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TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS EU ENLARGEMENT IN CLUJ COUNTY Udine, December 2003. CORPORATE READINESS FOR ENLARGEMENT IN ROMANIA. Romanian companies enthusiastic for Accession : 97% of Romanian companies favour joining the EU (the highest share in 2003 among 10 candidate countries);
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TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS EU ENLARGEMENT IN CLUJ COUNTYUdine, December 2003
CORPORATE READINESS FOR ENLARGEMENT IN ROMANIA Romanian companies enthusiastic for Accession: • 97% of Romaniancompanies favour joining the EU (thehighest share in 2003 among 10 candidate countries); • 59% of the respondents are satisfied withthe accession negociations; Aquis compliance • 43% of companies have not startedpreparations • 12% have acosts estimate for compliance • Study realised by Eurochambres in the CAPE programme
CORPORATE READINESS FOR ENLARGEMENT IN ROMANIA Expected effects after accession for Romanian companies: • better access to Europeanmarkets and capital markets • increased ‘competitiveness’, • 58% expect to be able toadapt to the Single Market with theirown means • 24% seek a strategicpartner. • 11% will notchange their strategies with EU entry. • Study realised by Eurochambres in the CAPE programme
NORTH WEST REGION 8 DEVELOPMENT REGIONS CLUJ COUNTY ROMANIA
Regional Attractiveness IndexNorth West Region Study realized by PricewaterhouseCoopers
Regional Attractiveness IndexCLUJ COUNTY – Business environment • Average salary per economy– above the region’s average • Turnover of the private stock companies – 3.6 % of the national total – above the region’s average – rank 4 at the national level, following Bucharest, Timiş and Prahova • Number of banking clients among the private stock companies – 4.8 % of the national total – above the region’s average
Regional Attractiveness IndexCLUJ COUNTY – Business environment • Number of foreign capital companies having more than 250 employees – 2.9% of the national total – above the region’s average • Share capital of foreign investment companies subscribed within the interval 1991 - 2002 - 2.3% of the national total – above the region’s average • Unemployment rate - 9.9% - above the region’s average • Regional attractiveness Index for the business environment: 23.1 (as compared to 16.4 for the whole North-Western Region)
Regional Attractiveness IndexCluj County – BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Study realized by PricewaterhouseCoopers