Annex 1: HLG members and their reporting areas
Members / Profile / Reporting AreasSTOIBER Edmund / Chair of the High-Level Group
Former Minister-President of Bavaria / Chair
BERGER Roland / Chairman
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants / Economic and financial affairs; information society, media; financial services; taxation and customs
CARVALHO GOUCHA Gabriel Côrte-Real de / General Counsel of the Mirpuri Investments Group
Vice President for Institutional and International Relations of PME Portugal (an Association of SMEs). Representative of PME Portugal in the Commission for “Desformalização” of the Ministry of Justice / Competition; company law; justice, freedom, security; home affairs; maritime affairs; coordinator offline opinions
DELL'ALBA Gianfranco / Director of the Delegation of Confindustria to the EU / Public procurement; regional policy; research; trade
FRITSCH Annika / Senior Tax Specialist
Specialist in the areas of taxes and corporate law and coordinator of Better Regulations at Företagarna / Enterprise and industry; company law; taxation and customs
GIBBONS Michael / Company Director with specialist energy sector expertise
Independent regulatory expert
Chairman of
UK government independent
regulatory scrutiny committee / Climate action; employment, social affairs; energy; coordinator ex ante
HONTELEZ John / Chief Advocacy Officer
Forest Stewardship Council / Climate action; energy; environment; maritime affairs
JONGERIUS Agnes / Chairwoman of the Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging - FNV / Economic and financial affairs; education and culture; employment, social affairs; enterprise and industry
LUDEWIG Johannes / Executive Director Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER)
Chairman of the German National Regulatory Control Council / Statistics; environment; mobility and transport; co-coordinator best practice report
MOLLERUP Paul / Managing Director of
Danske Advokater
The Association of Danish Law Firms / Statistics; Secretariat-General; taxations and customs; coordinator best practice report
MURRAYJim / Independent Consultant / Competition; health and consumers; pharmaceuticals
PESONEN Pekka Juhana / Secretary General of COPA and COGECA.
Formerly dairy and livestock
advisor in Brussels;
former State Secretary - Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / Agriculture and rural development; environment; health and consumers; home affairs; research; Secretariat-General; trade
POTDEVIN Jacques / Certified public accountant and auditor Chairman of Jacques Potdevin & Associés (JPA Paris)
CEO of JPA International and JPA Consulting International.
Senior lecturer to the French Business School HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales). / Company law; financial services; taxation and customs
STARCZEWSKA-KRZYSZTOSZEK Małgorzata / Chief Economist
Head of Department of Research and Economic Analyses
Member of the Economic Council at the Chancellery of
the Prime Minister of Poland / Economic and financial affairs; enterprise and industry; financial services; research
TELICKA Pavel / Senior Advisor at the European Policy Centre (EPC)
Former European Commissioner co-responsible for the portfolio of Health and consumer protection with Commissioner David Byrne (in 2004) / Agriculture and rural development; climate action; energy; pharmaceuticals; public procurement; mobility and transport; regional policy
Annex 2: Questionnaire
/ EUROPEAN COMMISSIONHigh Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens
Report on best practice in Member States to implement EU legislation in the least burdensome way
Questionnaire
Origin of best practice exampleMemberState
Region, community, if applicable
Responsible authority
Description of best practice example
(including, if possible, the following information)
- title of the initiative
- substantive area
- objective(s)
- related EU law
- related national / regional / local law if applicable
- detailed description
of best practice and its effects incl. (to the extent possible):
main elements,
effect on beneficiaries (who, how many, how often etc.),
improvements to former practice,
date of implementation,
duration of procedure,
costs of procedure,
e-government elements,
quantifications of cost reductions where possible
- any other information you would like to add
For further information
Contact person
Website
If you need more information, please consult the HLG website[1] or contact the HLG Secretariat (cf. below).
Please return the completed form(s) to the HLG Secretariat by March 2011:
E-mail:
or
Mail:
European Commission
High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens
Secretariat
Ms Carolina Marin Vargas
BREY 07/201
B-1049Brussels
Belgium
Annex 3: List of examples used in the report
All contributions can be accessed via the HLG's website.
MS = Member State; for EU country codes please cf.
Box or text No. / Title / MS / p.1 / The Simplegis Programme / PT / 23
T1 / Communication campaign “LET Administration” / DK / 24
2 / The 'Mark of Good Services' / NL / 24
3 / Simple Lombardy Agenda / IT / 25
4 / KAFKA / BE / 27
5 / One-in, One-out and small business moratorium / UK / 27
6 / Regelrådet / SE / 28
7 / Stakeholder and end-user involvement in the elaboration of the Action Plan for Improvement of Business Environment / LV / 29
8 / The Danish Burden Hunter project / DK / 30
9 / The Red Tape Challenge / UK / 30
10 / Broadening the scope of smart regulation in Germany / DE / 31
11 / Common Commencement dates / UK / 32
T2 / Reduced gold-plating in the Personal Data Protection Code / IT / 34
12 / Independent assessment of gold-plating in Germany / DE / 34
13 / The new transposition framework / UK / 35
14 / The SME-monitor / DE / 35
15 / Behavioural Insights Team / UK / 38
16 / The farming theme of the business link portal / UK / 40
T3 / Single entry point for reporting fiscal and statistical information / BG / 41
T4 / FinanzOnline – electronic data transmission portal of tax authorities / AT / 41
T5 / Interactive internet service for small employers by the tax administration and pension insurance companies / FI / 41
17 / The Swedish Single Point of Contact / SE / 41
18 / The Luxembourg eGovernment flagship / LU / 42
T6 / eVEM – one-stop-shop for businesses and entrepreneurs / SI / 42
19 / Reuse of data for agricultural statistics / DE / 43
20 / Use of VAT data for statistical purposes / LT / 43
21 / The Welsh online European Funding office portal / UK / 44
T7 / Re-use of data in the context of the European Social Fund / NL / 45
22 / Prohibition on the collection of duplicate data in Estonia / EE / 45
23 / Mandatory digital communication between businesses and public authorities / DK / 47
T8 / e-Procurement System / CY / 47
T9 / HILMA – An electronic, centralised channel for publishing public procurement contract notices / FI / 47
T10 / Complete electronic processing of public procurement procedures / DE / 47
T11 / eGovernment project "Electronic contracting and procurement" / DE / 47
24 / Fully digitalised public procurement / PT / 47
T12 / Online collection approval register for forest reproductive material / DE / 48
25 / Fully automated fish auctions in Spain / ES / 48
T13 / Integrated system from catch to labelling / NL / 48
26 / National Subsidy Framework in the Netherlands / NL / 49
27 / Online-Portal QuaKon for conformity checks of marketing standards / DE / 50
28 / Electronic invoicing in VAT legislation / FI / 51
T14 / Flat rate for indirect costs and standard scale of unit costs, ERDF / AT / 52
T15 / Standard scale of unit costs, simplified application procedure / DE / 52
29 / Operational programmes "Flanders" / BE / 52
30 / INTRASTAT – Raising of thresholds / DE / 52
T16 / Use of exemptions in company law / SK / 53
T17 / Simplified documentation of risk assessment for micro enterprises / AT / 53
31 / 'Grenzoffensive' – cross-border initiative for SMEs in crafts/service/construction sector / AT/CZ
/DE / 53
32 / Electronic submission of application needed for marketing authorisation medicinal products / FR / 54
T18 / Standard Business Reporting Programme / NL / 55
33 / Programme for development of business data collection / FI / 55
34 / Advice and consultation prior to the submission of an application for integrated environmental authorisation / CZ / 56
T19 / Appointment of civil servant Leader-managers / DE / 56
35 / Guide to the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences / UK / 56
36 / The Irish 'BeSMART!' initiative / IE / 57
T20 / Free and easily accessible Online-Tool to help SMEs carry out an adequate risk assessment / AT / 57
T21 / Website of the Austrian Labour Inspection / AT / 58
37 / Specific IPPC Portal / CZ / 58
T22 / Transparent approach for the transposition and implementation of the UCITS-Directive / MT / 58
38 / GQSBW – Comprehensive quality assurance for agricultural undertakings / DE / 58
39 / Submission of a safety report / PL / 59
40 / The Environment Agency’s Environmental Permits Regime / UK / 59
T23 / Commercial and environmental licensing / AT / 60
41 / Single institution for claiming passenger rights / DE / 61
T24 / Presumption of authorisation/tacit consent / HU / 61
42 / Data on time needed to complete statistical forms / LT / 61
T25 / WebSKM / DE / 62
43 / Electronic Data management in the environmental field / AT / 63
44 / Claimless application system for the beef sector / ES / 64
T26 / Online system for direct payments / RO / 64
T27 / Télépac - e-procedures for direct payments / FR / 64
T28 / e-PRIA electronic portal for direct payments / EE / 64
T29 / Electronic submission of application for agri-environmental measures / EL / 64
T30 / Transfer of payment entitlements in Germany via an internet application (Central IACS database - CID) / DE / 64
Annex 4: List of presentations to the HLG in the context of the report
(presentations are available via the HLG website)
2010
20 May 2010
Spain
"The Spanish Experiences in Better Regulation"
José Ignacio Gafo, Coordinator of the Better Regulation Project, Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE)
8 July 2010
Belgium
"The Belgian federal strategy for administrative burden reduction and better regulation"
Erwin De Pue, Director-General Administrative Simplification Agency
Poland
"Regulatory Reform in Poland"
Marcin Korolec, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economics
UK
"Better Regulation in the UK"
Sir Don Curry, Chair of the Better Regulation Executive
22 October 2010
Bulgaria
"Reducing administrative burden in Bulgaria: Single Entry Point for Reporting Fiscal and Statistical Information"
Mariana Kotzeva, President of the National Statisctical Institute
Finland
"Reducing the administrative burden in official statistics"
Hannele Orjala, Director, Business Trends Department
Portugal
"SIMPLEGIS – Programa Simplificação Legislativa: Fewer laws, more access, improved enforcement"
Tiago Silveira, State Secretary of the Presidency of the Portuguese Government
7 December 2010
Latvia
"Simplification of Legislation in Latvia"
Juris Puce, State Secretary, Ministry of Economics
Luxembourg
"Simplification Strategies for Luxembourg"
Octavie Modert, Minister, Ministry for Administrative Simplification attached to the Prime Minister; Minister Delegate for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform
2011
10 March 2011
Denmark
"Best Practice in Denmark on Administrative Burden Reduction"
Eva Meiling, Deputy Director General, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency
Netherlands
"Regulatory Reform: the Dutch approach 2003-2011 and beyond"
Peter Leyenaar, Deputy Director, Regulatory Reform Group
Netherlands
"10 years Actal"
Rudi van Zijp, Director Advisory Board on Administrative Burden (Actal)
8 April 2011
UK – Wales
"Clearing House Presentation – Attributes and Benefits of the Welsh System"
Rob Hunter, Welsh European Funding Office
5 May 2011
Germany
"Better regulation in Germany"
Eckart von Klaeden, Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery
Sweden
"Smart Regulation in Sweden"
Inga Thoresson-Hallgren, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communication
22 September 2011
Italy – Lombardy
"Simple Lombardy – remove bureaucracy, improve performance or the institutions"
Paolo Mora, General Director Simplification and Digitisation, Regione Lombardia
20 October 2011
Spain
"The Spanish Experience with the Standard Cost Model: Making it work"
Agustín Torres Herrero, Director-General for Administrative Organisation and Procedures
15 November 2011
Austria/Czech Republic/Germany
"Grenzoffensive"
Robert Leitner, Wirtschaftskammer Oberösterreich (WKÖ)
Ludwig Rechenmacher, Handwerkskammer Niederbayern
Poland
"Better Regulation in Poland"
Mieczysław Kasprzak, State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy
UK
"UK Approach to Transposition – The Guiding Principles for EU legislation"
Michael Gibbons, Chair of the Regulatory Policy Committee, on behalf of the Better Regulation Executive
Annex 5: EU expert groups / websites for best practice exchange
The list below is by no means exhaustive, but it lists the most important expert groups / websites (also) dealing with the exchange of best practices.
For more information on Commission expert groups and other similar entities, please cf. the respective Register of Commission Expert Groups available at
The register inter alia allows for search by policy area and Commission department.
DG / name of expert group / website – indication of topic, if need be / Participants (MS, stakeholders etc.) / Contact / web address- general -
DIGIT/ INFSO / ePractice.eu – forum on eGovernment / Professionals related to eGovernment, eInclusion, eHealth /
- sector-specific -
AGRI / Simplification Experts Group / MS
AGRI / Advisory Group CAP simplification / Stakeholders
AGRI / European Network for Rural Development / MS + stakeholders (National Networks, EU organisations, Local Action Groups…) /
COMP / EU Merger Working Group / MS /
competition/ecn/
mergers.html
EMPL / ACSH - Advisory Committee on Safety and Health and its Working Parties / MS, workers, employers
EMPL / Committee of experts on posting of workers / MS
EMPL / Website of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA) /
EMPL / SLIC – Senior Labour Inspectors' Committee / MS
ENER / Energy performance of buildings / MS implementing authorities /
(
ENER / Energy services / MS impl. authorities /
ENER / ENSREG – European High Level Group on Nuclear Safety and Waste Management / Nuclear regulatory authorities /
ENER / Gas Security of Supply Regulation / MS, implementing authorities, stakeholders /
energy/security/gas/
gas_coordination_
group_en.htm
ENER / Renewable energy resources / MS impl. authorities /
ENTR / Small Business Act – Database of good practices /
enterprise/policies/
sme/best-practices/
database/SBA/inde
x.cfm?fuseaction=
welcome.detail
ENTR / Network of SME Envoys / MS /
enterprise/policies/
sme/small-business-act/sme-envoy/index
_en.htm
ENV / IMPEL – EU network for implementation and enforcement of environmental law / MS /
ENV / EUFJE – EU Forum of Judges for the Environment / Judges from MS /
ENV / NEPA – Network of the Heads of the Environmental Protection Agencies / MS, heads of the European EPA's /
eea.europa.eu/
ENV / NEEL – Network of European Environmental Lawyers / environmental lawyers from MS
ENV / Prosecutors Network – in the process of being established / European environmental prosecutors
ENV / EnviCrimeNet – in the process of being established / National enforcement officers for environmental crimes
ESTAT / Directors' group on agricultural statistics / MS NSI in charge of AGRI or ministries/ agencies
ESTAT / Business statistics directors' group (BSDG) / MS and EEA (National Statistical Institutes - NSI)
ESTAT / Directors of social statistics (DSS) / MS and EEA NSI
ESTAT / Directors' meeting on regional, spatial, environment statistics and accounts (DIMESA) / MS and EEA NSI in charge of ENV statistics or ministries/ agencies
JUST / Expert group on European judicial training / Different judicial professions
JUST / High Level Group on Disability (implementing UN convention) / MS and NGOs
JUST / Governmental Expert Group (GEG) on non-discrimination and promotion of equality; Network of socio-economic experts, Network of legal experts on non-discrimination / MS
Sectoral experts /
justice/discrimination/
experts/index_en.htm
JUST / Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party / MS /
justice/policies/
privacy/workinggroup
/index_en.htm
MARE / FARNET – Fisheries Areas Network (to assist in implementation of sustainable development, axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund) / beneficiaries, local and regional experts, general public /
MARE / Fisheries control expert group / MS
MARKT / Implementation of the Services Directive / MS
MARKT / Government Experts Group on Public Procurement / MS /
transparency/regex
pert/detailGroup.
cfm?groupID=2679
MARKT / Stakeholder Expert group on Public Procurement. / stakeholders / Not yet formed.
Decision adopted on 3 September 2011 (2011/C 291/02)
MARKT / Eprocurement working group / MS /
MARKT / Payments Committee – dealing with all issues around retail payments / MS /
internal_market/pay
ments/advisory_
groups/pc_en.htm
MARKT / Payment Systems Market Expert Group – same as above but stakeholders / Stakeholders from supply and demand side /
internal_market/pay
ments/advisory_
groups/psmeg_en.htm
MARKT / EU Forum of national SEPA Coordination Committees – dealing with implementation of Single Euro Payments Area / Stakeholders, mainly from national SEPA committees /
internal_market/pay
ments/sepa/ec_en.htm
MARKT / European Multi-Stakeholder Forum on e-invoicing – dealing with the promotion in e-invoicing / Stakeholders, mainly from national e-invoicing committees /
internal_market/pay
ments/einvoicing/
index_en.htm
MARKT / Expert Group on Disclosure of non-financial information by companies / Stakeholders
MOVE / Road Safety Website
(
Roadsafety) / MS, stakeholders /
transport/road_safety/
specialist/toolbox/
index_en.htm
SANCO/ENTR / The High Level Forum (HLF) of the Food Chain / Sector, MS /
enterprise/sectors/
food/competitiveness
/forum_food/index_
en.htm
SANCO / Working Group on Official Controls / MS /
food/food/controls/
index_en.htm
SANCO / Working Group on the implementation of the hygiene regulations / MS / SANCO/G4
SANCO / Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) / MS
SANCO / Chief Veterinary Officers (CVO) / MS
SANCO / Chief Plant Officers (CPO) / MS
SANCO / Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health Groups and Working Group / 43 members from the sector and NGO
SANCO / Consumer Policy Network / Senior MS officials
SANCO / Consumer Complaints Expert Group - CCEG / National third party complaint bodies / SANCO/B
SANCO / European Consumer Consultative Group (ECCG) / MS, NGO, industry /
consumers/empower
ment/eccg_en.htm
SANCO / Health Policy Forum (public health and healthcare) / 52 European stakeholders organisations /
health/interest_groups
/eu_health_forum/
policy_forum/index_
en.htm
SANCO / Nutrition Labelling / MS / SANCO/E4
SANCO / Working Group on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the Energy Area / National ADR bodies, energy regulators, consumer representatives, industry
SG / Expert Group on Application and Implementation of EU Law / MS / SG/C3
TAXUD / Fiscalis Risk Management Platform Group / MS
MS – Member States
Annex 6: BIBLIOGRAPHY
Commission
- Decisions -
Commission Decision of 31 August 2007 setting up the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens– C(2007)4063
Commission Decision of 17 August 2010 amending Decision 2007/623/EC setting up the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens (2010/C 223/03)
- Communications -
COM(2007)23 – Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union
COM(2008)32 – Second strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union
COM(2008)35 – Commission Working Document – Reducing administrative burdens in the European Union 2007 progress - Report and 2008 outlook
COM(2008)394 – Think Small First – A 'Small Business Act' for Europe
COM(2009)15 – Third strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union
COM(2009)16 – Commission working document - Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union
COM(2009)544 – Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union – Sectoral Reduction Plans and 2009 Actions
COM(2010)543 – Smart Regulation in the European Union
COM(2010)2020 – EUROPE 2020 – A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
COM(2011)588 – 28th Annual Report from the Commission on Monitoring the Application of EU Law (2010)
SEC(2011)853 – Evaluation Report – Impact and Effectiveness of EU Public Procurement Legislation
Council
December 2009 Report by the Swedish Presidency of the Council: "Better Regulation – Presentation of practical exercise on sharing good examples"