👉 We should know Commission’s thinking & how unaccountable RSB could be influencing it.

We need:
➡️ Robust & ambitious REACH proposal published now
➡️ Full transparency of #BetterRegulation process now, followed by major overhaul of deregulatory thinking behind it
➡️ Lobby firewall to protect decision-making from #Toxics industry

Innovation is the key to cutting packaging waste [Promoted content] https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/opinion/innovation-is-the-key-to-cutting-packaging-waste/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BetterRegulation #Innovation #sustainability

It’s long overdue to review the EU’s so-called #BetterRegulation agenda.

Find out why we call it “corporate friendly deregulation in disguise” here ⬇️

https://corporateeurope.org/en/better-regulation-corporate-friendly-deregulation-disguise

Voluntary regulation doesn’t work, but the UK Government keeps pushing it:

“More than 90% of hand carwashes are likely to be employing workers illegally, without proper pay, records and first aid measures, three years after the government backed a voluntary scheme to tackle abuse in the sector.”

#UKPolitics #BetterRegulation #Workers #VoluntaryApproach

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/26/more-than-90-of-hand-carwashes-in-uk-employing-workers-illegally-study-finds

@portugalnaue and the Portuguese Regulatory Impact Assessment Unit organized, with 🇵🇹 Portuguese Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, André Moz Caldas, a seminar on “Better Regulation” to redouble our efforts to avoid unnecessary burdens on citizens and companies derived from 🇪🇺 lawmaking.

#betterregulation

Citizens and businesses can share their views on new EU policies and existing laws, here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say_en 🙋💬

Choose by:

📋 Topic / area of interest

🔎 Stage: call for evidence, public consultation, draft act, adoption

🗓️ Status: upcoming, open, closed

You also have the option to set email alerts for any of the above 📬

#EUHaveYourSay #BetterRegulation #CivicTech #EUpolicy #DigitalDemocracy

“Former environment secretary Theresa Villiers, who backed #Brexit in 2016, told the Observer that the proposals would take up vast amounts of civil service time and would involve undoing legislation that, in many cases, was broadly popular and good for the country”

#Deregulation #BetterRegulation #UKPolitics #Regulation

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/nov/06/rees-moggs-plans-to-axe-all-eu-laws-will-cripple-whitehall-says-leading-brexiter?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

📣 You will also learn about:

✔️the benefits of simple, practical and easy to comply with EU laws
✔️the implementation of the new 'one in, one out' approach
✔️the work of the Fit for Future Platform and how we simplify EU rules for the new generation of #BetterRegulation

We keep working to reduce burdens, cut red tape and improve EU laws in agriculture, health, food safety and the single market, to name a few policy areas.

Our 2021 Annual Burden Survey shows which EU laws we simplified, benefiting citizens and businesses⬇️

#BetterRegulation