published here, as is content relating to growth and investment. The class also contains an explanation on how the EU coordinates economic and fiscal policy, together with a section on the banking and finance sector and its reform. Content about the Euro is shared between the European Commission website; europa.eu and the European Investment Bank's online presence. The section links to several economic databases such as Ameco, DG Economic and Financial Affairs' annual macro-economic database. The class indicated in the header or footer of a Commission website links to its landing page: Business, Economy, Euro. Original research As with other classes, the Business, Economy, Euro class architecture is based on research and analysis of top tasks, user needs, organisational goals and analytics. The top tasks and organisational goals are listed below. Note that the original class name "Business, Economy" has been modified since the architecture building exercise List of tasks included in this class Task ranking Task Total vote Task category 21 Product safety, conformity, certification 1.5% Small task 25 Doing business in the EU 1.5% Small task 26 Economic growth, financial stability in EU (crisis, assistance to member states) 1.4% Small task 29 Industry norms and standards 1.3% Small task 30 Employing people (recruitment, terms & conditions...) 1.3% Small task 35 Banking and financial markets (reform, regulation) 1.1% Small task 42 Trade with non-EU countries (import, export, agreements, anti-dumping) 1.0% Tiny task 43 Loans, access to finance, micro-finance 0.9% Tiny task 46 Euro (coins, notes, eurozone, Economic and Monetary Union) (Task excluded from total - included in 'About') 0.8% Tiny task 47 Intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, patents 0.8% Tiny task 48 Customs, tariffs, quotas, duties 0.8% Tiny task 51 EU labels (eco labels, quality labels, audits) 0.7% Tiny task 58 Chemicals (approval) 0.6% Tiny task 60 Corporate social responsibility for business 0.6% Tiny task 61 E-government 0.6% Tiny task 64 VAT (Value Added Tax) 0.5% Tiny task 67 Transport safety (air, road, banned airlines) 0.5% Tiny task Organisational goals for the Business, Economy, Euro class participation: informing about EU activities and obtaining feedback reputation and accountability: explain benefits of policies to encourage support; support decision-making by providing context; encourage support for policies, e.g. from other institutions; boost EU's credibility clarification: clarify complex issues, providing and explaining technical information; demystify economic concepts and policies – explain why a policy is important; the Commission's role transparency: be seen to be publishing documents, e.g. impact assessments Read more on Process to define the 15 classes: original research For more information Please contact the appropriate Europa web content coordinator.
