Press Release: Administrative burden will be slashed in eight industry sectors

The European Commission on 5 February 2014 welcomed the vote of the European Parliament on the Commission proposal to make the internal market leaner for eight industry sectors including lifts, electrical and electronic equipment, simple pressure vessels, non-automatic weighing instruments, measuring instruments, explosives for civil uses, equipment used in explosive atmospheres and products which cause electromagnetic disturbances.

The objective of this legislation is to make product safety more effective across the EU and to ensure greater consistency and easy of complying with the rules throughout all sectors.

The initiative is part of the modernization of the EU product legislation to simplify rules, reduce administrative burdens and introduce clearer and more coherent rules across many sectors.

ESO: Background information: Communication From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council And The European Economic And Social Committee A vision for the internal market for industrial products http://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-the-council-and-the-european-economic-and-social-committee-a-vision-for-the-internal-market-for-industrial-products/

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