Smart regulation

Previous reference documents on administrative burdens reduction.

Administrative burdens reduction

2008 Fast Track Actions to reduce administrative burdens in the European Union
Commission communication - COM (2008)141 final [140 KB] (10 March 2008)

Second strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union
Commission communication - COM (2008)32 [169 KB] (30 January 2008)
Reducing administrative burdens in the European Union 2007 Progress report and 2008 outlook
Commission working document - COM (2008)35 [242 KB] (30 January 2008)

Proposal for a regulation
Commission communication - COM (2007)90 final [139 KB] (6 March 2007) amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 [221 KB] of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs
Impact assessment - Regulation 852/2004 [221 KB] Food hygiene
Commission working document - SEC (2007)301 (6 March 2007)
Impact assessment Summary - Regulation 852/2004 [221 KB] Food hygiene
Commission working document - SEC (2007)302 (6 March 2007)
Impact assessment - Regulation 11 Transport document
Commission working document - SEC (2007)303 (6 March 2007)
Impact assessment Summary - Regulation 11 Transport document
Commission working document - SEC (2007)304 (6 March 2007)
Proposal for a directive
Commission communication - COM (2007)91 final (6 March 2007) amending Council Directive 78/855/EEC concerning mergers of public limited liability companies and Council Directive 82/891/EEC concerning the division of public limited companies as regards the requirement for an independent expert's report on the occasion of a merger or a division
Impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive
Commission working document - SEC (2007)298 (6 March 2007)
Impact assessment Summary accompanying the proposal for a directive
Commission working document - SEC (2007)300 (6 March 2007)

Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union
Commission communication - COM (2007)23 final [108 KB] (24 January 2007)
Impact Assessment
Commission staff working document - SEC (2007)84 (24 January 2007)
Summary of the Impact Assessment
Commission staff working document - SEC (2007)85 (24 January 2007)

Commission decision setting up the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens
Commission decision - C(2007)4063 [27 KB] (31 August 2007)

Measuring administrative costs and reducing administrative burdens in the European Union
Commission working document - COM (2006)691 final [180 KB] (14 November 2006)

An EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by legislation
Communication from the Commission - COM(2005)518 [180 KB] (21 October 2005)
Outline of the proposed EU common methodology and Report on the Pilot Phase (April- September 2005)
Annex to the Communication on an EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by legislation - SEC (2005)1329 [292 KB] (21 October 2005)
Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation. Detailed outline of a possible EU Net Administrative Cost Model
Annex to the Communication on Better Regulation for Growth and Jobs in the European Union - SEC (2005)175 [266 KB] (16 March 2005)