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According to Recommendation 2003/361/EC (9), a company is a micro-enterprise if it employs fewer than 10 persons, and its annual turnover or annual balance sheet total do not exceed 2 million EUR. A franchisee can be considered a micro-enterprise if the franchisor does not directly or indirectly own 25 % or more of its capital or voting rights and does not exercise control or decisive influence. If it does, then the relevant thresholds must be calculated by adding the franchisor’s corresponding data, as required by Articles 3(2) and 3(3) of the Recommendation 2003/361/EC.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.