Commission working document - First progress Report on the strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment
Date: 2006-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: codification of EU law, report, simplification of legislation

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 14.11.2006 
COM(2006) 690 final 

COMMISSION WORKING DOCUMENT 

First progress report on the 
strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment 

{COM(2006) 689 final} 
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COMMISSION WORKING DOCUMENT 

First progress report on the 
strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment 

Executive summary 

The  present  Commission  Working  Document  is  a  direct  follow-up  to  the  October  2005 
Communication  COM(2005)  535:  Implementing  the  Community  Lisbon  programme:  A 
strategy  for  the  simplification  of  the  regulatory  environment.  It  also  complements  the 
Communication on the “Strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union”. 

Simplification of EU legislation can make a significant contribution to improve the regulatory 
environment, update and modernize rules as well as reduce administrative burden in order to 
enhance  the  state  of  the  European  economy,  taking  into  account  developments  in 
technologies, markets and the international context. This is the reason why the Commission 
has identified simplification as one of the key political priorities through the Better Regulation 
agenda. 

In  line  with  this  orientation,  the  Commission  Working  Document  takes  stock  of  progress 
achieved in the implementation of the October 2005 simplification, addresses ongoing work 
in the pipeline and presents brand new initiatives which will enhance the simplification rolling 
programme covering the period 2006-2009. One of the key achievements of simplification is 
the  progressive  coverage  of  all  EC  regulatory  areas.  The  Commission  Working  Document 
will also present a state of play in terms of codification. 

In  parallel,  this  first  progress  report  addresses  the  success  factors  for  achieving  the 
simplification  goals,  in  particular  a  solid  set  of  methodologies,  improved  inter  institutional 
cooperation with the European Parliament and the Council to take the work to the final stages, 
increased use of self-regulation and co-regulation as well as simplification at national level to 
ensure  that  the  EU  simplification  benefits  are  not  cancelled  out  by  new  national  rules  or 
technical barriers. 

INTRODUCTION  

In line with the political priorities of its Better Regulation policy set out in March 2005, the 
Commission adopted a new strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment1 in 
October  2005.  The  overarching  objective  of  the  strategy  is  to  improve  the  quality  and 
effectiveness  of  the  acquis  and  remove  unnecessary  burdens  for  operators,  thereby 
contributing to the goal of enhancing competitiveness of the European economy. 

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Communication  COM(2005)  535:  Implementing  the  Community  Lisbon  programme:  A 
strategy  for  the  simplification  of  the  regulatory  environment.  Simplification  covers  a  broad 
range  of  instruments  including  repeal,  codification,  recast  or  modification  of  the  regulatory 
approach.  Definition  of  codification  is  presented  in  this  document  under  point  “1.2  State  of 
play – Codification”. Recasting is the process whereby a new legally binding act repealing the 
acts which it replaces combines both the amendment of the substance of the legislation and the 
codification of the remainder which is intended to remain unchanged. 

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The  European  Parliament2  broadly  welcomed  the  Commission's  programme  to  simplify  the 
acquis  whilst  the  European  Council3  called  on  the  Council  to  prioritise  the  progress  of 
simplification proposals through the legislative system. Cooperation with the co-legislators is 
crucial to the delivery of simplification proposals.  

As a complement to the “Strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union”4, the 
present Commission Working Document reports for the first time on achievements since the 
launch  of  the  strategy  in  October  2005  and  presents  new  developments  in  the  realisation  of 
Simplification strategy goals. In particular it will: 

•  present  the  “state  of  play”  in  the  implementation  of  the  Simplification  Strategy  and  the 

codification process, focusing on: 

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completed actions in the rolling programme,  

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action in progress requiring further work and,  

(3) 

new actions identified by the Commission;  

•  address  the  key  success  factors  for  achieving  a  genuinely  simplified  regulatory 
environment,  in  particular  a  solid  set  of  methodologies,  close  cooperation  between  EU 
institutions, increased use of self-regulation and co-regulation, as well as simplification at 
national level. 

The  updated  rolling  programme  covering  the  period  2006-2009  integrates  the  simplification 
initiatives  earmarked  in  the  Commission  Legislative  and  Working  Programme  2007  and 
provides  an  overview  of  the  Commission’s  efforts  to  simplify  the  current  regulatory 
environment in a multi-annual perspective. The fact that simplification initiatives are included 
in  the  Commission’s  legislative  and  work  programme  for  2007  for  the  first  time,  clearly 
demonstrates the political priority given to the simplification strategy.  

A change in regulatory culture is taking place. Indeed, for the first time, the Commission has 
adapted its working methods, priorities and resources to the simplification goals. One of the 
key achievements is the progressive coverage of all policy fields. 

In the future, the ongoing work on the reduction of administrative burden will feed into the 
simplification  exercise  which  will,  in  his  turn,  contribute  to  an  overall  25%  joint  reduction 
target for EU and national legislation to be achieved by 2012, as indicated in the “Strategic 
Review of Better Regulation”.  

In  line  with  this,  the  benefits  of  extensive  consultations  of  stakeholders  and  impact 
assessments will help improve the quality of the Commission's new proposals and will better 
enable  legislators  to  produce  a  regulatory  environment  that  is  in  full  compliance  with  the 
subsidiarity principle and is more conducive to competitiveness, innovation and growth. This 
is likely to alleviate the future simplification workload.  

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European  Parliament  Resolution  on  a  strategy  for  the  simplification  of  the  regulatory 
environment  (Rapporteur:  MEP  Giuseppe  Gargani  ref.  A6-0080/2006  –  PA_TA-PROV 
(2006)0205). 
European Council (15 and 16 December 2005): Conclusions of the Presidency. 
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Progress reports will be launched on a regular basis. 

1. 

STATE OF PLAY 

1.1. 

State of play – simplification rolling programme  

In the Simplification Strategy of October 2005 a range of simplification methods is covered, 
providing for a three-year rolling programme, initially listing for the period 2005-2008 about 
100  initiatives  covering  220  basic  legislative  instruments  that  the  Commission  intends  to 
simplify, based on extensive consultations with Member States, businesses and citizens.  

In  view  of  the  importance  of  the  continuous  re-examination  of  the  acquis,  the  Commission 
has now identified a further 43 additional initiatives with a potential simplification dimension 
for  the  period  2006-2009.  These  are  included  in  the  updated  rolling  programme,  which  is 
presented in Annex 1. The programme confirms the Commission’s determination to target the 
reduction of administrative burden generated by the regulatory framework and to update and 
modernise  rules,  taking  into  account  developments  in  technologies,  markets  and  the 
international context.  

1.1.1.  Progress achieved by the Commission 

12  out  of  145  initiatives  scheduled  for  2005  have  been  completed.  As  far  as  2006  is 
concerned, no less than 54 initiatives were planned in the October 2005 Communication, three 
initiatives  are  newly  identified,  one  is  carried  over  from  2005  and  one  is  brought  forward 
from 2008. Of these, 15 initiatives have been adopted to date6. In addition, 24 simplification 
proposals have been confirmed for adoption before the end of this year and are presented in 
Annex  1.  15  will  be  postponed  to  2007/2008.  Thorough  reviews  and  consultations  with 
stakeholders have led to cancellation of five initiatives. 

The  Commission  has  adopted  to  date  27  initiatives  out  of  71  for  2005-2006  and  more  than 
half of the programme will have been adopted by the end of 2006. The rate of progress of the 
Simplification  rolling  programme  in  2006  varies  according  to  the  complexity  of  the  field 
concerned, and in some instances, has globally fallen behind schedule, even if some initiatives 
have been adopted earlier than initially planned. The delayed initiatives are however almost 
all confirmed for 2007.  

It  should  be  stressed  that  this  programme  is  by  far  the  most  ambitious  exercise  on 
simplification  ever  launched  by  the  Commission.  Simplification  exercise  has  proven  to  be 
challenging where the benefits for business and citizens have to be balanced against the effort 
and costs needed to adapt to a new regulatory environment. Simplification can indeed imply 
regulatory  reform  for  some  policy  areas.  To  overcome  the  resistance  to  change  that  reform 
plans generate, more time is often needed to help demonstrate the overall macroeconomic net 
benefits of the proposed changes.  

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The  remaining  two  -  the  proposals  the  radio  protection  and  agricultural  products  and  the 
computerised air reservation system - have been respectively postponed to 2006 and 2007. 
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Moreover, impact assessments may highlight new elements of relevance for the policy maker 
when  it  comes  to  choosing  the  most  appropriate  policy  option7.  The  implementation  of  the 
simplification programme is being developed taking into account the findings of these impact 
assessments. 

Almost  all  simplification  proposals  tabled  by  the  Commission  are  currently  still  pending 
before the Council and the European Parliament. These proposals are presented in Annex 3. 

Some examples of achievements are presented below and show that major areas for business 
and citizens have been already addressed by the Commission’s simplification programme.  

Examples of proposals adopted by the Commission are presented below: 

•  Modernised  Customs  Code  and  e-customs8:  recast  of  Community  customs  legislation 
and  creation  of  pan-European  electronic  systems  for  data  exchange  between  public 
authorities  and  companies.  International  trade  will  be  facilitated  by  streamlined  and 
simplified customs procedures and rules, automated and interlinked customs systems, and 
the  close  cooperation  of  all  authorities  and  agencies  involved  in  the  movement  of  goods 
across Community borders. 

•  Environment9: modernisation of the Waste Framework Directive: 

–  Simplifying  waste  legislation  by  clarifying  definitions,  streamlining  provisions 

and integrating directives on hazardous waste and on waste oils; 

–  Improving  the  recycling  market  by  setting  environmental  standards  that  specify 
the circumstances in which certain recycled waste is no longer considered waste. 

•  Free movement of workers10 

–  Modernisation  of  current  provisions  on  the  coordination  of  national  social 

security systems; 

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Facilitation of procedures for insured persons and reduction of the time needed 
for institutions in the various branches of social security (sickness, accidents at 

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Examples  of  delays  encountered  in  the  Simplification  strategy  include:  (a)  The  initially 
planned repeal of the computer reservation systems legislation in the aviation sector is being 
reviewed and any action has been postponed, as the need arose to conduct further analysis in 
view  of  the  reactions  of  both  stakeholders  and  the  European  Parliament.  Fully  in  line  with 
Better  Regulation  principles,  the  Commission  decided  to  launch  an  extended  impact 
assessment  to  further  examine  the  range  of  options,  including  the  repeal  or  partial 
liberalisation  of  the  existing  regulation,  and  to  consult  stakeholders  again.  (b)  Recent 
international developments in the energy field and the subsequent debate on energy security 
led  the  Commission  to  postpone,  probably  until  2008,  its  planned  review  of  oils  stocks 
legislation.  The  future  policy  of  the  Commission  in  this  area  will  largely  depend  on  the 
outcome of the consultation on the Green Paper on energy policy tabled by the Commission in 
March 2006. 
COM(2005) 608. 
COM(2005) 667. 
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work,  occupational  diseases,  invalidity,  old  age,  unemployment,  family 
benefits) to respond and to process cross-border cases.  

•  Food additives and flavouring11 

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Simplification  of  food  additive  legislation  by  creating  a  single  instrument  for 
principles, procedures and approvals; 

Improvement of the procedure to update the Community list of authorised food 
additives. 

•  Small and medium sized enterprises in pharmaceuticals12: establishment of a simplified 
regulatory  framework  for  micro-SMEs,  including  reduced  fees,  options  for  deferred 
payment of fees and administrative and regulatory assistance when submitting applications 
to the European Medicines Agency. 

•  Payment services13: Creation of a simplified regulatory framework for payment services 
for consumers and firms. The proposal provides for simplification of legislation (replacing 
three directives and three recommendations by one coherent set of rules), simplification of 
administrative  procedures  for  public  authorities  (EC  or  national),  and  simplification  of 
administrative  procedures  for  private  parties.  The  proposal  introduces  more  transparency 
and  clearer,  more  succinct  information  requirements  for  users  of  payment  services  and 
consumers.  

•  Accounting  rules14:  Amendment  of  existing  accounting  rules  by  giving  Member  States 
more  room  to  exempt  companies  from  certain  disclosure  requirements  (by  raising  the 
thresholds for such disclosure). This will lead to administrative simplification for smaller 
firms. 

•  Structural  business  statistics15:  the  proposal  simplifies  the  production  of  SBS  data  by 
deleting  some  15  mandatory  variables  (on  R&D,  employment,  energy,  and  financial 
leasing), by moving other variables from annual to multi-annual collection, and by deleting 
the optional variables. Furthermore, Eurostat is developing a programme for re-engineering 
business  statistics,  to  help  Member  States  with  new  methods  that  could  reduce 
substantially the response burden through e.g. a more intensive use of administrative data, 
and the automatic electronic transmission of company accounts. 

•  Air  transport  market16:  the  revision  of  the  so-called  third  package  of  air  transport 
liberalisation  should  make  the  legislation  more  readable  by  combining  three  existing 
regulations  into  one  new  regulation.  The  legislation  modernises  and  simplifies  the  legal 
framework,  ensures  a  coherent  application  across  member  States  and  addresses  potential 
distortions  and  limitations  of  competition  in  some  segments  of  the  market.  This  should 
contribute to more consumer choice, lower fares and more competition. 

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COM(2006) 428. 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2049/2005. 
COM(2005) 603. 
Directive 2006/46/EC, adopted 14 June 2006. 
COM(2006) 66. 
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1.1.2.  Ongoing work 

A number of major simplification initiatives relevant for competitiveness are now confirmed 
for 2006/2007/2008 and are illustrated below:  

•  Agriculture: merging of the 21 Common Market Organisations into one single scheme to 
establish  a  streamlined  horizontal  legal  framework  that  will  provide  a  single  set  of 
harmonised  rules  in  the  various  areas  of  market  policy  such  as  intervention,  private 
storage,  import  tariff  quotas,  export  refunds,  safeguard  measures,  agricultural  products, 
state aid rules, communications and data reporting. 

•  Environment: review of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC) 
and other related legislation on industrial emissions with a view to improving clarity and 
consistency (notably in terms of reporting) and streamlining requirements. 

•  Construction products Directive, with a view to clarifying and reducing the administrative 
burden,  in  particular  for  SMEs,  through  more  flexibility  in  the  formulation  and  use  of 
technical  specifications,  lighter  certification  rules,  and  elimination  of  the  implementation 
obstacles that so far have hampered the creation of a full internal market for construction 
products. 

•  Statistics:  lighten  statistical  reporting  by  economic  operators,  in  particular  SMEs,  taking 
into  account  the  ongoing  work  on  improving  statistical  governance  of  the  Union  and  the 
final  outcome  of  the  ongoing  pilot  projects  on  the  measurement  and  reduction  of 
administrative burden. 

•  Food/Feed  labelling: The modernisation of the legislation will clarify rules under which 
labelling will operate to enable consumers to make informed, safe, healthy and sustainable 
choices  and  contribute  to  a  pro-competitive  market  environment  in  which  operators  can 
make efficient use of labelling to sell their products. 

•  Consumer  protection:  Rationalisation  and  simplification  of  the  whole  consumer 
protection  acquis  in  order  to  remove  possible  inconsistencies,  overlaps,  internal  market 
barriers and distortions of competition. 

•  Cosmetics:  The  cosmetics  Directive  was  adopted  30  years  ago  and  has  been  modified 
more  than  40  times.  A  recast  is  needed  to  introduce  more  consistency  and  clarity  in  the 
text. This will help reduce the administrative cost of implementation and management of 
the Directive, while maintaining unchanged the actual regime on the progressive banning 
of animal testing. 

•  Accounting  and  financial  reporting  standards:  Providing  EU  firms  with  an  up-to-date 
set of Financial Reporting Standards by merging the current set of Regulation17, amounting 
to over 2 000 pages, into one single and user-friendly Regulation. 

•  Automotive  Regulatory  Framework:  The  pending  proposal  for  the  revision  of  the 

framework Directive on type-approval of motor vehicles, when approved, will allow: 

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the replacement of EC Directives by UN/ECE regulations. This simplification 
will streamline regulations and remove redundant requirements. Furthermore, it 
will help global industry to remove non-tariff barriers to trade, maintaining the 
EU's leading position as the developer of international standards and allowing 
industry to adapt faster to technical developments at international level; 

the  introduction  of  necessary  technical  provisions  for  self-testing  and  virtual 
testing  in  25  EC  Directives  and  UN/ECE  Regulations.  It  will  permit  the 
simplification  of  the  type-approval  procedure  and  allow  the  regulatory 
environment  to  be  kept  up  to  date  with  technological  developments.  Virtual 
and  self-testing  will  speed  up  product  development  and  reduce  costs  for  both 
industry and consumers. In addition, the Commission is currently proposing a 
general provision in the Directive for the approval of motor vehicles, enabling 
manufacturers  to  act  as  testing  laboratories  provided  that  the  type-approval 
authority has acknowledged the necessary competence. 

•  Access to the road transport market and profession: Recasting four regulations and one 
directive to clarify, simplify and make more enforceable the rules governing access to the 
profession and to the market, including cabotage of road haulage and passenger transport. 
The recast should allow for harmonised application and cost-effective enforcement of the 
rules,  including  in  the  trans-national  context,  thus  limiting  distortion  of  competition, 
protecting the right of establishment and improving service quality and road safety. 

•  Consolidation of the technical New Approach18 Regulations/Directives for the marketing 
of  products  around  consistent  definitions,  simplified  certification  procedures  and 
streamlined administrative cooperation so as to facilitate the commercialisation of products 
while protecting manufacturers against non- conforming products.  

1.1.3.  New initiatives reinforcing the Simplification rolling programme 

Based  on  the  rolling  programme  launched  last  year,  the  Commission  is  reinforcing  its 
simplification action with 4319 new initiatives for the period 2006-2009 to: 

•  stimulate  innovation  and  reduce  administrative  burden  stemming  from  regulatory 

requirements; 

•  reduce  the  total  volume  of  the  Community  acquis  and  promote  the  transition  to  more 

flexible regulatory approaches.  

Some new major initiatives are presented below: 

•  Simplification  of  the  rules  concerning  post-licensing  changes  to  medicines  (so-called 
‘Variations’  Regulations).  Administrative  management  of  these  rules  currently  mobilise 
more  than  60%  of  the  human  resources  and  financial  costs  of  companies’  regulatory 

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The New Approach Directives: lay down only the essential public interest requirements, with 
which  products  must  comply,  instead  of  fixing  detailed  product  specific  requirements. 
Manufacturers can choose different technical solutions and enjoy flexibility in demonstrating 
that these solutions comply with these requirements e.g. through standardisation. 
The  figure  of  43  new  initiatives  corresponds  to 3  new  initiatives  in  2006,  28  in  2007,  11  in 
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departments.  In  some  cases,  this  burden  may  hinder  innovation  by  preventing  the 
introduction  of  changes  that  are  beneficial  to  patients  and  society.  Procedures  will  be 
streamlined so that the Variations Regulations are made simpler, clearer and more flexible, 
without compromising public and animal health. 

•  Ensuring the mutual recognition20 of goods not covered by harmonised Community rules. 
The  Commission  is  currently  working  on  a  legislative  proposal  on  the  elimination  of 
technical  obstacles  to  the  free  movement  of  goods  within  the  EU  (“Mutual  Recognition 
Proposal”).  The  instrument  will  define  the  rights  and  obligations  of,  on  the  one  hand, 
national  authorities  and,  on  the  other,  enterprises  wishing  to  sell  in  one  Member  State 
products already lawfully manufactured or marketed in another Member State. 

•  Clarification of the definition and the scope of safety assessment for novel/new foods and 

streamlining the authorisation procedure. 

•  Simplification  of  the  management  of  administrative  procedures  in  the  agricultural  field 
through  the  implementation  of  a  series  of  technical  simplifications.  A  rolling  action  plan 
has been set up to amend legal provisions that have an immediate impact on farmers, other 
economic  operators  and  national  administrations.  The  amendments  concern  for  example 
obligations  for  farmers  to  keep  documents  available,  the  control  obligations  of  Member 
States, the conditions for receiving support, etc. 

•  Simplification  and 

improvement  of 

the  Common  Fisheries  Policy 

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implementation of a legal and administrative simplification in accordance with the "2006-
2008  Action  Plan'  adopted  by  the  Commission  in  200521.  The  action  plan  covers  certain 
regulatory provisions concerning management and control of fishing activities for example 
to promote legibility of the legislative framework and reduce the administrative burden to 
for fishermen and the administrators concerned. 

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•  Revision  of  the  regulatory  framework  for  electronic  communications  networks  and 
services  will  reduce  the  needs  for  ex-ante  regulation  and  facilitate  flexibility  and 
innovation, to the benefit of both the industry and citizens. 

•  Replacement  of  the  textiles  Directives  by  a  single  Regulation  in  order  to  simplify 
procedures  on  the  adoption  of  new  fibre  names.  Furthermore,  quantitative  methods  for 
measuring fibre content will be transferred to the standardisation process. 

•  Simplification of the existing legislation on toys by clarifying essential safety requirements 
and  by  developing  conditions  for  a  better  common  approach  by  national  market 
surveillance authorities. 

•  Limitation  of  the  legislative  acts  on  metrology  and  fertilizers  to  essential  requirement 
through  the  "New  Approach".  Detailed  technical  descriptions  will  be  replaced  by 
standards. 

•  Revision of the Community eco-label award scheme, with the aim of:  

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Creating  a  more  business  friendly  system  by  involving  stakeholders  in  the 
decision making process and including the needs of SMEs;  

Outsourcing the development of award criteria to a dedicated body and linking 
the eco-label closely with Green Procurement. 

•  Recasting of a Directive on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit 

plants intended for fruit production. 

•  Addressing work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the context of a single instrument 
which would integrate various existing minimum health and safety requirements, such as 
those relating to the manual handling of loads or to working with display screens. 

All Commission departments will complete the review of their acquis by 2009 to check the 
relevance of their instruments, the choice of regulatory technique and the scope for applying 
one  of  the  simplification  techniques  set  out  in  the  simplification  strategy  of  October  2005. 
This  will  lead  where  necessary  and  appropriate  to  the  identification  of  new  simplification 
initiatives and the updating of the rolling programme in the future.  

1.2. 

State of play – codification  

Codification  is  a  key  part  of  the  European  Commission's  Better  Regulation  process. 
Codification  is  the  processes  that  brings  together  the  provisions  of  existing  acts  with  all  of 
their subsequent amendments into one law, thereby contributing to a reduction in the volume 
of the EU legislation and making it more transparent, readable and legally clear.  

The codification rolling programme (in Annex 2) involves about 500 acts. A total of 52 acts 
have  successfully  gone  through  the  codification  process22  and  have  been  adopted  and 
published  in  the  OJ  (38  Commission  acts  and  14  acts  of  the  European  Parliament  and  the 
Council).  In  addition  33  acts  are  pending  before  the  legislative  authority  and  8 acts  are 
currently  in  written  procedure.  In  total,  85  acts  have  been  finalised  by  the  European 
Commission. 

In order to meet the objective of finalising the codification programme by the middle of 2008, 
measures  have  been  taken  to  accelerate  the  conversion  of  the  backlog of  master-copies into 
the new EU languages. This backlog is the result of delays in the supply of translations of the 
texts being codified in those languages. 

Adequate measures have also to be taken to maximise the number of codified texts available 
in Bulgarian, Romanian, Irish and Maltese, by giving priority to the codification of acts where 
the relevant translations have been completed. 

In  addition,  a  programme  for  the  adoption  of  the  remaining  acts  to  be  codified  has  been 
prepared.  The  aim  is  to  ensure  the  transparency  of  the  process  in  order,  in  particular,  to 
encourage  minimal  new  amendment  of  the  acts  undergoing  codification,  thereby  stabilizing 
the  legislation  involved  and  reducing  delay.  This  programme  remains  indicative  since  the 
finalisation of the codification project depends on the availability of the acts to be codified in 
all  languages.  This  will  apply  in  particular  to  Bulgarian  and  Romanian.  In  addition, 

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codification  has  to  be  postponed  when  new  amendments  of  these  acts  are  envisaged.  The 
order of acts in the programme will change in the light of these two factors. 

It should also be noted that adoption of codified acts by the legislative authority is subject to 
the rules set out in the Inter-institutional Agreement on an Accelerated Working Method for 
Official Codification of 20 December 1994. 

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SUCCESS FACTORS 

The regulatory environment for European businesses and citizens consists of several layers of 
often  intertwined  laws  and  rules  generated  at  different  levels  (international23,  Community, 
national,  regional  and  local).  None  of  these  regulators  can  improve  the  quality  of  this 
legislative network decisively on its own. Concrete improvement in the quality of the overall 
regulatory  framework  requires  a  determined,  consistent  and  co-ordinated  effort  at  all 
regulatory level. 

2.1. 

Simplification work based on solid methodological grounds 

2.1.1.  Consultation of all parties 

Both  the  initial  and  the  updated  2006-2009  simplification  rolling  programme  have  been 
developed on the basis of stakeholders’ and Member States’ contributions. Their experience is 
indispensable  in  establishing  a  meaningful  simplification  programme.  In-depth  stakeholder 
consultations,  review  of  entire  policy  areas,  ex-post  evaluation  of  legislative  act  and  expert 
reviews  help  policy  makers  to  better  identify  the  genuine  problems  on  the  ground.  Such 
processes also facilitate stakeholders’ subsequent ownership of the proposed measure. 

The October 2005 Simplification Communication24 announced a series of specific initiatives: 

•  As announced in the “Communication from the Commission on Simplification and Better 
Regulation  for  the  Common  Agricultural  Policy”,  an  Action  plan  was  established  and 
presented at the conference entitled: "A simple CAP for Europe, a challenge for all" which 
took  place  in  October  2006.  The  Action  plan  presents  20  concrete  projects  for  technical 
simplification (reduction of burden without changing the underlying policy), which are to 
be  implemented  by  2007.  The  Action  plan  begins  a  continuous  simplification  process. 
Stakeholders  and  Member  States  are  therefore  invited  to  present  further  simplification 
proposals. 

•  The "2006-2008 Action Plan for simplifying and improving the Common Fisheries Policy" 
was adopted by the Commission in 2005 and fully supported by the Europeans institutions 
and the stakeholders consulted. 

•  The forthcoming Communication on the reduction of response burden, simplification and 
priority  setting  in  the  field  of  Community  Statistics.  This  Communication  sets  out  a 
strategic  approach  to  continue  reducing  the  statistical  burden  on  enterprises  through  a 

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For instance in the areas of accounting, auditing, public procurement and intellectual property 
rights, some rules and standards are often agreed or adopted at international level. 
Communication  COM(2005)  535:  Implementing  the  Community  Lisbon  programme:  A 
strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment. 

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combination  of  two  elements:  simplification  of  the  requirements  for  statistics  in  selected 
priority areas and promotion of statistical tools and methods which will make it easier to 
meet  statistical  obligations.  In  particular,  the  Commission  will  propose  a  single  flow 
system for Intrastat, a programme for re-engineering business statistics and actively pursue 
the simplification of the European system of agricultural statistics. 

Furthermore,  Article  138  of  the  Treaty  provides  for  the  consultation  of  European  social 
partners on Community initiatives in the social policy field25. 

In  some  instances,  the  outcome  of  the  consultation  process  has  driven  the  Commission 
services  to  reconsider  their  initial  intentions.  For  example,  as  regards  the  reviews  of  the 
Company  Law  and  Copyright  regulatory  frameworks,  which  have  resulted  in  further 
initiatives: 

•  Concerning company law, the Commission has planned to launch before end of this year a 
comprehensive initiative to measure the administrative costs originating from the company 
law directives with the view to identifying together with Member States and stakeholders 
the scope for reduction of these costs. The outcome of this exercise will be presented in a 
Communication in the second half of 2007.  

•  Concerning  copyright  the  review  resulted  in  several  activities  including  an  evaluation  of 
the 2001 Copyright Directive which could, inter alia, identify exceptions to the application 
of this Directive. The outcome of this exercise could be envisaged by summer 2007. 

2.1.2. 

Sector-specific analysis 

In  its  previous  Communication,  the  Commission  identified  the  need  for  a  sector-specific 
approach to simplification in order to better assess the impact of the regulatory framework on 
sectoral competitiveness.  

For example, work is ongoing in the area of construction products. This includes an overall 
analysis  of  those  factors  influencing  the  competitiveness  of  stakeholders  in  the  construction 
sector  as  well  as  specific  action  to  simplify  the  construction  product  Directive  (Directive 
89/106/EEC).  Stakeholder  consultation  is  ongoing  and  contributions  are  being  examined  by 
the Commission.  

In the area of motor vehicles, the CARS 21 High Level Group has examined the major policy 
areas which have an impact on the competitiveness of the European automotive industry and 
has produced a number of recommendations.  

In parallel, the application of Better Regulation principles is currently being examined within 
the context of the new fora created in the follow-up to the Industrial Policy Communication26. 
Sectoral  screening  activities  have  started  in  groups  such  as  the  taskforce  on  ICT 
Competitiveness and the Mechanical Engineering Policy Dialogue. 

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A recent example is the 2005 consultation of the social partners on the simplification of the 
Directives  on  "Health  and  Safety  at  work"  concerning  the  reports  and  their  practical 
implementation. 
Commission  Communication  "Implementing  the  Community  Lisbon  Programme:  A  Policy 
Framework  to  Strengthen  EU  Manufacturing  -  towards  a  more  integrated  approach  for 
Industrial Policy" - COM(2005) 474, 5.10.2005. 

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2.1.3.  Current work on administrative burden 

In  response  to  the  June  2006  European  Council  conclusions  and  within  the  competitiveness 
framework  of  the  re-launched  Lisbon  agenda,  in  early  2007  the  Commission  will  launch  a 
major  Action  Plan  to  measure  and  reduce  administrative  burden  generated  by  existing 
legislation  in  the  EU.  The  plan  will  build  on  the  previous  experience  developed  by  four 
Member States (UK, NL, DK and CZ) that have already set reduction targets after completing 
large baseline measurements. The Commission working paper on “Measuring administrative 
costs and reducing administrative burdens in the European Union”27 presents the results of a 
pilot project on administrative burden, carried out in 2006, that examines and builds on such 
previous experience In the medium term, this process should enable the EU legislator and the 
Member  States  to  identify  on  the  basis  of  quantified  data  the  priority  areas  where  there  is 
scope for further simplification. 

In this context it should be noted that, in the field of agriculture, a study is being conducted on 
administrative burden for farmers. The study concerns the implementation of the 2003 CAP 
Reform and its later amendments. First results will become available in 2007. 

2.2. 

Close cooperation between the EU institutions 

If high quality legislative proposals are delivered by the Commission, the responsibility of the 
Council and the Parliament is to take this simplification work to the final stage.  

22 simplification proposals adopted by the Commission are pending before the Council and 
the European Parliament (Annex 3). Out of these, 7 simplification initiatives dated back to the 
previous simplification programmes of 200328 are still pending before the legislator. A list of 
pending  proposals  is  presented  in  Annex  3  and  includes  texts  of  major  importance  for 
business such as the review of the 6th VAT Directive, modernization of the Customs Code, 
revision of waste legislation, simplification of type approval of motor vehicles, streamlining 
of  structural  business  statistics  and  the  repeal  of  the  pre-packaging  requirements.  The 
adoption of the accounting directive29 containing exemptions in favour of SMEs as well as the 
recent approval by the Council of the common position on pre-packaging illustrate the shared 
determination among the Institutions to simplify the regulatory framework.  

Following  the  Commission’s  invitation  to  the  European  Parliament  to  react  to  its  October 
2005 simplification strategy, the European Parliament responded in April 2006. The positions, 
taken  by  Parliamentary  Committees  on  the  multi-annual  simplification  programme  show 
significant convergence with Commission priorities on what needs to be simplified. 

In May 2006, the European Parliament adopted a series of reports covering different aspects 
of Better Regulation including simplification30. The European Parliament proposes inter alia 

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COM(2006) 691. 
The framework action to update and simplify the Community acquis (COM(2003) 71).  
Directive 2006/46/EC, adopted 14 June 2006. 
European  Parliament  Resolution  on  a  strategy  for  the  simplification  of  the  regulatory 
environment  (Rapporteur:  MEP  Giuseppe  Gargani  ref.  A6-0080/2006  –  PA_TA-PROV 
(2006)0205).  In  parallel  to  the  resolution,  the  European  Parliament  addressed  also  a 
contribution  endorsed  by  the  Conference  of  Presidents  summarising  the  position  of  the 
Committees  on  the  simplification  rolling  programme  covering  also  the  interinstitutional 
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to identify a new type of instrument, alongside codification and recasting31, for specific types 
of  simplification  proposals  that  could  benefit  from  adapted  working  methods  and  faster 
adoption. 

The  Inter-institutional  Agreement  (IIA)  on  Better  Lawmaking32,  in  force  since  December 
2003, established a platform to develop cooperation between the three institutions. The High 
Level  Technical  Group  responsible  for  monitoring  the  implementation  of  the  IIA  has 
regularly examined progress such as the coordination and the programming of the legislative 
work,  the  quality  of  the  legislation  (impact  assessment  in  particular),  transposition  and 
application  of  the  Community  legislation  and  simplification.  Identification  by  the  co-
legislators of concrete action to prioritise simplification and speed-up the legislative process 
has proved difficult.  

The  agreement  reached  between  the  institutions  in  December  2005  on  an  Inter-institutional 
Common  Approach  for  Impact  Assessment33  proves  that  if  there  is  political  will,  the  Inter-
institutional  Agreement  on  Better  Lawmaking  can  produce  concrete  improvements  in  the 
inter-institutional  implementation  of  better  regulation.  At  the  occasion  of  the  review  of  the 
Common Approach in 2008, the institutions should agree that Member States initiatives in the 
area  of  police  and  judicial  cooperation  in  criminal  matters  be  accompanied  by  impact 
assessments.  

The  Commission  has  announced  that  it  intends  to  facilitate  the  inter-institutional  decision-
making process by improving the programming and the visibility of simplification initiatives 
through: 

•  Integrating  simplification  proposals  in  the  Annual  Commission  Legislative  and  Work 

Programme. This has now been achieved in the context of the 2007 CLWP; 

•  Fully  exploiting  the  explanatory  memorandum  to  better  explain  the  simplification 
objectives  pursued  in  its  proposals.  In  the  simplification  proposals  subject  to  impact 
assessment, the Commission will also strive to assess the simplification impacts, including 
administrative burden; 

•  Identifying some pilot cases of simplification proposals to test the possibilities to establish 

improved inter-institutional working methods for simplification. 

2.3. 

Increased use of co-regulation and self regulation  

Co-regulation  and  self-regulation  are  examples  of  tools  which  can  be  used  in  certain 
circumstances to achieve policy objectives with a limited intervention of the legislator. 

For  example,  the  European  Standardisation  bodies  and  the  Commission  are  currently 
collaborating in order to propose new standard initiatives in the services sector which would 
focus  specifically  on  the  internal  market.  Standards  allow  users  to  freely  compare  products 
and  prices,  thus  strengthening  competition  and  enhancing  intra-EU  trade  in  services. 
Following  wide  consultations,  the  definition  of  a  standardisation  action  plan  aimed  at 

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The European Parliament is now working to change internal rules of procedures for recasting 
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promoting  industrial  competitiveness,  as  well  as  the  approval  of  a  decision  for  Community 
financing, will energise the standardisation activities.  

In the area of self regulation, the social partners at European level have a specific role to play 
in that they have the possibility of concluding agreements34 that are made binding through a 
legislative  proposal  or  that  are  implemented  on  an  autonomous  basis.  Self-regulation  is 
consistent  with  the  Commission’s  policy  to  promote  corporate  social  responsibility  (CSR). 
Voluntary initiatives carried out under the umbrella of the European Alliance on CSR could 
conceivably  result  in  new  agreements  on  self-regulation.  Such  initiatives,  taken  by  EU 
enterprises in close cooperation with relevant stakeholders, should also contribute to a much 
wider  take-up  of  CSR  practices  in  Europe  and  globally.  In  order  to  better  inform  private 
parties wishing to set up or improve self-regulatory schemes, as well as regulators responsible 
for  co-regulatory  design,  the  European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  (EESC)  and  the 
European Commission have set up a database of almost 100 EU schemes. Due to be launched 
in November 2006, this database details among other things the types of problem which led to 
the  development  of  EU  self  or  co-regulation  schemes,  their  objectives  and  organisational 
settings. Identifying good and bad practices will therefore be much easier.  

2.4. 

Simplification at national level 

2.4.1. 

Simplified EU legislation must also be reflected at national level 

The EU Simplification exercise will need to be fully supported by Member States to ensure 
that the advantages of a lighter Community regulatory environment are not cancelled out by 
new national rules or technical barriers. This is already the case for an increasing number of 
Member States, although there is still room for improvement. The maintenance of statistical 
requirements at national level when Community law has been streamlined illustrates this. 

Consequently,  in  some  recent  repeal  proposals,  the  Commission  has  introduced  a  mutual 
recognition  provision  to  ensure  that  no  new  obstacles  to  trade  arise  following  the  repeal  of 
Community law. For example, the proposal on pre-packaging aims at preventing obstacles to 
trade because of the maintenance of national requirements. 

Similarly, for the decision to repeal EU legislation on the classification of wood in the rough 
to be effective, there should be uniform follow-up across the EU. National laws referring to 
the Directive must be amended accordingly and Member States should ensure that technical 
changes are implemented swiftly and clearly. 

Too  often  administrative  controls  and  procedures  are  imposed  on  European  companies 
wishing to operate in an other Member State. Where applicable, Treaty rules contribute to the 
simplification of the operations in the Internal Market. The Commission helps reducing such 
burdens  by  enforcing  Article  28  of  the  EC  Treaty  on  the  free  circulation  of  goods,  notably 
through the monitoring of draft national legislation. 

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The ‘Agreement on workers health protection through the good handling and use of crystalline silica 
and  products  containing  it’,  signed  in  April  2006,  is  a  successful  example  of  self-regulation.  It  is  an 
autonomous agreement listing good practices to minimise the exposure of the workforce to crystalline 
silica  dust.  It  should  help  to  comply  with  the  different  national  occupational  limit  values.  This 
agreement  negotiated  by  the  social  partners  from  the  various  industries  concerned  is  the  first  multi-
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In 2007, the Commission will address the integration of the defence market with the objective 
of  alleviating  the  excessive  administrative  burden  that  hinders  the  competitiveness  of  EU 
industry  in  this  domain.  Indeed,  the  annual  costs  associated  with  intra-community 
import/export licences for military goods are estimated at 238.90 million euros for industries 
and administrations. In practice, these requests for licences are hardly ever rejected35. 

2.4.2.  Avoiding gold-plating 

Examination  of  national  implementing  provisions  transposing  Community  Directives 
provides  abundant  examples  of  technical  requirements,  labelling  obligations,  deadlines, 
authorisation  procedures  and  other  administrative  requirements  that  are  added  on  top  of 
Community legislation by national regulators (‘gold plating’). The regulatory environment for 
EU  companies  can  only  be  improved  if  initiatives  taken  at  EU  level  are  complemented  by 
suitable action at national level.  

This  is  confirmed  by  other  sources,  for  example  a  recent  study36  conducted  for  a  national 
federation  of  SMEs.  This  study  suggests  that  extending  the  original  scope  of  Directives  in 
transposing measures may seriously hamper productivity for small businesses, thereby taking 
money  away  from  key  wealth  and  job  creators.  Furthermore,  gold-plating  may  put  national 
businesses at a competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis other countries.  

This underpins the Commission’s intention, announced in the October 2005 Communication 
to  better  exploit  the  potential  for  simplification  by  using,  wherever  appropriate,  regulations 
rather  than  directives.  The  replacement  of  Directive  91/414/EEC  by  a  regulation  on  the 
placing  of  plant  protection  products  on  the  market  is  one  concrete  example  of  this  shift  in 
regulatory practice. 

2.4.3.  National reform programmes 

Regulatory requirements and implementation measures mainly originate at national level. 

The  national  reform  programmes  (NRP)  are  part  of  the  new  governance  structure  of  the 
growth  and  jobs  strategy  (Lisbon  strategy)  and  set  out  the  economic  reform  policies  at 
national level on the basis of Community guidelines. They are, therefore, of key importance in 
creating a better business environment in the EU. All Member States have responded to the 
guidelines on Better Regulation and have included measures to promote Better Regulation in 
their National Reform Programmes. 

At  this  stage,  nine  Member  States  have  launched  simplification  programmes  of  varying 
degrees  of  ambition  in  the  context  of  these  NRPs.  It  is  however  essential  that  the  EU 
simplification  programme  is  complemented  by  a  progress  on  simplification  in  all  Member 
States and at all regulatory levels. The Note for the Economic Policy Committee “Promoting 

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Final  report  from  UNISYS  on  “Intra-Community  circulation  of  defence  related  products”, 
February 2005. 
Federation  of  Small  Businesses  in  UK:  Burdened  by  Brussels  or  the  UK?  Improving  the 
implementation  of  EU  Directives.  (Authors  Sarah  Schaefer,  Edward  Young).  This  project 
analyses the transposition of eight directives into British law. It identifies several examples of 
over-implementation,  notably  as  far  as  the  Money  Laundering  Directive  or  the  Insurance 
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Better Regulation”37 prepared by the European Commission and the Competitiveness Report 
2006  set  out  the  main  conclusions  regarding  the  implementation  of  Better  Regulation  at 
Member State level and describe in greater detail progress achieved so far in this area.  

Examples of national initiatives include: 

•  Administrative  cost  reduction:  17  Member  States  are  aware  of  the  need  to  analyse 
administrative costs imposed on business and have launched measurement activities. Some 
have fixed quantitative targets for reducing administrative costs (e.g. 20 or 25% by 2010). 
Initiatives  to  support  this  exercise  are,  for  example,  e-government,  one  stop-shops38  or 
central registration offices, reduction of fiscal legislation, simplification of administrative 
procedures linked to employment and self-employment or cross-government initiatives; 

•  e-government and ICT solutions to cut red tape in public administration: establishment of 
portals  containing  legislation  and  forms  (requests,  reporting  tools,  etc),  increased 
broadband availability; 

•  Review of legislation: to ensure its objectives are still valid - simplification of labour law, 
dissemination of good regulatory practices throughout government, cost-benefit analysis of 
legislation,  creation  of  a  business  regulation  forum  where  stakeholders  examine  the 
burdens  imposed  on  business,  overarching  principles  of  good  regulation  including 
necessity,  proportionality,  subsidiarity,  transparency,  accountability,  accessibility  and 
simplicity; 

•  Simplification  of  taxation  obligations,  administration  or  reporting:  especially  one-stop 
shops for companies, SMEs and citizens, reform of corporate and capital income taxes; 

•  Simplification of VAT obligations, for example elimination of tax obstacles in cross border 
activities by introducing rules to allow for tax relief for contributions to pensions schemes 
in EU Member States, helping both migrants and cross border service providers; 

•  Improvement of the implementation of the internal market law to maximise its benefits; 

•  SMEs:  better  access  to  finance,  reduction  in  reporting  requirements,  creation  of  a  web-

based, one-stop agency for start-ups; 

•  Common Commencement Dates (CCDs)39.  

Exchanges  of  best  practices  between  Member  States  and  peer  reviews  are  of  crucial 
importance  to  improving  the  regulatory  environment.  The  Commission  is  facilitating  this 
work  through  the  High  Level  Group  on  Better  Regulation  as  well  as  through  the  Lisbon 
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One-stop-shops:  bringing  together  administrative  arrangements  into  a  single  processing.  It 
increases  efficiency,  benefits  SMEs,  is  transferable  and  has  quantified  measurements  of 
outcomes. 
The  purpose  of  CCDs  is  to  help  the  business  plan  for  new  regulation  and  to  increase 
awareness of the introduction of new or changed requirements. By reducing to two dates, for 
example,  on  which  new  regulation  may  be  started,  it  is  hoped  that  increased  awareness  by 
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Member  States  and  regions  should  be  encouraged  to  work  together  on  the  development  of 
good practices, for example through the BEST initiative40. 

3. 

CONCLUSION  

This  simplification  strategy,  which  is  at  the  heart  of  the  Better  Regulation  initiative,  is 
showing its first results. 

The European Commission is determined to move forward to deliver on its commitments to 
contributing  to  a  strong  regulatory  environment  through  an  enriched  and  ambitious  rolling 
programme. 

To  achieve  our  common  objective,  Council  and  Parliament  have  to  intensify  their 
involvement to carry the Simplification work forward to the final stages. 

Member states have also to do their part of the work. They should exchange best practices and 
implement simplification programmes. 

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The Business Environment Simplification Task Force (BEST) was set up in 1997: involving 
representatives  from  the  business  community  and  public  authorities  in  the  Member  States, 
BEST’s  brief  was  to  prepare  an  independent  report  on  ways  of  improving  legislation  and 
removing  unnecessary  hindrances  to  the  development  of  European  businesses,  particularly 
small  and  medium-sized  enterprises  (SMEs).  The  BEST  expert  group  has  identified  best 
practice  initiatives  (e.g.  promoting  one-stop-shops,  risk-based  regulation)  undertaken  in 
different  countries  with  the  aim  that  others  can  learn  from  their  experiences.  Risk-based 
regulation aims to focus the efforts of regulation (and the costs incurred by business) to those 
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Annex 1 

Simplification Rolling programme (2006-2009) 

Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

2006 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
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3 

4 

5 

Single Common Market Organisation 

Recast 

Reform fruit and vegetable common market organisation 

Revision 

State aid in the agricultural sector 

Revision 

Parcel size of coupled payments (agricultural direct 
support) 

Revision 

Use of set-aside land in case of exceptional climatic 
conditions 

Revision 

6 

Energy crops support conditions 

Revision 

Recast of 21 Regulations into 1 horizontal common market 
organisations instrument 

Revision of 1 Regulation to improve competitiveness in the Fruit & 
vegetable sector. 

Reduction from 7 to 3 texts governing state aid in the agricultural 
sectors. 

Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004. The 
objective is to include landscape elements in the area eligible for 
support. 

Amendment  of  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  795/2004  to 
specify  that  Member  States  will  have  the  possibility  to  decide 
themselves that there is an exceptional climatic condition which 
justifies the use of set aside land for grazing purposes.  

Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 to 
ease the eligibility conditions and the administrative procedures 
to be followed to receive support for the production of energy 
crops. 

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Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

Codification of 2 Directives on employee protection in the 
event of the insolvency of their employer 

Codification 

Codification 

7 

8 

Recast of 1 Regulation on Maximum Residue Limits 
(MRLs) of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of 
animal origin  

Recast 

Recast to: 
- Reduce the number of lists of substances,  
- Enhance transparency in the assessment procedure, 
- Ensure compliance with international trade standards. 
It will provide incentives to ensure availability of veterinary medicinal 
products for food-producing animals, and ensure consistency with 
parallel review of the legislation on control of residues in foodstuffs of 
animal origin. 

Clarification and improvement of the management of fishing 
authorizations and to introduce IT tools (“fishing authorisations 
permits”). 

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Revision of 1 regulation on fishing authorisation permits 

Revision 

10  Recast of 3 Regulations regarding the European 

Recast 

Recast into a single document. 

fisheries fund  

11  Codification of the acquis related to the Community trade 

Codification 

Codification 

mark 

12  Repeal of 1 Directive on freedom to provide services in 

Repeal 

Repeal 

respect to public procurement activities 

13  Review of 2 Directives regulating the professions involved 

Review 

in the trade, distribution and use of toxic products 

Review of the 2 Directives. (consultations with stakeholders have 
confirmed the significant of the two Directives) 

14  Codification of 7 Directives on securities (UCITS acquis)  Codification  

Codification  

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Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

15  Council Directive 69/335/EEC of 17 July 1969 concerning 

Recast 

indirect taxes on the raising of capital 

16  Recast of 1 Regulation on radioprotection and agricultural 

Recast 

products 

The proposal aims at simplifying and modernising the existing 
Community legislative framework in the area of indirect taxes on the 
raising of capital and to provide for a phasing out of capital duty. It also 
reinforces the prohibition on creating or levying other similar taxes. 

Recast, notably to remove Annex 3 of this Regulation (list of customs 
offices in which products listed in Annexe 1 may be declared for free 
circulation in the Community). 

17  Codification of 1 Regulation on radioactive contamination 

Codification 

Codification 

of feeding stuffs after a nuclear accident 

18  Codification of 2 Regulations on imports of agricultural 

Codification 

Codification 

products following the Chernobyl accident 

19  Codification of 1 Directive on maritime transport regarding 

Codification 

Codification 

seafarers training 

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Simplification of the Rail Safety Directive and extension of 
the competence of the European Railway Agency 

Revision 

21  Codification of 1 Directive on roadworthiness tests for 

Codification 

motor vehicles and trailers 

22  Recast of 2 Directives on the transport of dangerous goods 

Recast 

by road 

The objective is to simplify the process of certification for railway 
undertakings and the rail industry. This will be achieved through an 
extension of the competences of the European Railway Agency – ERA.

Codification of the basic act and its four Commission Directives 
adapting it technical progress, and possible simplification (pending the 
findings of an ongoing study to be completed by the end of 2006) 

Recast: new directive or regulation and, at the same time, discontinue 
the translation and publication of the Annexes in all Community 
languages (± 900 pages per mode). 

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Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

23  Repeal of 2 Directives on requirements for safety advisers 

Repeal 

for on the transport of dangerous goods 

Repeal: The corresponding provisions are already incorporated in 
existing international agreements 

24  Recast of Statutes & Rules on nuclear energy supply 

Recast 

Recast: Procedures for approving supply contracts will be simplified. 

contracts (Euratom Supply Agency) 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

2007 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

25 

Proposal for a Council Regulation on common market 
organisation of wine 

Revision 

 The reform of the common market organisation for wine aims mainly:
- To increase the competitiveness of the EU's wine producers; 
- To create a wine regime that operates through clear, simple rules that 
ensure balance between supply and demand; and 
- To create a wine regime that preserves the best traditions of EU wine 
production and reinforces the social and environmental fabric of rural 
areas. 

26  Cross compliance report and relevant legislative proposals 
for direct support schemes under the common agricultural 
policy 

Revision 

Report with appropriate legislative proposals on the implementation of 
the cross compliance mechanisms of Council Regulation (EC) NO 
1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes 

27  Council regulation on information and promotion actions 

Recast 

for agricultural products 

28  Amendment of the rules concerning applications for export 

Revision 

licenses (agricultural products) 

The objective of this initiative is to define the conditions, procedures 
and control methods in the co-financing of information programmes 
and the promotion of agricultural goods, both within the Internal 
Market and with regard to third countries. This initiative translates into 
a reduction of current regime on the promotion of agricultural products. 
The four Regulations (two of the Council and two of the Commission) 
will be halved into one Council Regulation and one Commission 
implementing measure. 

Redrafting of Art 25 of Commission Regulation (EC) N° 1291/2000 
will clarify that (for reasons of efficiency) the electronic versions of 
certificates referred to in Art. 19 may be submitted to the issuing body 
instead of to the importer / exporter. 

X 

X  

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

29  Commission Regulation (EC) No 917/2004 on beekeeping  Revision 

30  Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 on proof of 
import for differentiated refunds(agricultural products) 

Revision 

31  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2808/98 and 

Revision 

implementing rules of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 
(operative events and exchange rates) 

32 

Simplification of standard periodic agricultural instruments Revision 

X 

X 

X 

X 

The objective is to give Member States greater flexibility to adapt 
financial allocations, allowing better realisation of the programme and 
benefiting production and marketing conditions in this sector. 
Commission autonomous act 

The objective is to amend the rules concerning proof of import in the 
system of differentiated export refunds (Articles 16 and 17 of 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999). Commission autonomous 
act 

The proposal concerns the harmonisation of operative events and 
exchange rates in the different CAP sectors, relating to amounts, prices 
and aids to be converted in euros or in another national currency of 
Member States. The repeal of certain sectoral regulations and 
modification of Regulation (EC) NO 2808/98 in order to use a single 
exchange rate instead of an average rate for amounts are under 
consideration. Commission autonomous act 

The objective is to replace multiple sectoral rules by horizontal ones 
and simplify management mechanisms through the modification of 
periodic agricultural instruments relating to: 

- Allocation of quantities for import tariff quotas;  

- Tendering procedures for export refunds; 

- Tendering procedures for public storage;  

- Fixing of export refunds (including respect of WTO commitments).  

Commission autonomous act 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

33  Horizontal rules for private storage of agricultural products  Revision 

34  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2295/2003 on egg 

Revision 

labelling 

35  Horizontal rules on tender procedures for export refunds 

Revision 

for certain agricultural products 

36  Horizontal rules on import tariff quotas managed through a 

Revision 

system of import licences (agricultural products) 

37  Commission Regulation (EC) No 382/2005 on the 

Revision 

Common organisation of the market in dried fodder  

The aim is to replace multiple sectoral rules by horizontal ones and 
simplify management mechanisms relating to the private storage of 
agricultural products. It is planned to carry out a legal review of the 
existing sectoral provisions with a view to eliminating unnecessary 
provisions and to harmonising the system of private storage, and to 
adopt a horizontal regulation for the rules concerning private storage. 
Commission autonomous act 

The existing implementing Regulation (EC) No 2295/2003 will be 
redrafted to take into account the changes introduced by the new 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006. Commission autonomous act 

The aim is to replace multiple sectoral rules and simplify management 
mechanisms relating to tendering procedures concerning export refunds 
for certain agricultural products, through the adoption of a horizontal 
regulation for the tendering procedure concerning export refunds for 
certain agricultural products. Commission autonomous act 

The aim is to replace multiple sectoral rules by horizontal ones and 
simplify management mechanisms relating to import tariff quotas 
managed by a system of import licences (excepted bananas) by means 
of a legal review of the existing sectoral provisions with a view to 
eliminating unnecessary provisions and to harmonising regulations 
opening the import tariff quotas. Commission autonomous act 

The objective is to amend the implementing Regulation to reduce 
obligations for non-processors (farmers and downstream sector) under 
the regulation and to remove obsolete provisions. Commission 
autonomous act 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

EN 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

38  General block exemption Regulations on the application of 
Arts 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to regional aid, SME, 
R&D, environmental aid, employment, training 

Revision 

39  Notice on the execution of recovery decisions  

Revision 

40 

Implementing regulation, state aids procedural aspects  

Recast 

The new General block exemption Regulation (GBER) will cover areas 
already covered by existing block exemptions concerning training, 
employment, SME, and new areas like innovation, environment, risk 
capital and regional aid. 
State aid covered by this GBER will not have to be notified to the 
Commission. The GBER will gather all provisions concerning State aid 
exempted from the notification obligation in one single document and 
by increasing the number of cases exempted from prior notification, 
thereby reducing the administrative burden for MS. 

A more effective execution of recovery decisions by Member States 
has been identified as a priority objective in the State aid action plan 
This notice should provide guidance to Member States on how they 
should ensure that the Commission’s recovery decisions are properly 
executed  

The implementing regulation provides guidance to Member States on a 
number of specific State aid procedural aspects (notification, 
calculation of recovery interests, reporting).  
The objective is to  

- Adapt the Regulation to accommodate the increased use of electronic 
exchanges between the Commission and the Member States; 

- Revise provisions regarding the recovery interests to bring them into 
line with economic reality; 

- Revise the annual reporting requirements for transparency and 
monitoring purposes. 

X 

X 

EN 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

41  Repeal of Council Decision 85/368/EEC on a system for 

Repeal 

the comparability of vocational education and training 
(VET) qualifications  

42  Revision of Directive 2001/23/EC 'Transfer of 

Revision 

Undertakings'  

Following the adoption of the draft Recommendation of the Council 
and the EP on a European Qualifications Framework COM(2006)479, 
the Decision has become outdated and is no longer sustainable, notably 
because of the rapid development of qualifications.  

The objective is to clarify the application of the Directive to cross 
border operations and to introduce any amendments that are justified, 
after consulting Member States and social partners, on the basis of the 
Commission report of 2006.  

43  Codification of Directive 89/655/CEE and its amendments, 
Directives 95/63/EC and 2001/45/EC, concerning the 
health and safety minimum requirements for the use of 
work equipment at work  

Codification 

Codification. 

44  Revision of Directive 88/378/EC on the safety of toys  

Revision 

45 

Proposal for Regulation of EP and Council on type 
approval of heavy-duty vehicles and engines with respect 
to their emissions (Euro VI proposal)  

Revision and 
repeal 

The main policy objectives are the simplification of the current 
legislation, the improvement on the safety of toys by clarifying 
essential safety requirements, the improvement in the functioning of the 
Internal Market by developing conditions for a better common 
approach by national market surveillance authorities in the 
implementation of the legislation in force. 

The proper functioning of the single market in the European Union 
requires common standards limiting the emission of atmospheric 
pollutants from motor vehicles. The proposal will apply to heavy-duty 
vehicles.  

The main objective of the proposal is to lay down the Euro VI limits for 
pollutant emissions. 

The proposal will repeal four directives. 

X 

X 

X 

X 

EN 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

46 

Simplification of Council Directive 76/768/EEC on 
Cosmetic Products 

Recast  

47  Recast of Directive 89/106/EEC on Construction Products  Recast 

48  Repeal of Directive 84/539/EEC on electro-medical 

Repeal 

equipment used in human or veterinary medicine  

49  Review of existing legislation on industrial emissions 

Recast 

The purpose of this proposal is to recast legislation on cosmetics 
products, as part of a more general simplification strategy concerning 
goods. 

The purpose of this proposal is to clarify the scope and the objectives of 
the existing Directive and to simplify the implementing mechanisms, 
ensuring proper functioning of the internal market for construction 
products, while avoiding constraints and obligations, e.g. administrative 
costs, which are disproportionate to the benefits to be expected. 

This Directive has become obsolete. The applicable standard specified 
in the Annex dates back to 1979. It is intended to broaden the scope of 
Directive 93/42/EC on medical devices which currently only addresses 
medical devices for human beings to veterinary devices. 

X 

The objectives is to improve the current legal framework related to 
industrial emissions, and to streamline the interaction between the 
various legislation, while not altering the underlying principles and the 
level of ambition of the present legal framework. 
As regards the scope of the present initiative, it includes reviewing the 
Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and 
control (IPPC) and related industrial emissions legislation (Directive 
2001/80/EC on large combustion plants, Directive 2000/76/EC on the 
incineration of waste, Directive 1999/13/EC on the use of organic 
solvents in certain activities and installations). 

EN 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

50  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 on a revised 

Recast 

Community eco-label award scheme  

51  Revision of the Regulation (EC) 761/2001 allowing 

Recast 

voluntary participation by organisations in a Community 
eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) 

52  Review of the Directives on waste from the titanium 

Recast 

dioxide industry  

53  Development of the Shared Environmental Information 

Communication 

System (SEIS)  

Recast/revision 

The objective is to create a more business friendly system by 
involvement of key stakeholders in the decision making process, 
outsource routine criteria development to a dedicated body, link Eco-
label closely with Green Procurement and reduce the procedural burden 
for the Commission. The changes will focus on the substance with 
special attention for the needs of SMEs, the institutional set up and the 
links to other policy instruments in particular Green Public 
Procurement. 

The objective is to raise attractiveness for SMEs by reduction of the 
administrative burden for companies, simplify access to EMAS for 
company-clusters and reduce procedural requirements by cutting red 
tape. The changes will focus on the substance with special attention for 
the needs of SMEs, the institutional set up and the links to other policy 
instruments in particular Green Public Procurement 

The objective is to simplify the current legislation related to the waste 
from the titanium dioxide industry (78/176/EEC, 82/883/EEC, 
92/112/EEC) based on other existing legislation, deleting obsolete 
provisions, while keeping the same level of environmental protection. 
This initiative includes reviewing and clarifying the interaction with 
Directive 96/61/EC (IPPC). 

Communication outlining the vision, objectives, actions and timetable 
for the development of the Shared Environmental Information System. 
It will be accompanied or followed by appropriate legislative proposals 
to streamline the environmental reporting. 

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Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

X 

X 

X 

EN 

 
  
 
 
 
 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

54  Recast of Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and its 

Recast 

modifications (8) for the conservation of fishery resources 
through technical measures for the protection of juveniles 
of marine organisms 

Major revision of current technical measures in order to reduce their 
complexity and number, reinforce consistency and provide for simpler 
procedures for later updating and revision. More enforceable technical 
measures will be established in close cooperation with stakeholders. 

55  New legislative proposals amending the regulatory 

Revision 

framework for electronic communications networks and 
services  

56  Repeal of Decision 2003/548/EC on Leased Lines  

Repeal 

57  Repeal of Directive 87/372/EC on the frequency bands to 
be reserved for cellular digital band-based mobile 
communications  

Repeal 

58  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 on the 
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) 

Revision 

The main objective of the legislative proposals is to enhance the ability 
of the current framework to deliver on its initial objectives by 
proposing adaptations that take account of experience to date and 
expected market and technological changes in the future. The creation 
of a competitive single market for electronic communications services 
and networks in Europe with corresponding benefits for citizens is the 
ultimate aim. 

There is no need or justification for mandating specific retail services. 
In the public consultation on the 2006 review, it is proposed that the 
concept be removed altogether by legislative amendment of the 
Universal Service Directive. 

Policy initiative linked to previous actions in radio spectrum policy. 
Directive 87/372 is reaching obsolescence. A new Commission 
Decision pursuant to Decision 676/2002/EC will regulate the use of the 
900 MHz band in the EU. 

The objective is to update and revision of the existing Commission 
Regulation (following targeted and wide stakeholder consultations). 
The update of the CPV Regulation is necessary to maintain an efficient 
and simple procurement system that is easily applied for both suppliers 
and bidders 

X 

X 

X 

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action 

Description of scope and objectives 

59 

Proposal for a directive on the solvency of insurance 
companies (Solvency II) 

Recast 

60  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 on novel foods  

Recast 

In line with similar developments in the banking sector and following 
international developments in solvency, risk management and 
accounting, the new solvency regime aims at the protection of 
policyholders and beneficiaries. It will improve the competitiveness of 
EU insurers and provide for a better allocation of capital resources, 
without causing significant market disruptions and impeding innovation 
in the insurance industry. 

Revision of the Novel Food Regulation is needed to clarify the 
legislation after removal of GM food from the scope, create a more 
favourable environment for innovation for the food industry and 
facilitate internal and external trade. This will:  
-Tighten and streamline the authorisation procedure for novel/new 
foods and thus make it more predictable for the applicants.  
-Tailor the safety assessment to different types of foods allowing foods 
with safe history of use outside the EU to enter the EU more easily than 
is presently the case.  
-Take into account new technologies with an impact on food (e.g. 
nanotechnology, animal cloning).  

61  Revision of the existing legislation on feed labelling and 

Recast 

authorisation/withdrawal procedure of feed materials 
(Directives 79/373/EEC, 96/25/EC, 82/471/EEC and 
93/74/EEC) 

Recast, modernisation and replacement of the directives to amend the 
existing feed labelling requirements, to extend the non-exclusive list of 
feed materials and to align the authorisation procedures with principles 
and provisions set out in the General Food Law.  

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

X 

EN 

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 Title of action 

62  Revision of existing Regulation on general food labelling 

and nutrition labelling  

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Revision and 
repeal 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

The key objective is to update the current rules on general food and 
nutrition labelling, taking into account the experience gained in 
applying Directives 2000/13/EC and 1990/496/CEC. There is a need to 
ensure that there is legislation that meets consumers’ needs, is not too 
burdensome for the industry, and that can adapt to a continually 
changing market. This requires a new approach that strikes a balance 
between flexibility and prescription and between action at the national 
and EU level. 
The proposed Regulation will repeal the above mentioned Directives 
and will clarify and simplify the laws on general food and nutrition 
labelling. 

63  Revision of Directive 92/34/EEC on the marketing of fruit 

Recast 

plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for 
fruit production  

Amendments concern inter alia a new definition of marketing, as well 
as technical measures which will be adopted based on an appropriate 
evaluation and on technical and scientific progress. 

64  Review of the Timeshare Directive (94/47/EC)  

Revision 

Two objectives can be identified:  

- To clarify and simplify the regulatory framework in which business 
operates;  

- To improve the legislation based on technical and scientific progress 
and to the new marketing environment in line with the new CAP. 

The objective is to enhance legal certainty for consumers. Level 
playing field for business as traders marketing and selling the new 
products in the market will have to comply with the same rules as 
“traditional timeshare”. Update of the list of requirements for the 
prospectus and the contract will provide for modernisation. The scope 
is extended to bring under the Directive other long-term holiday 
products which have been developed since the adoption of the current 
directive. 

X 

X 

EN 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

65  Rules of Origin (based on the Community Customs Code)  Recast 

66  Modernisation of VAT provisions relating to financial 

Revision 

services including insurance 

67  Revision of Directive 92/12/EEC on general arrangements 
for products subject to excise duty and holding, movement 
and monitoring of such products 

Recast 

The objective is to simplify the rules of origin by proposing new rules 
which will determine the position in negotiation on GSP as well as in 
the context of the new Economic Partnership Agreements with the ACP 
countries. 

The current provisions are out of date and at the very least need to be 
modernised. The overall legal and regulatory environment in which the 
industry operates does not keep pace with the evolution of the industry 
and conflicts with the bias towards vertical integration. Companies are 
thus prevented from further refining their economic and legal structures 
to increase their competitiveness. Changes should be directed towards 
modernising the rules, ensuring their consistency with established 
policy objectives and reducing the need to seek clarification through 
litigation. 

Simplification and modernisation of requirements and computerisation 
of the procedures by: 
- modernizing and simplifying the provisions of the directive wherever 
possible 
- integrating into the directive judgements of the ECJ as well as 
guidelines of the excise committee 
- adapting the directive to support the computerisation of procedures 
for the movement of excise products under suspension of excise duty 
(the EMCS project). 

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Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

X 

 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

68  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a 
Community regime for the control of dual-use items and 
technology 

Recast 

69  Recast of Directives 96/26/EC and 98/76/EC on the 

Recast 

conditions of admission to the occupation of road haulage 
and road passenger transport operators 

The proposal provides for enlarging the scope of controls by extending 
them, under specific circumstances, to transit and brokering of dual use 
items. This enlargement of the scope of controls is compensated by the 
creation of a level playing field for exporters aiming at reducing the 
current distortions of competition between EU exporters which 
originate from MS different practices. A number of measures will 
simplify the work for: 

– Community administrations (for example improved system of sharing 
denials using a template provided by the Commission, a comitology 
procedure for changes to the annexes and for the adoption of guidelines 
for the implementation of the Recast Regulation);  

– private entities (harmonisation of the conditions of use of export 
authorisations and their format, e-systems for the management of 
licence applications, replacement of intra-Community transfer 
authorisations by pre-notification of transfers by EU suppliers of those 
dual use goods whose intra-EC trade is currently under control ).  

The objective is to ensure a harmonised application of the rules, a clear 
understanding of what is required, maintain mutual recognition of 
qualifications, protect the right of establishment, rationalise the market, 
improve service quality and road safety. 
The amendment of existing rules will strengthen, clarify and simplify 
the application of the three qualitative criteria of good repute, financial 
standing and professional competence, by which operators gain 
admission to the occupation. 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

70  Recast of conditions of access to road transport market 

Recast 

(Regulations (EC) No 881/92, 684/92, 3118/93, 12/98 and 
484/2002)  

71  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 2299/89 on a code of 
conduct for computerised reservation systems 

Revision 

The objective is to ensure a harmonised application of the rules, a clear 
understanding of what is required, protect the right of establishment, 
rationalise the market, improve service quality and road safety. 
The amendment of existing rules to strengthen, clarify and simplify the 
access to the market, conditions for cabotage and the applicability of 
driver attestation to EU drivers. 

Regulation (EC) No 2299/89 was adopted in a market context where 
almost all airline bookings were made via computerised reservation 
systems (CRS) and where most CRS were owned and controlled by 
airlines. With the divestment of most airlines and the development of 
alternative distribution channels, the market context has changed and 
the regulation now seems to be standing in the way of an efficient 
functioning of the market. 
The main policy objective is to increase market efficiency by giving 
more room to market forces. Increased competition in the sector should 
allow to improve the quality of services offered and to reduce the 
distribution costs in the air transport sector. 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

2008 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

72  Direct Payments Health Check in the Common 

Revision 

Agricultural Policy 

Report with appropriate legislative proposals on the implementation of 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 

73 

Proposal to simplify Directives on information and 
consultation of workers (conditional) 

Recast 

Scope and objectives to be refined in light of 2007 report on Directive 
2002/14 and further discussions with Member States. 

74  Community initiative on work-related musculoskeletal 

Recast 

disorders 
(follow-up of the second phase of consultation of the social 
partners)  

75 

Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the provisions 
of EC Regulation n° 883/2004 and its implementing 
Regulation to nationals of third countries (who are not 
already covered by those provisions on the basis of their 
nationality) 

Revision and 
repeal 

76  Revision of Regulation of the European Parliament and of 

Revision 

the Council completing the Annexes of EC Regulation 
n°883/2004 

The objective is to integrate the provisions of both Council Directive 
90/269/EEC on the minimum health and safety requirements for the 
manual handling of loads and Council Directive 90/270/EEC on the 
minimum health and safety requirements for work with display screen 
equipment into a new legislative instrument. (depending on the result of 
the consultation of the social partners a proposal for a new Directive) 

EC Regulation 883/2004 modernises and simplifies the coordination of 
social security systems. Its predecessor, Regulation 1408/71, was 
extended to third country nationals through Regulation 859/03. The 
proposed Regulation will achieve the same aim and replace Regulation 
859/03. This Regulation will result in fewer administrative costs for 
Member States. 

The objective of the proposal is to complete the Annexes of Regulation 
883/2004. EC Regulation 883/2004 modernises and simplifies the 
coordination of social security systems. It is necessary for these 
Annexes to be completed for Regulation 883/2004 to apply. 

X 

X 

X 

77  Codification of Directive 83/477/CEE and its amendments, 

Codification 

Codification  

directives 91/382/CEE and 2003/18/CE into a single text 
(protection of workers against the risks of exposure to 
asbestos at work) 

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 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

78  Recast of two directives concerning Medical Devices and 

Recast 

The purpose is to recast into a Regulation:: 

human blood and human plasma  

- Directive 2000/70/EC on medical devices incorporating stable 
derivates of human blood or human plasma,  

- and Directive 2001/104/EC on medical devices.  

79  Recast and adapt market authorisation procedures of 

Recast 

The purpose is to recast into a Regulation: 

directives concerning Medical Devices and active 
implantable medical devices  

80  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 1085/2003 concerning the 
examination of variations to the terms of a marketing 
authorisation for medicinal products for human use and 
veterinary medicinal products falling within the scope of 
Council Regulation (EC) No 2309/93  

81  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 1084/2003 concerning the 
examination of variations to the terms of a marketing 
authorisation for medicinal products for human use and 
veterinary medicinal products granted by a competent 
authority of a Member State  

- Directive 90/385/EEC relating to active implantable medical devices; 

- and Directive 93/42/EEC on medical devices.  

This is part of a more general simplification strategy concerning goods. 

Revision 

The objective is to reduce the administrative burden for industry by 
streamlining the circumstances obliging industry to file applications for 
variations of human and veterinary medicinal products. 

Revision 

The objective is to reduce the administrative burden for industry by 
streamlining the circumstances obliging industry to file applications for 
variations of human and veterinary medicinal products. 

X 

X 

82  Moving towards the UN/ECE system of vehicle approval 

Recast  

legislation  

Replacing the Community acquis in the field of motor vehicles with 
international regulations at UN_ECE level 
This will be followed by the repeal of numerous EU Directives. 

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Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

X 

X 

 Title of action 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

83  Revision of 3 Directives on textiles 

Revision 

The objective is to replace these Directives by a Regulation and 
simplify procedures for Member States, companies and the 
Commission. It will provide for shorter period of time for adoption of 
new fibre names. Quantitative methods will be transferred to the 
standardisation process Commission autonomous act 

84 

Extension of the scope of Directive 2004/22/EC on 
measuring instruments and repeal 8 “old approach” 
metrology Directives (75/33/EEC, 76/765/EEC, 
76/766/EEC, 71/317/EEC, 74/148/EEC, 86/217/EEC, 
71/347/EEC, 71/349/EEC) 

Repeal 

The objective is to provide for a coherent legal framework for legal 
metrology. Commission autonomous act 

85  Recast of 4 Directives on Pressure vessels and equipments  Recast 

86 

Legal instrument setting sector-specific adaptations to New 
Approach revision 

Recast 

87  Commission Directive relating to self testing and to virtual 

Recast 

testing, with a view to simplify the type-approval 
procedure with respect to ten separate directives. The list of 
Directive is published as Annex I to the CARS 21 Final 
Report 

88  Review of Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 on substances 

Recast 

that deplete the ozone layer 

The objective is to recast these Directives into one legal instrument by 
implementing the revised regulatory approach to technical 
harmonisation.  

This instrument is meant to adapt sectoral Directives to the horizontal 
instrument to be adopted in 2006 and would cover sectors not already 
specifically addressed in the simplification programme.  

The introduction of virtual / self testing will reduce costs and 
administrative burden of present producers. Virtual and self testing will 
speed up product development and reduce costs for both industry and 
consumers. 
The recast of Directive 70/156/EEC will empower the Commission to 
adopt the necessary modifications via comitology. 

Simplification as part of an overall assessment of the effectiveness of 
the present framework in the light of new technical and scientific 
developments which might require new issues to be addressed or 
possibly strengthened..  

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 Title of action 

89  Revision of both Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of 
the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and 
electronic equipment and Directive 2002/96/EC on waste 
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Revision 

90  Revision of Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 on Community 
statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member 
States 

Revision 

91  Recast of Regulation (EC) No 2847/93 establishing a 

Recast 

control system applicable to the common fisheries policy  

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

Description of scope and objectives 

Review based on the experience of the application of the Directives and 
based on the development of the state of technology, experience gained 
environmental requirements and the functioning of the internal market. 
The review shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by proposals for 
revision of relevant provisions of these Directives. 

Simplification of Intrastat with a view to alleviate the statistical 
reporting of economic operators, in particular SMEs, taking into 
account the outcome of the ongoing pilot project of administrative costs 
and a future feasibility study to analyse workability of a collection 
system limited to one flow. 

The objective is to modernise the procedures and facilitate a better 
enforcement by alleviating the burden and constraints for the industry 
and public administrations and increasing the use of IT tools to reduce 
reporting obligations.  

All aspects related to the control and monitoring of fisheries activities 
(declaration of catches, tolerance margins, landing declaration, 
transport, localisation of the fleet, etc.) will be simplified 

92  Codification or recast of company law Directives 

Codification 

Codification  

of 

Reduction 
administrative 
costs 

Report on outcome of measurement of administrative costs originating 
from company law directives. Could lead to simplification and recast 

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93  Revision of the accounting acquis 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Reduction of 
administrative 
costs  

Revision 

Description of scope and objectives 

Revision of the accounting acquis to: 

– simplify and update accounting rules under fourth and seventh CLD’s 
for SME’s.  
– consolidate all Commission Regulations on IAS/IFRS/SIC/IFRIC in 
force in the EU (this could lead to the abrogation of six Regulations)  

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

94  Revision of the Consumer Protection acquis (8 Consumer 

Codification 

Protection Directives) 

The overall aim of the revision of the acquis, is to simplify and 
improve the coherence of the consumer regulatory framework and thus 
enhance legal certainty both for consumers and business.  

The legal instrument will be a combination of codification and repeal of 
parts of existing directives and enactment of new rules. The most likely 
regulatory action, depending on the final outcome of the review, will be 
a mixed approach to the revision of the acquis. This will consist of a 
horizontal instrument, underpinned whenever required by vertical 
solutions. 

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95 

Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 
77/388/CEE as regards the VAT treatment of public 
authorities and the exemptions for certain activities in the 
public interest 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Revision 

96  Council Directive 2003/49/EC on a common system of 

Codification 

taxation applicable to interest and royalty payments made 
between associated companies of different Member States 
as amended  

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

Description of scope and objectives 

The proposal aims at ensuring a more harmonised and neutral VAT 
system. 
Harmonisation is necessary as, due to certain options and vague 
definitions, the practical application of the provisions related to public 
authorities varies widely among Member States creating differences in 
the VAT treatment of public authorities between Member States. 
Neutrality has to be achieved as distortions of competition between the 
public and the private sector and several economic inefficiencies as 
well as tax avoidance schemes are the main disadvantages of the 
current rules.  

Consolidation of the legal text and adoption of simplified procedures 
relating to exemption from withholding tax. 

97  Recast of Regulation (EC) No 3821/85 on recording 

Recast 

Recast 

equipment in road transport 

98  Recast of Regulation (EC) No 725/2004 on ship and port 

Recast 

Recast 

facility security 

99  Review of the "first railway package" following the 2006 

Recast 

report on its implementation (Communication 
accompanied by a proposal to modify/recast existing acts, 
notably Directives 91/440/CEE and 2001/14/CE)  

In the light of the above-mentioned report, it is necessary to take on 
board, where possible in the form of a "railway code", the totality of the 
relevant legislation with the aim to improve its readability and clarify 
certain points (notably with regard to the independence of vital 
functions) 

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Type of 
simplification 
action 

Description of scope and objectives 

100  Revision of Council Directive 94/56/EC establishing the 

Revision 

fundamental principles governing the investigation of civil 
aviation accidents and incidents and of Directive 
2003/42/EC on occurrence reporting in civil aviation 

The objective is to modernise Directive 94/56/EC following the advice 
of the Group of Experts established by EC Decision 2003/425. In 
addition it will build upon Directive 2003/42/EC in order to create a 
minimum set of centralised functions, including a data base to allow 
appropriate entities to carry out trend analysis or other studies.  

101  Mutual acceptance of personnel licences and harmonisation 

Recast 

Potential repeal of: 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

X 

of technical requirements in civil aviation 

102  Recast of Directive 96/98 on marine equipment  

Recast 

- Council Directive 91/670/EEC on mutual acceptance of personnel 
licences for the exercise of functions in civil aviation  

-Council Regulation (EC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of 
technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of 
civil aviation. 

To ensure the free movement of marine equipment within the Single 
Market while ensuring the highest level of safety and environment 
protection. 

The objectives are to: 

- Produce a consolidated text following the successive amendments of 
the Directive; 

- Improve the functioning of the Directive's system by addressing the 
existing shortcomings; 

- Adapt, if and as necessary, to the ongoing revision of the New 
Approach.  

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 Title of action 

103  Revision of the Emergency Oil Stock Systems 

Recast of Directive 68/414/EEC to minimum stocks; repeal 
of 68/416/EEC Council Decision; recast of Directive 
72/425/EEC; recast of Directive 73/238/EEC; repeal of 
77/706/EEC Council Decision; repeal of 79/639/EEC 
Commission Decision and recast of Directive 98/93/EC 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Revision and 
repeal 

Description of scope and objectives 

The objective of this revision is to achieve better security of oil supply 
by providing for an integrated EU emergency mechanism which will be 
able to secure the integrity of supplies of oil products in case of supply 
disruptions and to contribute to the transparency of oil markets by 
increasing the visibility of stocks. 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

104  Recast of the framework Directive 92/75/EC on the 
compulsory energy labelling of domestic appliances 

Recast 

105  Recast of the Community regulatory framework regarding 

the transport of radioactive material  

Recast 

Impact Assessment will be launched in October 2006 to evaluate the 
opportunity to extend the scope of the directive beyond domestic 
appliances.  

Currently at Community level more than 30 Directives, Regulations, 
recommendations govern the transport of radioactive material. Based 
on the work of an expert group, harmonisation will lead to 
simplification of rules and procedures.  

X 

106  Revision of the basic safety standards (2006-2007) to 
reflect the new ICRP Recommendation (2007) and to 
strengthen the Community legislation 
Recast of 10 acts on radioprotection into a single 
Commission act: Euratom Council Directives 89/618, 
90/641, 92/3, 96/29, 97/43, 2003/122 and 1493/93; 
Euratom Commission decision 93/552, and Commission 
recommendations 90/143 and C (2001)4580. 

Recast 

Once the International Commission on Radiological Protection will 
have issued new recommendations (mid-2007), Directive 
96/29/Euratom will be revised taking into account operational 
experience and consolidating the existing acquis.  

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 Title of action 

107  Commission Decision amending the Annex to Directive 

90/377 concerning a Community procedure to improve the 
transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to 
industrial end-users 

Type of 
simplification 
action 

Revision 

Description of scope and objectives 

The draft Decision concerns the methodology for collecting statistics. 
There are also significant simplifications to the methodology including 
the removal of data submission at local level and a reduction in the 
number of categories of consumer. These will reduce the reporting 
burden without losing very much in terms of the comprehensiveness of 
coverage. 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

X 

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Type of 
simplification 
action 

2009 

Description of scope and objectives 

108  Commission Directive repealing 38 Directives on Motor 

Repeal 

Vehicles  

109  Simplification of Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 on 

Revision 

fertilizers  

Once the recast of Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation 
of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor 
vehicles and their trailers has been adopted, a set of UN/ECE 
Regulations on motor vehicles can be made mandatory (step 1) in view 
of repealing 38 parallel Directives (step 2). The list of Directives to be 
repealed is published as Annex 1 to the CARS 21 Final Report. The 
recast of Directive 70/156/EEC will also empower the Commission to 
proceed to the necessary repeals via comitology. 

The purpose of the Fertiliser Regulation is to guarantee to the farmer 
the nutrient content of the fertiliser. For this purpose, the technical 
Annexes of the Regulation give detailed technical specifications of a 
larger number of nutrient test methods. The objective of the 
simplification is to: 

- Replace 150 pages of the Annexes containing detailed descriptions of 
text methods with standards  

- Have therefore greater compliance with WTO by use of international 
standards  

Commission autonomous act 

Additional 
initiative to 
COM 
(2005) 535 

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Codification rolling programme – SEC(2006) 1220 

* Acts forming part of the Commission's Simplification Programme 

1 The order of priority of the acts in the list will be subject to the availability of the texts in all languages, in particular Bulgarian and Romanian, and to amendments 
foreseen to the act being codified. 

SECTION 1: ACTS PENDING BEFORE THE COUNCIL OR THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL 

Title 

Legal Base 

Regulation 845/72 laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing 

Regulation 2730/75 on glucose and lactose  

Regulation 2759/75 on the common organization of the market in pig meat 

Regulation 2075/92 on the common organization of the market in raw tobacco  

Decision 2000/24 granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside 
the Community  

Art. 308 

Art. 36 and 37 

Art. 36 and 37 

Art. 181a 

Directive 73/23 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain 
voltage limits 

Art. 95  

Directive 93/31 on stands for two-wheel motor vehicles (amended proposal) 

Directive 93/32 on passenger hand-holds on two or three-wheel motor vehicles (amended proposal)  

Directive 93/94 relating to the space for mounting rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles 

10  Directive 78/659 on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life  

11  Directive 79/923 on the quality required of shellfish waters  

12  Directive 90/219 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms 

13  Directive 96/61* concerning integrated pollution prevention and control  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 175(1) 

Art. 175(1)  

Art. 175(1)  

Art. 175(1)  

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

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Communities  

15  Decision 91/115 establishing a committee on monetary, financial and balance of payments statistics  

Title 

16  Regulation 3880/91 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States in the north-east Atlantic  

17  Directive 92/100 * on rental right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property  

18  Directive 93/98 * harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights  

19  Directive 69/466 on control of San José Scale 

20  Directive 84/450 concerning misleading and comparative advertising  

21  Directive 88/344 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs 

and food ingredients  

Legal Base 

Art. 285  

The treaty: decision sui 
generis 

Art. 285  

Art. 37 and 94 

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

22  Directive 89/398 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses   Art. 95  

23  Decision 90/638 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases 

24  Directive 91/629 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves  

25 

European Parliament and Council Directive 98/27 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests  

26  Directive 78/1035 on the exemption from taxes on imports of small consignments of goods of a non-commercial character from third 

countries 

27  Regulation 3911/92 on the export of cultural goods  

28  Decision 73/391 on consultation and information procedures in credit matters  

29  Regulation 2007/2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European 

Union's Stabilisation and Association process  

Treaty and Dec. 90/424 
(Art. 24) 

Art. 37 

Art. 95 and 251  

Art. 93  

Art. 133 

Art.133 

Art. 133 

30  Directive 62/2005 on the establishment of common rules for international transport (carrying of goods by road for hire or reward)  

Art. 71(1) and 251  

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31  Decision  62/403  instituting  a  procedure  or  prior  examination  and  consultation  in  respect  of  certain  laws,  regulations  and 

administrative provisions concerning transport proposed in Member States  

32  Regulation  4060/89  on  the  elimination  of  controls  performed  at  the  frontiers  of  Member  States  in  the  field  of  road  and  inland 

waterway transport  

33  Directive  92/14  on  the  limitation  of  the  operation  of  aeroplanes  covered  by  Annex  16  to  the  Convention  on  International  Civil 

Aviation  

34  Directive 95/18 on the licensing of railway undertakings  

Legal Base 

Art. 71(1) and 251  

Art. 251  

Art. 80(2)  

Art. 71 

Title 

Legal Base 

SECTION 2: ADOPTION BETWEEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2006 AND 31 DECEMBER 2006 

(a) EP/Council acts 

Regulation 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition,  
description and presentation of aromatized wines  

Art. 37 and 97  

Directive 80/987 * on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the 
insolvency of their employer  

Art. 251  

35 

36 

37  Directive 83/477 * on the protection of employees against the risk of exposure to asbestos at the workplace  

38  Directive 89/655 * on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use of equipment  

39 

40 

41 

Directive  74/151  on  the  approximation  of  the  laws  of  the  Member  States  relating  to  certain  parts  and  characteristics  of  wheeled 
agricultural or forestry tractors  

Directive  74/347  on  the  approximation  of  the  laws  of  the  Member  States  relating  to  the  field  of  vision  and  windscreen  wipers  for 
wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Directive 93/29 on identification of controls, tell-tales and  
indicators for two or three-wheel motor vehicles  

42  Regulation 837/90 concerning statistical information to be supplied by the Member States on cereals production  

Art. 251  

Art. 251  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 251  

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Regulation 2597/95 on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the 
north Atlantic  

Art. 285  

Directive  85/611  *  on  the  co-ordination  of  laws,  regulations  and  administrative  provisions  relating  to  undertakings  for  collective 
investment in transferable securities – CITS  

Art. 47(2)  

Title 

Legal Base 

45  Directive 89/104* First Council Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks  

46  Regulation 40/94 * on the Community trade mark  

47  Directive 77/504 on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species  

48  Directive 91/630 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs  

49 

Directive 76/308 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims resulting from operations forming part of the system of financing the 
EAGGF, and of the agricultural levies and customs duties  

Art. 95  

Art. 308 

Art. 37 and 94 

Art. 37  

Art. 93 and 94 

50  Directive 83/183 on tax exemptions applicable to permanent imports from a Member State of the personal property of individuals  

Art. 93 

51 

52 

Directive 90/377 concerning a Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial 
end-users 

Art. 284  

Directive 96/96 * on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their 
trailers  

Art. 71  

(b) Commission acts 

53  Regulation 1054/73 on detailed rules for aid in respect of silkworms  

54  Regulation 109/80 on the application of the lowest rate of export refund for certain products in the eggs and poultryment sectors  

55 

Regulation 2319/89 on minimum quality requirements for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and in natural fruit juice eligible for the 
production aid scheme  

56  Regulation 2742/90 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 2204/90 

57 

58 

EN 

Regulation 2825/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1766/92 as regards the fixing and granting of adjusted 
refunds in respect of cereals exported in the form of certain spirit drinks  

Regulation 1432/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the pigmeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in 
Regulation 774/94  

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59  Regulation 562/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1254/1999 

60 

61 

62 

63 

64 

Regulation 2723/87 laying down special detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on cereals exported in the 
form of pasta products falling within heading No 19.03 of the CCT  

Decision 79/491 laying down a code and standard rules for the transcription into a machine-readable form of the data of the basic 
surveys of areas under vines  

Regulation 908/2000 laying down detailed rules for calculating aid granted by member States to producer organisations in the 
fisheries and aquaculture sector  

Regulation 1886/2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 104/2000 as regards the extension to non-members 
of certain rules adopted by producers’ organisations in the fisheries sector  

 Directive 95/44 establishing the conditions under which certain harmful organisms, plants, plant products and other objects listed in 
Annexes I to V to Directive 77/93 may be introduced into or moved within the Community or certain protected zones thereof, for trial 
or scientific purposes and for work on varietal selections  

65  Directive 96/5 on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children  

66  Regulation 3954/87 * concerning maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs  

67  Regulation 737/90 * concerning imports of agricultural products after the Chernobyl accident  

68  Directive 2001/25 * concerning the minimum level of training of seafarers  

Art. 31 Euratom 

Art. 133 

Art. 80(2)  

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SECTION 3 : ADOPTION BETWEEN 1 JANUARY 2007 AND 30 APRIL 2007 

(a) EP/Council acts 

Regulation 79/65 setting up a network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation of agricultural 
holdings  

Art. 37(2) 

Regulation 234/68 on the establishment of a common organization of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the 
like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage  

Art. 36 and 37 

Regulation 315/68 fixing quality standards for flowering bulbs, corms and tubers 

Regulation 316/68 fixing quality standards for fresh cut flowers and fresh ornamental foliage  

73  Regulation 827/68 on the common organisation of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty  

74  Regulation 2782/75 on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks  
75  Regulation 1017/68 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway  

Directive 75/321 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the steering equipment of wheeled agricultural or 
forestry tractors  

Directive 77/536 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled 
agricultural or forestry tractors  

Directive 78/764 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the drivers seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry 
tractors  

Art. 95  

79  Directive 80/181 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement 
80  Regulation 959/93 concerning statistical information to be supplied by Member States on crop products other than cereals  

81  Regulation 2018/93 on the submission of catch and activity statistics by Member States fishing in the north-west Atlantic  

Directive 68/151 * on co-ordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by 
Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, with a view to making such 
safeguards equivalent throughout the Community  

Art. 95  

Art. 251  

Art. 285 

Art. 251  

Treaty Council 
Regulation 234/68 

Treaty Council 
Regulation 234/69 

Art. 36 and 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 71, 83 and 251 

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Directive 80/777 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral 
waters  

Art. 95  

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70 

71 

72 

76 

77 

78 

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Directive 90/539 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and imports from the third countries of poultry and 
hatching eggs 

Art. 37 

Title 

Legal Base 

85  Directive 92/12 on general arrangements for products subject to excise duty  

86  Regulation 3911/92 on the export of cultural goods  

87  Regulation 519/94 on common rules for imports from third countries  

88  Regulation 3285/94 on the common rules for imports  

89  Directive 94/55 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road  

90  Directive 96/49 relating to the transport of dangerous goods by rail  

(b) Commission acts 

91 

Decision 83/471 relating to the Community Inspection Committee on the application of the classification scale for carcases of adult 
bovine animals  

92  Regulation 2622/71 on procedures for the importation of rye from Turkey  

93 

94 

Regulation 2968/79 laying down detailed rules for the provision of administrative assistance in connection with the export of soft 
ripened cow's milk cheeses eligible for special treatment on import into a non-member country  

Regulation 2973/79 laying down detailed rules for the application of granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal products 
which may benefit from a special import treatment in a third country  

Art. 93 

Art. 133 

Art. 133 

Art. 133 

Art. 71  

Art. 71 

95  Regulation 32/82 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds for beef and veal  

amendment pending 

96 

Regulation 563/82 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1208/81 for establishing the market prices of adult 
bovine animals on the basis of the Community scale for the classification of carcases  

97  Regulation 1964/82 laying down the conditions for granting special export refunds on certain cuts of boned meat of bovine animals  

amendment pending 

98  Regulation 2213/83 laying down quality standards for onions and witloof chicory 

99 

Regulation 2388/84 on special detailed rules for the application of export refunds in the case of certain preserved beef and veal 
products  

amendment pending 

100  Regulation 1591/87 laying down quality standards for cabbages, Brussels sprouts, ribbed celery, spinach and plums  
101  Regulation 1677/88 laying down quality standards for cucumbers  

102  Regulation 1014/90 laying down detailed implementing rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks  

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103  Regulation 2921/90 on aid for the production of casein and caseinates from skimmed milk  

104  Regulation 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Regulation 1906/90  

105 

106 

107 

Regulation 1518/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulations 1418/76 and 1766/92 as regards the import and 
export system for products processed from cereals and rice  

Regulation 2051/96 laying down certain detailed rules for granting of assistance for the export of beef and veal which may benefit 
from a special import treatment in Canada  

Regulation 936/97 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef and for 
frozen buffalo meat  

108  Regulation 2288/97 laying down marketing standards for garlic  

109  Regulation 1396/98 laying down procedures for applying Regulation 779/98 in the poultrymeat sector  

amendment pending 

110  Regulation 730/1999 laying down the marketing standard for carrots  

111  Regulation 1455/1999 laying down the marketing standard for sweet peppers 

112  Regulation 2377/1999 laying down the marketing standards for asparagus  
113  Regulation 2561/1999 laying down the marketing standard for peas 

114  Regulation 2789/1999 laying down the marketing standard for table grapes  

115  Regulation 851/2000 laying down the marketing standard for apricots 

116  Regulation 912/2001 laying down the marketing standard for beans  

117  Regulation 1508/2001 laying down the marketing standard for onions  
118  Regulation 1543/2001 laying down the marketing standard for lettuces and curled-leaved and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives  

119  Regulation 1615/2001 laying down the marketing standard for melons  

120  Regulation 1799/2001 laying down the marketing standard for citrusfruit  

121  Regulation 2396/2001 laying down the marketing standard applicable to leeks  

122  Regulation 843/2002 laying down the marketing standard for strawberries  

123  Regulation 1284/2002 laying down the marketing standard for hazelnuts in shell  
124  Directive 80/723 on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and public undertakings  

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126 

127 

Regulation 4056/87 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the implementation of 
Regulation 3035/80  

Regulation 4154/87 laying down the methods of analysis and other technical provisions necessary for the implementation of 
Regulation 3033/80  

Directive 94/54 concerning the compulsory indication on the labelling of certain foodstuffs of particulars other than those provided for 
in Directive 2000/13 

Title 

Legal Base 

SECTION: ADOPTION BETWEEN 1 MAY 2007 AND 31 AUGUST 2007 

(a) EP/Council acts 

128  Regulation 2729/75 on the import levies on mixtures of cereals, rice and broken rice  

Regulation 2783/75 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin  

Regulation 3220/84 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases  

129 

130 

Art. 26, 87, 88, 89 and 
following, 308 

Treaty and Council 
Regulation 2759/75 

131  Regulation 386/90 on the monitoring carried out at the time of export of agricultural products receiving refunds or other amounts  

Art. 37  

132 

133 

Regulation 2204/90 laying down additional general rules on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products as 
regards cheese  

Regulation 2137/92 concerning the Community scale for the classification of carcases of ovine animals and determining the 
Community standard quality of fresh or chilled sheep carcases  

Art. 37 

134  Regulation 1254/1999 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal 

135  Regulation 3976/87 on the application of Article 85 (3) to agreements in the air transport sector  

136 

Regulation 479/92 on the application of Article 85 (3) of the Treaty to certain categories of agreements, decisions and concerted 
practices between liner shipping companies (consortia)  

Art. 36 and 37 

Art. 83 

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138 

139 

140 

Directive 72/306 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of 
pollutants from diesel engines for use in vehicles  

Directive 74/346 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to rear view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or 
forestry tractors  

Art. 95  

Directive 76/114 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to statutory plates and inscriptions for motor vehicles 
and their trailers, and their location and method of attachment  

 Art. 95  

Directive 76/760 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the rear registration plate lamps for motor vehicles 
and their trailers 

 Art. 95  

141  Directive 76/765 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to alcoholmeters and alcohol hydrometers  

Directive 77/311 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the driver perceived noise level of wheeled 
agricultural or forestry tractors  

Directive 78/933 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the installation of lighting and light signalling 
devices on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Directive 79/533 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the coupling device and the reverse of wheeled 
agricultural or forestry tractors  

Directive 79/622 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled 
agricultural or forestry tractors  

Art. 94 

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 95 

142 

143 

144 

145 

146 

Directive 80/720 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the operating space, access to the driving position 
and the doors and windows of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors 

Art. 95  

147  Directive 86/298 on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors  

148 

Directive 87/402 on roll-over protection structures mounted in front drivers seat on narrow track wheeled agricultural and forestry 
tractors 

149  Directive 89/106 an the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to construction products  

150  Directive 90/384 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to non-automatic weighting instruments  

151  Directive 90/396 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to appliances burning gazeous fuels  

152  Directive 93/92 on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two or three-wheel motor vehicles  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 96  

Art. 95  

Art.95  

Art. 95  

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154 

Regulation 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and 
Observation Network  

155  Regulation 3037/90 on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community  

156  Decision 96/411 on improving Community agricultural statistics  

157 

Directive 72/166 * on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use 
of motor vehicles, and to the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability  

158  Directive 78/855 * concerning mergers of public limited liability companies  

159 

Directive 84/5 * on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use 
of motor vehicles  

160  Directive 91/250 * on the legal protection of computer programs  

161 

Directive 91/496 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from 
third countries  

162  Directive 92/102 on the identification and registration of animals  

Legal Base 

Art. 175(1)  

Art. 175  

Art. 285  

Art. 251  

Art. 251  

Art. 251 

Art. 251 

Art. 95  

Art. 37 

Art.37 

163 

Directive 83/181 determining the scope of Article 14(1)(d) of Directive 77/388 as regards exemption from value added tax on the final 
importation of certain goods 

Art. 93 and 94 

164  Directive 90/434 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers of companies of different Member States  

165  Regulation 2603/69 establishing common rules for exports  

166  Regulation 520/94 establishing a Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas 

167  Directive 76/135 on reciprocal recognition of navigability licences for inland waterway vessels  

(b) Commission acts 

Art. 94 

Art. 133 

Art. 133 

Art. 71  

168  Decision 88/566 listing the products referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation 1898/87  

169 

Regulation 467/67 fixing the conversion rates, the processing costs and the values of the by-products for the various stages of rice 
processing  

170  Regulation 2237/77 on the form of farm return to be used for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings  

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Regulation 1552/80 laying down detailed rules for the provision of administrative assistance in connection with the export of certain 
cheeses eligible for special treatment on import into Australia  

172  Regulation 1859/52 concerning the selection of returning holdings for the purpose of determining incomes of agricultural holdings 

173  Regulation 1898/87 on the protection of designations used in marketing of milk and milk products  

174 

Regulation 344/91 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation 1186/90 to extend the scope of the Community scale 
for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals  

175  Regulation 94/92 laying down detailed rules for implementing the arrangements for imports from third countries  

176 

Regulation 2342/92 on imports of pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species from the third countries and the granting of export 
refunds thereon  

177  Regulation 461/93 laying down detailed rules for the Community scale for the classification of carcases of ovine animals  

178  Regulation 2131/93 laying down the procedure and conditions for the sale of cereals held by intervention agencies  

179 

Regulation 1267/94 applying the agreements between the European Union and third countries on the mutual recognition of certain 
spirit drinks  

180  Regulation 2019/94 on imports of residues from the manufacture of starch from maize from the USA 

181  Regulation 1445/95 on rules of application for import and export licences  

amendment pending 

182 

183 

Regulation 1501/95 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1766/92 on the granting of export refunds on 
cereals and the measures to be taken in the event of disturbance on the market in cereals  

Regulation 1598/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of the arrangements for additional import duties in the milk and 
milk products sector 

184  Regulation 1249/96 on the rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation 1784/2003  

185 

Regulation 2449/96 opening and providing for the administration of certain annual tariff quotas for products covered by CN codes 
0714 10 91, 0714 10 99, 0714 90 11 and 0714 90 19 originating in certain third countries other than Thailand  

186  Regulation 2497/96 laying down procedures for applying in the poultrymeat sector the agreement with Israel  

amendment pending 

187  Regulation 577/97 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Regulations 2991/94 and 1898/87  

188  Regulation 831/97 laying down marketing standards applicable to avocados  

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189  Regulation 2331/97 on special conditions for granting export refunds on certain pigmeat products  

190  Regulation 790/2000 laying down the marketing standard for tomatoes  

191 

Regulation 883/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in 
products in the wine sector  

192  Directive 88/301 on competition in the markets in telecommunications terminal equipment  

193 

Regulation 80/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 104/2000 as regards notifications concerning 
recognition of producer organisations, the fixing of prices and intervention within the scope of the common organisation of the market 
in fishery and aquaculture products  

194  Directive 93/10 relating to materials and articles made of regenerated cellulose film  

195 

Decision 94/63 drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of semen, ova and 
embryos of the ovine, caprine and equine species, ova and embryos of the porcine species  

196  Directive 94/39 establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes  

197  Directive 95/31 laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs  

198  Directive 96/77 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners  

199 

200 

201 

202 

Decision 2001/106 establishing a model for the lists of units approved by Member States for intra-Community trade in live animals, 
semen and embryos  

Decision 2000/585 laying down animal and public health conditions and veterinary certifications for imports of wild and farmed game 
meat and rabbit meat from third countries  

amendment pending  

Decision 2001/618 on additional guarantees in intra-Community trade of pigs relating to Aujeszky's disease and criteria to provide 
information on this disease  

Decision 2000/666 laying down the animal health requirements and the veterinary certification for the import of birds, other than 
poultry and the conditions for quarantine  

203  Regulation 752/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation 3911/92 

204 

Regulation 805/1999 laying down certain measures for implementing Regulation 718/1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to 
promote inland waterway transport  

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(a) EP/Council acts 

205  Regulation 2771/75 on the common organization of the market in eggs  

206  Regulation 2777/75 on the common organization of the market in poultry meat  

Regulation 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultry  

207 

208  Regulation 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch  

Art. 36 and 37 

Art. 36 and 37 

Treaty and Council 
Regulation 2777/75 

Art. 36 and 37 

209 

210 

211 

212 

213 

Directive 74/152 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the maximum design speed of and load platforms 
for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending 

Directive 71/316 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to common provisions for both measuring 
instruments and methods of metrological control  

Art. 95  

Directive 75/322 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the suppression of radio interference produced by 
sparkignition engines fitted to wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Art. 95.  

Directive 78/25 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the colouring matters which may be added to 
medicinal products  

Art. 95  

Directive 79/532 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the component type-approval of lighting and light 
signalling devices on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Art. 95  

214  Directive 80/1268 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the fuel consumption of motor vehicles  

215  Directive 87/404 on simple pressure vessels  

216  Directive 89/173 on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

217  Directive 93/7 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State  

218  Directive 93/34 on statutory markings for two or three-wheel motor vehicles  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 95  

Art. 251  

Art. 95  

219 

Regulation 3448/93 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural 
products  

Art. 37 and 133 

220  European Parliament and Council Directive 96/74 on textile names  

Art. 95  

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221  Regulation 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein  

222 

Regulation 3605/93 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure to the treaty establishing the European 
Community  

223  Directive 95/64 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea  

224 

Regulation 1172/95 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member 
countries 

225  Regulation 2223/96 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community 

226  Regulation 1172/98 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road  

227  Regulation 1683/95 on a uniform format for visas  

228  Decision 90/424 on expenditure in the veterinary field  

229  Directive 66/401 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (amended proposal)  

230  Directive 66/402 on the marketing of cereal seed (amended proposal)  

231  Directive 68/193 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine  

232 

Directive 89/556 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in and importation from third countries of embryos of 
domestic animals of the bovine species  

233  Directive 90/426 on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae  

234 

Directive 90/429 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of semen of 
domestic animals of the porcine species  

235  Directive 91/68 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in ovine and caprine animals  

236  Directive 92/35 laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness  

Legal Base 

Art. 175(1)  

Art. 104(14) 

Art. 285  

Art. 285  

Art. 285  

Art. 285  

Art. 62(2) 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

237 

238 

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Directive 92/65 laying down animal health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of animals, semen, ova 
and embryos not subject to animal health requirements  

Art. 80(2) and 251 

Directive 92/118 laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of 
products not subject to the said requirements  

Art. 37 

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239 

240 

Directive 2000/29 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant 
products and against their spread within the Community  

Art. 37 

European Parliament and Council Regulation 2001/999 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain 
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies  

Art. 152(4)(b)  

241  Directive 77/799 concerning mutual assistance by the competent authorities of the Member States in the field of direct taxation  

Art. 94 

242  Directive 95/50 on uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road  

Art. 71 and 251 

243 

Decision 96/1692 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European 
transport network  

Art. 156  

244  Directive 98/18 on safety rules and standards for passenger ships  

Art. 80(2)  

(b) Commission acts 

245  Regulation 1351/72 on the recognition of producer groups for hops  

246  Regulation 776/73 on registration of contracts and communication of data with respect to hops  

247  Regulation 584/75 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of tendering for export refunds on rice  

248  Decision 85/377 establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings  

249  Regulation 2220/85 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products  

250  Regulation 120/89 laying down common detailed rules for the application of export levies and charges on agricultural products  

251  Regulation 3444/90 laying down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for pigmeat  

252  Regulation 3446/90 laying down detailed rules for granting private storage aid for sheepmeat and goatmeat  

253  Regulation 3447/90 on special conditions for the granting of private storage aid for sheepmeat and goatmeat 

254  Regulation 3002/92 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention  

255 

Regulation 3515/92 laying down common detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1055/77 on the storage and movements of 
products brought in by an intervention agency  

256  Regulation 1756/93 fixing the operative events for the agricultural conversion rate applicable to milk and milk products  

257  Regulation 2273/93 determining the intervention centres for cereals  

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259 

260 

261 

262 

263 

264 

265 

266 

Regulation 1429/95 on implementing rules for export refunds on products processed from fruit and vegetables other than those 
granted for added sugars  

Regulation 1591/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of export refunds to glucose and glucose syrup used in certain 
products processed from fruit and vegetables  

Regulation 1839/95 laying down detailed rules for the application of tariff quotas for imports of maize and sorghum into Spain and 
imports of maize into Portugal  

Regulation 996/97 on the opening and administration of an import tariff quota for frozen thin skirt of bovine animals falling within 
CN code 0206 29 91 

Regulation 1081/1999 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for imports of bulls, cows and heifers other than 
for slaughter of certain Alpine and mountain breeds  

Regulation 2771/1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in 
butter and cream  

Regulation 2799/1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and 
skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder  

Regulation 824/2000 establishing procedures for the taking-over of cereals by intervention agencies and laying down methods of 
analysis for determining the quality of cereals  

Regulation 1291/2000 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences and advance 
fixing certificates for agricultural products  

267  Regulation 1622/2000 on the Community code of oenological practices  

268 

269 

270 

Regulation 2584/2000 establishing a system for the communication of information on certain supplies of beef, veal and pigmeat by 
road to the territory of the Russian Federation  

Regulation 2707/2000 laying down rules for applying Regulation 1255/1999 as regards Community aid for supplying milk and certain 
milk products to pupils in educational establishments  

Regulation 245/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1673/2000 on the common organization of the 
markets in flax and hemp  

271  Decision 82/43 relating to the setting up of an Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men  

272  Decision 98/385 on rules for implementing Directive 95/64 on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea 

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274 

Decision 86/109 limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been 
officially certified as 'basic seed' or 'certified seed'  

Decision 94/467 laying down health guarantees for the transport of equidae from one third country to another in accordance with 
Article 9 (1) (c) of Directive 91/496  

275  Directive 95/45 laying down specific purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs  

amendment pending 

276 

Decision 97/10 on additional guarantees in relation to the temporary admission and imports into the Community of registered horses 
from South Africa 

277  Directive 95/12 implementing Directive 92/75 with regard to energy labelling of household washing machines  

278  Directive 97/17 implementing Directive 92/75 with regard to energy labelling of household dishwashers  

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(a) EP/Council acts 

Regulation 1784/77 concerning the certification of hops  

279 

280  Regulation 1883/78 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the EAGGF  

Treaty + Regulation 
1952/2005 

Legal base unclear 

281  Regulation 4045/89 on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the EAGGF  

Art. 37 

282  Regulation 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products  

283 

284 

285 

Regulation 1673/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in flax and hemp grown for fibre  

Decision 77/270/Euratom empowering the Commission to issue Euratom loans for the purpose of contributing to the financing of 
nuclear power stations  

Art. 36 and 37 - 
amendment pending  

amendment pending 

Decision 77/271/Euratom on the implementation of Decision 77/270/Euratom empowering the Commission to issue Euratom loans 
for the purpose of contributing to the financing of nuclear power stations  

amendment pending 

286  Regulation 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions 

Directive 76/763 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or 
forestry tractor 

amendment pending 

Art. 95  

Directive 77/537 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the measures to be taken against the emission of 
pollutants from diesel engines for use in wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending  

Directive 86/297 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to power take-offs of wheeled agricultural or forestry 
tractors and their protection 

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending  

Directive 86/415 on the installation, location operation and identification of the controls of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors  

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending  

287 

288 

289 

290 

291  Directive 89/686 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal protective equipment 

Art. 95  

292 

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Directive 90/385 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices  

Art. 95 - amendment 
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Directive 97/24 on certain components and characteristics of two or three-wheel motor vehicles  

European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/24 relating to the type-approval of two or three-wheel motor vehicles 

293 

294 

295 

296  Regulation 2150/2002 on waste statistics  

297 

Directive 77/91 * on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by 
Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of 
public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital  

298  Directive 89/667 * on single-member private limited-liability companies  

Legal Base 

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending 

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending  

Art. 95 - amendment 
pending  

Art. 285  

Art. 251  

Art. 251 

299 

Directive 88/407 laying down the animal health requirements applicable to intra-Community trade in and imports of deep-frozen 
semen of domestic animals of the bovine species  

Art. 37 - amendment 
pending  

300  Directive 89/662 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market  

Directive 92/119 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific measures relating to 
swine vesicular disease  

Directive 93/53 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases  

301 

302 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 

Art. 37 - amendment 
pending  

303  Directive 97/7 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts  

304  Directive 2002/56 on the marketing of seed potatoes  

305  Directive 90/435 common system of taxation applicable to parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States  

306  Directive 92/79 on the approximation of taxes on cigarettes  

307  Directive 92/80 on the approximation of taxes on manufactured tobacco other than cigarettes  

308  Directive 95/59 on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco  

309  Regulation 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport  

Art. 95  

Art. 37 

Art. 94 

Art.93 

Art. 93 

Art. 93 

Art. 71  

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Art. 80(2)  

311 

Directive 96/53 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in 
national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic 

Art. 71 and 251  

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312  Directive 96/98 on marine equipment  

(b) Commission acts 

Art. 80(2)  

313  Regulation 821/68 on the definition, applicable to the granting of export refunds, of hulled grains and pearled grains of cereals  

314  Regulation 100/72 laying down detailed rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed  

315  Regulation 890/78 laying down detailed rules for the certification of hops  

316  Regulation 3076/78 on the importation of hops from non-member countries  

317 

318 

Regulation 3077/78 on the equivalence with Community certificates of attestations accompanying hops imported from non-member 
countries 

Regulation 2248/85 on detailed rules for administrative assistance with the exportation of certain cheeses subject to quota restrictions 
that qualifies for special treatment on importation into the USA  

319  Regulation 2967/85 laying down detailed rules for the application of the Community scale for grading pig carcases  

amendment pending 

320  Regulation 2145/92 redefining the destination zones for export refunds, export levies and certain export licences for cereals and rice  

321  Regulation 1713/93 establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural conversion rate in the sugar sector  

322 

Regulation 1431/94 laying down detailed rules for the application in the poultrymeat sector of the import arrangements provided for in 
Regulation 774/94  

amendment pending 

323  Regulation 1251/96 on administration of tariff quotas in the poultry meat sector  

amendment pending 

324  Regulation 327/98 opening and providing for the administration of certain tariff quotas for imports of rice and broken rice  

325  Regulation 800/1999 laying down common detailed rules for the application of the system of export refunds on agricultural products  

326 

327 

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Regulation 1788/2001 laying down detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the certificate of inspection for imports 
from third countries under Article 11 of Regulation 2092/91  

Regulation 2375/2002 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for common wheat of a quality other 
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Regulation 2377/2002 opening and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for malting barley from third 
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329  Decision 92/260 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for temporary admission of registered horses  

amendment pending 

Title 

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330 

Decision 93/195 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for the re-entry of registered horses for racing, competition 
and cultural events after temporary export 

331  Decision 93/196 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of equidae for slaughter  

332 

Decision 93/197 on animal health conditions and veterinary certification for imports of registered equidae and equidae for breeding 
and production  

333  Decision 93/342 laying down the criteria for classifying third countries with regard to avian influenza and Newcastle disease  

amendment pending 

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(a) EP/Council acts 

Regulation 404/93 on the common organization of the market in bananas 

334 

335  Regulation 1103/97 on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro  
336  Regulation 974/98 on the introduction of the euro  
337  Regulation 975/98 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation 
338  Regulation 357/79 on statistical surveys of areas under vines 
339  Regulation 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders  
340  Directive 92/33 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed  
341  Regulation 384/96 on protection against dumped imports  
342  Regulation 2236/95 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European networks  

Art. 36 and 37 - 
amendment pending  
Art. 123(5) 
Art. 123(5) 
Art. 106(2) 
Art. 285 
Art. 62(2) 
Art. 37 
Art.133 
Art. 156(1)  

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344 

Regulation 2659/94 on detailed rules for the granting of private storage aid for Grana Padano, Parmigiano-Reggiano and Provolone 
cheeses 
Regulation 214/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1255/1999 as regards intervention on the market in 
skimmed-milk powder 

345  Regulation 2700/98 concerning the definitions of characteristics for structural business statistics  
346  Regulation 2701/98 concerning the series of data to be produced for structural business statistics  

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OF 2008 

Title 

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(a) EP/Council acts 

347  Regulation 2092/91 on the organic production of agricultural products  

348 

349 

Regulation 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products for drinking 
milk 
Directive 72/245 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the suppression of radio interference produced by 
sparkignition engines fitted to motor vehicles  

350  Directive 76/115 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to anchorages for motor vehicle safety belts  

351 

Directive 76/432 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the braking devices of wheeled agricultural or 
forestry tractors  

Art. 95 

Art. 95 
Art. 95 

352  Directive 88/378 on safety of toys  

353 

European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical 
standards and regulations  

Art. 37, 95, 284  

354  Directive 92/34 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production  
355  Directive 67/227 on the harmonization of legislation of Member States concerning turnover taxes  
356  Directive 69/335 concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital  
357  Regulation 1192/69 on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings  

Art. 37 
Art. 93 and 94 
Art. 93 and 94 
Art. 71, 89 and 251  

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359  Directive 91/440 on the development of the Community's railways  
360  Regulation 684/92 on common rules for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus  

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Art. 71(1) and 251 
Art. 71 and 251  
Art. 71 and 251 

361 

362 

363 

364 

Regulation 3118/93 laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a 
Member State  
Directive 94/57 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime 
administrations  
Directive 95/21 concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the 
juridiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working 
conditions (port State control)  
Directive 96/26 on admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and road passenger transport operator and mutual recognition 
of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications intended to facilitate for these operators the right to freedom of 
establishment in national and international transport operations  
(b) Commission acts 

365  Regulation 1868/77 laying down detailed rules of application of Regulation 2782/75 
366  Directive 71/250 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs  
367  Directive 71/393 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs  
368  Directive 72/199 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs  
369  Directive 73/46 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs  
370  Directive 76/372 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs  
371  Directive 78/633 establishing Community methods of analysis for the official control of feedingstuffs  

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(a) EP/Council acts 

372  Regulation 565/80 on the advance payment of export refunds in respect of agricultural products  

373  Regulation 2019/93 introducing specific measures for the smaller Aegean islands concerning certain agricultural products  

374  Regulation 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport  

375  Regulation 1292/96 on food aid policy and food-aid management and special operations in support of food security  

376 

Directive 73/361 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the 
certification and marking of wireropes, chain and hooks  

377  Directive 75/439 on the disposal of waste oils  

378  Directive 91/157 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances  

379  Decision 91/116 setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres  

380  Regulation 1382/91 on the submission of data in the landings of fishery products in Member States  

Art. 285 

381  Directive 93/23 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production  

382  Directive 93/24 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on bovine animal production  

383  Directive 93/25 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on sheep and goat stocks 

384  Regulation 2930/86 defining characteristics for fishing vessels  

385  Regulation 1956/88 adopting provisions for the application of the scheme of joint international inspection adopted by NAFO  

386  Regulation 189/92 adopting provisions for the application of certain control measures adopted by NAFO  

387  Regulation 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy  

388  Regulation 1626/94 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean  

Regulation 3069/95 establishing an EC observer scheme applicable to Community fishing vessels operating in the Regulatory Area of 
NAFO 

Regulation 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine 
organisms 

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Regulation 2791/99 laying down certain control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral 
cooperation in the north-east Atlantic fisheries  

392  Regulation 2549/2000 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stock of cod in the Irish Sea  

393  Directive 79/117 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances  

394  Directive 79/373 on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs  

395  Directive 89/396 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs  

396  Directive 92/66 introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease  

397  European Parliament and Council Directive 94/35 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs  

Art. 37 

Art. 94 

Art. 37 and 94  

398 

Directive 69/169 on the harmonisation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to exemption from 
turnover tax and excise duty on imports in international travel  

Art. 93 

399  Directive 79/1072 on arrangements for the refunds of VAT to taxable persons not established in the territyory of the country  

Art. 93 

400  Regulation 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty  

Art. 26, 37 and 308 

401  Regulation 1420/1999 establishing common rules on the shipment of waste 

402  Regulation 1547/1999 determining the control procedures under Regulation 259/93  

403 

Regulation 1191/69 on action by Member States concerning the obligations inherent in the concept of a public service in transport by 
rail, road and inland waterway 

co-decision 

404  Regulation 1107/70 on the granting of aids for transport by rail, road and inland waterway  

(b) Commission acts 

405  Regulation 2676/90 determining Community methods for the analysis of wines  

406  Regulation 1793/93 regarding the operative event for the agricultural conversion rates used in the hops sector  

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Regulation 1848/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 2082/92 on certificates of specific character for 
agricultural products and foodstuffs 

Regulation 1858/93 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation 404/93 as regards the aid scheme to compensate for loss of 
income from marketing in the banana sector  

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Regulation 2037/93 laying down detailed rules of application of Regulation 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and 
designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs  

Regulation 2958/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 2019/93 as regards the specific arrangements for the 
supply of certain agricultural products  

Regulation 3063/93 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 2019/93 with regard to the aid scheme for the 
production of honey of specific quality  

Regulation 3393/93 laying down detailed rules governing the granting of private storage aid for certain cheeses manufactured on the 
smaller Aegean islands 

413  Regulation 919/94 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 404/93 as regards banana producers’ organizations  

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Regulation 3175/94 laying down detailed rules of application for the specific arrangements for the supply of cereal products to the 
smaller Aegean islands and establishing the forecast supply balance  

415  Regulation 2898/95 concerning verification of compliance with quality standards for bananas  

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Regulation 832/97 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 2275/96 introducing specific measures for live plants 
and floricultural products  

Regulation 1729/97 on the adjustment, following a change in prices or the storage levy in the sugar sector, of certain export refunds 
fixed in advance  

Regulation 2301/97 on the entry of certain names in the register of certificates of specific character provided for in Regulation 
2082/92  

419  Regulation 1623/2000 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation 1493/1999 

420 

Regulation 1554/2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation 1260/2001 as regards marketing sugar produced in 
the French overseas departments and equalising the price conditions with preferential raw sugar  

421  Regulation 2166/83 establishing a licensing system for certain fisheries in an area north of Scotland (Shetland area)  

422  Regulation 2807/83 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States’ catches of fish  

423  Regulation 3440/84 on the attachment of devices to trawls, Danish seines and similar nets  

424  Regulation 2868/88 laying down detailed rules for the application of the scheme of joint international inspection adopted by NAFO  

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425  Decision 93/623 establishing the identification document (passport) accompanying registered equidae  

426  Decision 94/85 drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of fresh poultry meat  

427  Decision 94/86 drawing up a provisional list of third countries from which Member States authorize imports of wild game meat  

428  Decision 96/367 concerning protection measures in relation to foot-and- mouth disease in Albania  

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Decision 96/414 concerning protective measures with regard to imports of animals and animal products from the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia due to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease  

Decision 96/482 laying down animal health conditions and veterinary certificates for the importation of poultry and hatching eggs 
other than ratites and eggs thereof from third countries including animal health measures to be applied after such importation  

Decision 96/539 on animal health requirements and veterinary certification for imports into the Community of semen of the equine 
species  

Decision 96/540 on animal health requirements and veterinary certification for imports into the Community of ova and embryos of the 
equine species  

433  Decision 96/659 on protective measures in relation to Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever in South Africa  

434  Decision 97/222 laying down the list of third countries from which the Member States authorize the importation of meat products  

435  Decision 1999/246 approving certain contingency plans for the control of classical swine fever  

436  Directive 2001/32 recognising protected zones exposed to particular plant health risks in the Community  

437  Regulation 2288/83 establishing the list of biological or chemical substances provided for in Article 60 (1) (b) of Regulation 918/83  

438  Regulation 2289/83 laying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 70 to 78 of Regulation 918/83 

439  Regulation 2290/83 laying down provisions for the implementation of Articles 50 to 59 and 63 of Regulation 918/83  

440 

Decision 96/587 on the publication of the list of recognized organizations which have been notified by Member States in accordance 
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Simplification proposals pending before the co legislators – state of play  
(as of 10 October 2006)  

Regulatory area 

Organic farming 

Legal act(s)  

Commission 

Simplified  regime  for  organic  production  of  agricultural 
products  and  indications  referring  thereto  on  agricultural 
products  and  foodstuffs  (revision  of  Council  Regulation 
(EC) No 2092/91 of 24 June 1991) 

21 December 2005 
COM(2005) 671 
2005/0278/CNS 
2005/0279/CNS 

Free movement of 
workers 

Adaptation  of  the  coordination  of  the  national  social 
security  regimes  (modifications  to  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council)  

21 December 2005 
COM(2005) 676 
2005/0258/COD 

Free movement of 
workers 

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the  Council  laying  down  the  procedure  for  implementing 
Regulation  (EC)  No  883/2004  on  the  coordination  of 
social security systems 

31 January 2006 
COM(2006) 16 
2006/0006/COD 

Health and safety 
at work 

Proposal  for  a  Directive  of  the  European  Parliament 
Directive  on  protection  of  the  health  and  safety  of 
workers  at  work  with  a  view 
to  simplifying  and 
rationalising the reports on practical implementation 

14 July 2006 
COM(2006) 390 
2006/0127/COD 

Automotive 
construction sector 

Simplified regime for type approval of motor vehicles and 
their trailers (modification of Directive 70/156/CEE) 

14 July 2003 
COM(2003) 418 
2003/0153/COD 

Revision  of  the  regime  on  marketing  and  use  of  certain 
dangerous  substances  and  preparations  (replacement  of 
Council  Directive  76/769/EEC  of  27  July  1976  and 
subsequent modification) 

29 October 2003 
COM(2003) 644 
2003/0256/COD 
2003/0257/COD 

Repeal of pre-packaging requirements. 

Proposal  for  a  directive  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the  Council  amending  Council  Directives  89/665/EEC  and 
92/13/EEC  with  regard  to  improving  the  effectiveness  of 
review procedures concerning the award of public contracts.  

Waste 

Revision of the waste Directives 

(replaces  and  repeals  Directives  75/439/EEC,  75/442/EEC 
and 91/689/EEC) 

Business statistics 

Streamlining  of  the  structural  business  statistics  (Council 
Regulation (EC / Euratom) NO58/97) 

Payment services 

Revised regime on payment services (Revision of Directive 
97/5/EC) 

25 October 2004  
COM(2004) 708  
2004/0248/COD 

14 June 2006 
COM(2006) 195  
2006/0066/COD 

21 December 2005 
COM(2005) 66741 
2005/0281/COD 

20 February 2006 
COM(2006) 66 
2006/0020/COD 

1 December 2005 
COM(2005) 603  
2005/0245/COD 

Chemicals 
(REACH) 

Metrology & 
Packaging  

Public 
procurement 

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COM(2004) 246 
2004/0079/CNS 

30 November 2005
COM(2005) 608 
2005/0246/COD 

21 October 2003 
COM(2003) 621  
2003/0252/COD 

23 November 2005
COM(2005) 588  
2005/0238/COD 

23 November 2005
COM(2005) 587  
2005/0237/COD 

Regulatory area 

Legal act(s)  

Commission 

Taxation 

Revision of the Sixth VAT Directive (77/388/EEC- 28 acts 
and some 150 OJ pages). 

Customs Union 

Modernisation of the Community Customs Code 

Recast of the regime on driving licences (to replace Council 
Dir.  91/439,  Council  Dir.  94/72,  Council  Dir.  96/47, 
Commission  Decision  96/427,  Council  Dir.  97/26  and 
Commission Dir. 2000/56). 

Recast  of  the  regime  on  port  State  control  (Council 
Directive 95/21/EC) 

Recast  of  the  regime  for  ship  inspections  and  survey 
organisations (Directive 94/57/EC) 

Road safety 

Maritime 
Transport 

Maritime 
Transport 

Air Transport 

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of 
the  Council  on  common  rules  for  the  operation  of  air 
transport services in the Community (recast) 

18 July 2006 
COM(2006) 396 
2006/0130/COD 

Plan Protection 
products 

Proposal  for  a  proposal  on  the  placing  of  plant  protection 
products on the market 

Food additives 

Proposal for a regulation on food additives 

Wood in the rough  Proposal  for  repealing  Council  Directive  68/89/EEC  on 

classification of wood in the rough 

12 July 2006 
COM(2006) 388 
2006/0136/COD 

28 July 2006 
COM(2006) 428 
COM(2006) 425 
COM(2006) 423 
COM(2006) 427 
2006/145/COD 
2006/0144/COD 
2006/0143/COD 
2006/0147/COD 

29 September 2006
COM(2006) 557 
2006/0178/COD 

Energy-efficiency 
labelling 
programme for 
office equipment  

Trans-European 
transport and 
energy networks 

Proposal  for  a  Regulation  on  a  Community  energy-
efficiency 
labelling  programme  for  office  equipment 
(Recast) 

10 October 2006 
COM(2006) 576 
2006/0187/COD 

Amended  proposal  for  a  Regulation  for  the  granting  of 
Community  financial  aid  in  the  field  of  trans-European 
transport  and  energy  networks  and  amending  Council 
Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 

24  May 
COM(2006) 
2004/0154/COD 

2006
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