Government calls on Europe to be smarter with regulation

The UK Government, on 8 October 2010, welcomed the publication of the European Commission's Communication, 'Smart regulation in the European Union'.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Strategy: Better regulation: why and how http://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/better-regulation-why-and-how_en

European Commission: COM(2010) 543 http://ec.europa.eu/governance/better_regulation/documents/com_2010_0543_en.pdf

European Commission: DG Enterprise and Industry: Better regulation http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/better-regulation/index_en.htm

United Kingdom: Better Regulation Executive: Reducing regulation made simple: Less regulation, better regulation and regulation as a last resort, December 2010 http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/better-regulation/docs/r/10-1155-reducing-regulation-made-simple

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