Source: European Parliament
The Commission is dedicated to strengthening EU competitiveness and growth while upholding high standards and achieving economic, social, and environmental goals.
For this, it aims to streamline rules and reduce the administrative burdens for businesses by 25%, and by 35% for small and medium-sized enterprises by the end of this mandate.
The Commission will continue to systematically evaluate EU legislation, including opportunities to simplify and reduce administrative burden, without undermining its policy objectives.
Dialogue with stakeholders is key. As indicated in their mission letters and the 2025 Communication on implementation and simplification[1], each Commissioner will host at least two Implementation Dialogues a year.
Regular exchanges between the Commission and the advisory councils[2] also provide an opportunity to jointly explore ways to simplify EU legislation and reduce administrative burden that stems from it.
The Nature Restoration Regulation[3] (NRR) does not impose direct obligations on companies or stakeholders. It leaves wide flexibility to national authorities to identify in their national restoration plans[4] the measures needed to achieve the different restoration objectives . The implementation of the NRR is still at an initial stage.
It would be premature to draw conclusions regarding its impact on stakeholders. The Fisheries Control Regulation was revised only recently, and the focus should now be on its implementation.
On the basis of the empowerments granted by the co-legislators in the revised Fisheries Control Regulation, the Commission is currently preparing the relevant delegated and implementing acts. Simplification and limiting red tape are guiding principles in this process.
- [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52025DC0047
- [2] https://oceans-and-fisheries.ec.europa.eu/fisheries/scientific-input/advisory-councils_en
- [3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1991/oj/eng
- [4] The national planning efforts will be supported by a digital tool, currently being development by the European Environment Agency, that will reduce administrative burden for Member States to the strictly necessary, notably by reusing existing information (‘report once’ approach) and allowing for a bottom-up approach, where feasible.