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Article: Art. 2(25)
Text:
  - '[[_Work/Tech Data/EU Data Act/EU Data Act]]'
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tags:
  - DataAct
  - Definition
Language: English
NoteType: Definition
Definition: >-
  Within the SME category, a small enterprise is defined as an enterprise which
  employs fewer than 50 persons and whose annual turnover and/or annual balance
  sheet total does not exceed EUR 10 million.
aliases:
  - small enterprises
  - petite entreprise
  - petites entreprises
icon: "\U0001F4D2"
title: small enterprise
modified: null
---

Within the SME category, a small enterprise is defined as an enterprise which employs fewer than 50 persons and whose annual turnover and/or annual balance sheet total does not exceed EUR 10 million.
[Article 2(2) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32003H0361)

a small enterprise as defined in Article 2(2) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC
Art. 2(25) EU Data Act