EU LEGISLATIVE SIMPLIFICATION – FISHING DIRECTIVES AND REGULATIONS
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is planning to rewrite European Union (EU) laws affecting the fishing meat industry to simplify existing EU legislation across the board, easing the sector's understanding of often complex and baffling regulations.Brussels has embarked on a three-year programme to scrap obsolete laws, rewrite over-complicated texts and combine overlapping directives and regulations. EU industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen said: "The policy objectives do not change, but the way to get there will be much easier, cheaper and more ...
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