1. EU INSTITUTIONAL AND REGULATORY F RAMEWORK P ROCEDURES AND PROCESSES „Investments in Comunal Infrasructure” Brussels, 21.01.2015.

2. E UROPEAN UNION RegulationsStandards Research & Development Globaln impacts and security Market

3. O RDINARY LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE European Parliament Growing power approve EU legislation (more than 3.000 officers) 751 MEPs, 20 standing committees, 8 political groups Council Codecision with European Parliament Coordinates the broad economic policies of EU member countries 10 Preparatory Bodies + Working parties European Commission Directorates-General and Agences (28 Commissioners) 26.000 officers

4. F UNCTIONING OF THE U NION EU Treaties, Regulation, Directives, Decisions, Recommendations, Opinions... Highly developed lobbyests activities Highly developed lobbyests activities Public consultaations and interest associations 64 institutions Transparent and democtaric institutions

5. P ROCEDURES AND PROCESSES

6. L OBBYING IN EU -2.365 companies, associations... Accredited to EP (up to 4 lobbyists each) - think thank groups - 4.423 licenced lobbysts - about 15.000 employes in lobbyest activities

7. I NTEREST GROUPS Business interests Business interests – 950 associations  BUSINESSEUROPE  European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP)  EUROCHAMBRES (34 national chambres) Professional interests –132 associations  European Council of the Liberal Professions (CEPLIS)  Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff (EUROCADRES

8. F INANCING Pre-accession and Structural EU funds Pre-accession and specialized funds im MS and EEA countries Projects i special EU programes Projects and programes -EU institutions and organisations Grants and loans –EU financial institutions Commercial financing

9. COMPLEX POSSIBILITIES PROJECT EU fundingEBRD MS PROGRAMES EU projectsEIB MS Crediting State AidECA

10. EU FONDS * LOBBYING APLICATION SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS PREPARING PROJECT DOCUMENTS POSSIBILITIE ANALISYS AND RESULTS ASSASMENT EXPLORING IDEAS FOR PROJECTS FINDING OPORTUNITIES AND LOBBYING

11. O UR A DVICES Regulation is created in Bruselles, and benefits those who can know directives but also any change in practice European business competitors knows competitors in the region and you need to know competition Active monitoring of the important sources of informaiton and knowlage and presence in Brussels could be expencive but is a long term profitable Failures are costly charged ( procedural faulures in EU funding, EU competition rules and State aide regulation...)

12. E UROPEAN &C ORPORATE S TRATEGY ECS-BRUSSELS S.P.R.L. Office Bruxelless Av. Franklin Roosevelt 188 a BE-1050 Brussels Belgium E: info@ecs-brussels.com T: +32 2 6739 501 F: +32 2 6759 510 info@ecs-brussels.com Željko Ivančević, Director zivancevic@ecs- brussels.com GSM: +32 498 207617 Services: Impact Assessment Lobbying and Networking EU Representation and Monitoring Strategy consulting Funding Event Management Education and Capacity Building Studies and Analysis