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The paper analyses innovative changes in the enterprises from the new countries of the European Union. The analysis was conducted in cross section, according to the size of enterprises (small, medium, big) and the sector in which they function (industry, services). The following variables were used in the analysis of innovative changes: percentage of enterprises manifesting innovative activity, their share of incomes from the sale of new and modernised products in the total income from sale, and effects of innovative activity.