Press Release: VP Verheugen and Dr. Stoiber award the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) for the best idea for red tape reduction

The German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) received the Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction Award today for its idea to exempt more craft businesses from the obligation to use a tachograph for short distances. European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen and Dr. Edmund Stoiber, the chairman of the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens, together handed out the award to the president of ZDH, Otto Kentzler, on the occasion of the 2009 European Enterprise Award ceremony in Prague. The best idea award suggested by the High Level Group rewards ideas for their originality, feasibility and overall potential to reduce red tape, notably for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). It keeps up the speed of reducing administrative burdens, in line with the Commission goal of 25% less red tape in the EU by 2012.