Feedback from local and regional authorities is crucial for better EU laws

Feedback from local and regional authorities is crucial for better EU laws

The Fit for Future Platform plenary approved two opinions by CoR rapporteurs Karjalainen and Speich on topics of particular importance for local and regional authorities: interoperability of data systems between different levels of governance and clear rules for end-of-life vehicles.

Local and regional authorities make EU law happen. Therefore their feedback on how EU rules are implemented on the ground to make them simpler, fewer and less bureaucratic is essential: this was the message of the CoR at the Fit for Future (F4F) Platform plenary on 5 December – a tool established by the European Commission for better and less burdensome EU legislation. Two opinions drafted by CoR members Mark Speich (DE/EPP) and Anne Karjalainen (FI/PSE) on topics that are of great relevance for local and regional authorities – interoperability of data systems and clear rules for end-of-life vehicles - were adopted. (...)