Commission proposal to strengthen the Single Market by tackling legal and administrative obstacles in Europe’s cross-border regions

Commission proposal to strengthen the Single Market by tackling legal and administrative obstacles in Europe’s cross-border regions

 

(...) the Commission has adopted an amended proposal for a ‘Regulation on Facilitating Cross-Border Solutions’ in order to help Member States resolve obstacles that are impacting the daily lives of the 150 million European citizens living in Europe’s cross-border regions.

 

The obstacles that citizens, businesses, and public administrations face in these regions include different technical standards or national administrative and legal provisions that do not consider the cross-border dimension. 

(...) A study funded by the Commission estimates that removing 20% of the current legal and administrative obstacles would boost GDP by 2% in cross-border regions and create over one million jobs. (...)

The Commission proposes that Member States set up Cross-Border Coordination Points (CBCP) (...)

(...) Member States can then apply the Cross-Border Facilitation Tool, a voluntary standard procedure designed to resolve administrative and legal obstacles in cross-border regions. (...)

The Regulation also proposes creating a network of CBCPs alongside the Commission, to create a forum for exchanging best practices and sharing knowledge (...)

 

The Commission’s proposal will now be negotiated by the Parliament and the Council. (...)

The proposal complements a number of Commission initiatives to support border regions, such as ‘b-solutions’ (...)