Published: May 21st, 2025,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

The Commission is putting the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy at the top of its internal market strategy. The communication adopted by the College now lists „overly complex EU rules“ as the first of the „terrible ten“ obstacles to the single market. In the draft that was initially circulated, the „overly complex EU rules“ were still in tenth place. The fragmented rules for packaging, labeling, and disposal were first in the draft.