Publication: Doing Business Regional Profile 2012: European Union
Date
2012
ISSN
Published
2012
Author(s)
World Bank
International Finance Corporation
Abstract
Doing business sheds light on how easy
or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run
a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant
regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations
affecting 10 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting
a business, dealing with construction permits, getting
electricity, registering property, getting credit,
protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders,
enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. In a series of
annual reports doing business presents quantitative
indicators on business regulations and the protection of
property rights that can be compared across 183 economies,
from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, over time. This economy
profile presents the doing business indicators for European
Union. To allow useful comparison, it also provides data for
other selected economies (comparator economies) for each
indicator. The data in this report are current as of June 1,
2011 (except for the paying taxes indicators, which cover
the period January December 2010).
Citation
“World Bank; International Finance Corporation. 2012. Doing Business Regional Profile 2012: European Union. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27028 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”