Better regulation and simplification

UEAPME has welcomed the target set by the Commission to reduce red tape with 25% at European and national level. Better regulation and simplification is for many years one of the main concerns of SMEs. They suffer from relatively higher administration and compliance costs than larger enterprises. UEAPME closely follows the simplification and better regulation process.

Position papers

  January 2012: UEAPME position on the EC report “Minimising regulatory burden for SMEs – Adapting EU regulation to the needs of micro-enterprises”

  August 2010: UEAPME position on "smart regulation"

  March 2008: UEAPME proposals for simplification

  July 2005: UEAPME proposals on simplification

Press releases

  07/03/2013: “Smart regulation”: all EU institutions must do their part, warn SMEs

  03/12/2009: New EU term must deliver on better regulation, demand SMEs

  28/04/2009: EUROCHAMBRES and UEAPME call for more and better impact assessments

  17/04/2008: Better regulation agenda must move from theory to practice

  26/11/2007: Competitiveness Council sends strong message on simplification

  25/10/2005: Commission has grasped the nettle of complicated laws

  22/09/2005: Commission’s legislative clean-up list no panacea

  19/07/2005: Legislative simplification must address excessive burden on SMEs

Other documents

  15/09/2009: EUROCHAMBRES and UEAPME joint letter on the Regulatory Impact Assessment system in the Czech Republic

  28/04/2009: Joint Eurochambres - UEAPME letter on impact assessment