Implementation and Simplification
Summary
The communication sets out how the Commission intends to make EU rules easier to implement and less burdensome. It combines implementation strategies and stakeholder dialogues with a continuing review of legislation, practical checks with businesses and stronger assessment of regulatory costs. Simplification packages cover areas including sustainability, investment, smaller companies and digital rules. Digital tools and procedures are intended to make compliance easier across borders. Annual reporting would track implementation and burden reduction, while cooperation with Parliament and Council would support clearer assessment of amendments and more effective lawmaking.
Action items
1–6 of 21 items
Source order · D = digital dimension- Item 1D · Digital dimension
Systematic Implementation Strategies: The Commission will prepare a dedicated implementation strategy for each major legislative act, identifying transposition challenges, tracking arrangements, and support measures including for SMEs; directives will be accompanied by explanatory templates and transposition roadmaps for Member States. [from 2025]
- Item 2D · Digital dimension
Implementation Dialogues: Each Commissioner will host at least two stakeholder dialogues per year to assess progress and identify areas needing policy attention, with outcomes reported in annual enforcement and implementation progress reports. [from H1 2025]
- Item 3D · Digital dimension
Administrative Burden Reduction Targets: The Commission expands its burden reduction targets from reporting costs to all recurring administrative costs, aiming to cut the EUR 150 billion EU-wide baseline by at least 25% for companies and 35% for SMEs by end of mandate. [2025–2029]
- Item 4
Omnibus Package on Sustainability: Simplifies CSRD, CSDDD, and EU Taxonomy requirements to reduce supply-chain trickle-down effects on SMEs, ease CBAM obligations for smaller importers, and better align sustainability reporting with investor needs. [2025]
- Item 5D · Digital dimension
Omnibus Package on Investment Simplification: Facilitates deployment of InvestEU and the European Fund for Strategic Investments and streamlines related reporting requirements. [2025]
- Item 6D · Digital dimension
Omnibus Package on Small Mid-Caps and Paper Removal: Introduces proportionate requirements for small mid-cap companies and removes paper-format obligations from product legislation. [2025]