"The bureaucratic burden in everyday business operations has long since ceased to be a mere nuisance, but rather a burden on the future viability of the skilled trades," says the ZDH. (Photo: © Andrea de Martin/123RF.com)
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April 8, 2024
The ZDH has submitted a statement on the draft of the Bureaucracy Reduction Act IV. The law does not provide any noticeable relief for businesses. Therefore, the association proposes ten additional measures.
Craft businesses are being crushed by the sheer volume of verification, reporting, and documentation requirements , says the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH). The extent of legally mandated burdens on craft business owners has reached a critical level . The currently planned fourth Bureaucracy Relief Act (BEG IV) is insufficient to noticeably reduce the burden on businesses . "In addition to a significant reduction in bureaucracy and a genuine boost in digitalization within public administration, bolder measures are needed above all to curb new bureaucracy in the long term and sustainably," says Holger Schwannecke.
The skilled trades are demonstrating, with " practical proposals ," how new bureaucracy can be avoided, according to the Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH). Ten such proposals are part of the ZDH's statement on the draft of the fourth phase of the German Trade and Industry Reform Act (BEG IV). "The bureaucratic burden in day-to-day business operations has long ceased to be a mere nuisance; it is a significant factor jeopardizing the future viability of the skilled trades and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a whole," the statement reads.
Statement and suggestions. Statement from the ZDH.
. ten relief proposals.The thrust of the planned law is correct, it will The need for relief for craft businesses is not being met fairly and do not exhaust the relief options provided by the legislatureIf the law is implemented in this way, the ZDH expects no noticeable relief for the companies. It is not understandable why the draft only contains a "marginal fraction" of the more than 200 submitted as part of the association survey and Federal Statistical Office proposals assessed as feasible were taken into account.
The German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) demands that the relief potential identified by the Federal Office be fully exploited . Craftspeople are not facing a few major burdens, but rather a " virtually unmanageable number of regulations and requirements ." The operational and personnel structures within the skilled trades sector practically no longer allow for compliance with all regulations . With the Federal Compensation Act (BEG), policymakers must seize the opportunity to send a clear signal to craftspeople and achieve effective relief.
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The BEG IV (Federal Act on the Improvement of Economic Structures and Trades) must be comprehensively expanded . At a minimum, all proposals deemed feasible from the survey of associations must be adopted, and the additional measures from the skilled trades' proposal catalog must be added. Furthermore, the balance between reductions and new burdens must be restored. "The long-overdue implementation of the moratorium on new regulations decided by the Federal Government is just as much a necessary immediate measure as the systematic and consistent avoidance of new, disproportionate bureaucracy ."
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