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FSB calls for EU action on better regulation

The FSB has called on EU institutions to do more to tackle the mounting burden of red tape that is choking small businesses ahead of a conference on better regulation taking place in Edinburgh today.

The Better Regulation Conference, which is part of the UK’s EU Presidency programme, is a vital opportunity to agree ways to reduce excessive administrative burdens on small businesses.

The FSB welcomed recent work by the European Commission to introduce assessments of the impact of new legislation, but said that other EU institutions as well as individual member states must do more if any meaningful change is to be made.

Wilfred Mitchell, FSB Policy Chairman, said:
“Small businesses cannot go on facing tidal waves of red tape and regulation from the EU and its member states. It is not acceptable for officials and politicians to persist with a ‘regulate first, measure later’ approach to policy making.

“We welcome the European Commission’s recent work on this issue but what small businesses need now is for member states and the other EU institutions, the European Parliament in particular, to get their act together in the same way.

“The UK Presidency of the EU and the Better Regulation Conference is the best opportunity there has been for many years to alleviate the administrative burdens that small businesses face.

“The FSB is committed to working with EU policy makers and the UK government on regulatory reform and we will be actively engaged in The Better Regulation Conference this week.”



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