DG Grow

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG Grow) is responsible for:

• completing the internal market for goods and services 
• helping turn the EU into a smart, sustainable, and inclusive economy 
• fostering entrepreneurship and growth by reducing the administrative burden on small businesses; facilitating access to funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and supporting access to global markets for EU companies. All of these actions are encapsulated in the small business act 
• generating policy on the protection and enforcement of industrial property rights, coordinating the EU position and negotiations in the international intellectual property rights (IPR) system, and assisting innovators on how to effectively use IP rights