Press Release: ‘Regulatory fitness’: Making the best of EU law in difficult times

In a move to make it easier and cheaper for enterprises to do business and for citizens to enjoy the benefits of the Single Market, the European Commission announced a major package of measures to strengthen and improve the European regulatory framework and ensure the EU's "regulatory fitness".

It includes a new programme to cut any unnecessary regulatory costs at EU and national level. It follows up on the administrative burden programme. And it sharpens the tools - impact assessments, evaluations, public consultations - that allow EU legislation to keep fit. This package is set to help the EU to grow and compete in difficult times. Its importance was recognised by the European Council on 18-19 October 2012.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Memo/12/974: Smart Regulation – Questions and Answers http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-974_en.htm

UK: BIS: 10 point plan for EU smart regulation https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-point-plan-for-eu-smart-regulation

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