General Policy Matters

Future EU 2020 strategy: EuroCommerce response

Published: 20/01/2010 - last updated: 21/01/2010
Commission consultation - deadline 15 January 2010
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EuroCommerce contribution on the European Transparency Initiative

Published: 31/08/2006 - last updated: 09/11/2006
Lobbying is about communication and transparency. It is a legitimate and necessary part of a democratic system and ensures that legislation is not only a result of flighty political winds but based on proper information and objective arguments. Bringing essential information and arguments to the EU institutions is the role of lobbyists.
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Better Regulation

Published: 01/08/2005 - last updated: 09/11/2006
Better regulation is key for business development. It helps to reduce the regulatory burden and legal uncertainty, which hampers business, channels resources away from more efficient uses and acts as a constraint on innovation, productivity and growth. There is therefore a clear rationale for reducing the administrative burden that regulations impose on business.
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