%A Šmucr, Bohumil %D 2019 %T SME Status – Threat or Opportunity? %! SME Status – Threat or Opportunity? %X <p>The definition of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) is a very topical issue. A public consultation opened from 6 February to 6 May 2018 provided a possibility for revision of its text. This article brings practical experience from use of the SME definition in the real world as a contribution to the debate. The main purpose is to open a discussion about simplification of this instrument to be user friendly for its target group – small and medium enterprises. Keywords: SME; Economic activity; Natural person; Adjacent market; Single economic unit</p> %U https://doi.org/10.21552/estal/2019/4/11 %0 Journal Article %R 10.21552/estal/2019/4/11 %J European State Aid Law Quarterly %V 18 %N 4