Streamlining Environmental Reporting Rules in the EU

Summary

This proposal aims to repeal outdated environmental reporting rules and simplify existing EU laws to reduce bureaucracy and improve legal clarity.
10 14.06.2018
Other
environment
administrative reform
public administration
simplification of legislation

Key points

  • The proposal seeks to repeal the outdated Standardised Reporting Directive to clean up the EU legal system.
  • Reporting timelines for ship recycling facilities will be aligned with other environmental regulations to prevent data gaps.
  • The European Commission will be granted powers to update technical annexes in carbon capture and sewage sludge directives to keep up with scientific progress.
  • Obsolete reporting requirements across various environmental sectors will be removed to reduce bureaucracy.
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