Brussels moves to slay image of ‘bureaucratic monster’

The European Commission launched on 25 October 2005 a drive to scrap or simplify more than 1,500 pieces of EU legislation. First to benefit will be the car, construction and waste sectors.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/05/394, Simplifying EU legislation makes life easier for citizens and enterprises, 25.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/394&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Press Release: IP/05/1343, Better regulation continued: Commission wants to simplify over 1,400 legal acts, 25.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/1343&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/640, The new simplification initiative, 25.10.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/640&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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