1. Prodcom Working Group - 21st October 2013
Item 10 – Burden reduction exercise
Item 10 – Burden reduction exercise
Prodcom Working Group - 21st October 2013

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Political agenda
High priority of the Commission
74% of Europeans in the Spring 2013 Eurobarometer consider the EU generates too much red tape.
"REFIT - Fit for growth" (THE REGULATORY FITNESS AND PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME)– Commission takes ambitious next steps to make EU law lighter
European Commission - IP/13/891 02/10/2013
Other available languages: FR DE DA ES NL IT SV PT FI EL CS ET HU LT LV MT PL SK SL BG RO HR
Item 10 – Burden reduction exercise
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High Level Group (HGL)
STOIBER Edmund
Chair of the High Level Group ; Former Minister-President of Bavaria
ALMGREN Gunilla
President of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
BERGER Roland
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Roland Berger Strategy Consultancy
CARVALHO GOUCHA Gabriel Côrte-Real de
Board Member of the European Small Business Alliance (ESBA), Member of the Portuguese Parliament, General Counsel of the Mirpuri Investments Group
CASADO NAVARRORUBIO Jesús
Secretary General of European family businesses
GIBBONS Michael
Chairman of the Regulatory Policy Committee in the UK, Company Director with specialist energy sector expertise
KOSINSKA Monika
Secretary General of the European Public Health Alliance
LEITÃO MARQUES Maria Manuel
Full Professor of the School of Economics at the University of Coimbra, Former Secretary of State for Administrative Modernisation
LUDEWIG Johannes
Chairman of the German National Regulatory Control Council
MURRAY Jim Former
Director of the European Consumers' Organisation (BEUC)
PESONEN Pekka1
Secretary General of COPA (European Farmers) and COGECA (European Agri Cooperatives)
RENSHAW Nina
Green10; Deputy Director of Transport and Environment; Executive committee, European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation
RØNNE MØLLER Heidi
International Secretary of the Danish Confederation of Professionals
STARCZEWSKA-KRZYSZTOSZEK Małgorzata
Chief Economist, Head of Department of Research and Economic Analyses of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers (Lewiatan); Member of the Economic Council at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
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Program
Reduction proposal
1.350 Million € in 9 policy area
Statistics 247 million €
INTRASTAT ,2 Mio €
PRODCOM ,6 Mio €
Live stock and meat 3,6 Mio €
SBS 8,5 Mio €
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5. Result of consultation
Countries with reduction according to (or exceeding) potential savings : BG, LV, LT, PL, UK
Countries with reduction but not able to quantify potential savings : CZ, FI, HU, SE
Countries not able to quantify the reduction: EE, FR, SI
Countries that may not have any reduction: AT, DK, DE, IE(increase due to more respondents)
SK, NL : increase/decrease (hourly rate used).
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6. Member States are requested to
Confirm the values provided
Provide additional information if available
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