Dr. Rachel Widdis:

We talk about the blast radius of these things. If the very largest companies have to comply, they will have smaller companies that they deal with. The CSDDD has a balance to the effect that there should be capacity-building and assistance. As a result, there should not be an undue burden placed on SMEs. That is the way it is built out.

There is a question of maturity in the sense of the things we are talking about. There are probably points of low maturity in this country, for example, in different types of sectors or businesses, so there is a need for assistance. We talked about this three years ago when we were talking about the CSDDD coming in. We talked about the need for a portal for SMEs to help them. There definitely is a need for support. I absolutely agree with that.