Relieve craft businesses of noticeable bureaucracy

The National Regulatory Control Council (NKR) has presented its report for 2019. Holger Schwannecke, Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH), misses any noticeable relief for small and medium-sized businesses in this context.

This article is part of the special topic Bureaucratic madness in the craft industry

The National Regulatory Control Council (NKR) has published its balance sheet for 2019. He criticizes that too little is being done to reduce bureaucracyThe draft law on Third Bureaucracy Reduction Act is a start, but overall it is not enough. While it is a positive assessment of the burden of the One in One out regulation achieved, but additional burdens would also arise from new EU laws, which would lead to Additional expenditure of over 500 million euros will lead. 

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Therefore, the NKR calls for Extension of the regulation to Europe. It is also criticized that the time between the completion of draft laws and their adoption in the Bundestag is too short. Furthermore, it is demanded that uniform standards for measuring the burden of laws and thus enable a uniform assessment.

Crafts must be relieved of unnecessary bureaucracy

Holger Schwannecke, Secretary General of the Central Association of German Skilled Crafts (ZDH), missing in this context noticeable relief for small and medium-sized businesses"What is needed now is courageous and decisive action by the Federal Government and the Bundestag together. Crafts businesses must be relieved of unnecessary bureaucracy as soon as possible", says Schwannecke. However, he praises the Federal Minister of Economics' SME strategy: "The recently presented SME strategy of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, however, points the way." Nevertheless, much still needs to be done as soon as possible so that Craft businesses can also feel the relief.

About the NKR: His main tasks include Monitoring legislation in Germany and the resulting burden on citizens. Compliance costs result from the time and financial burden that must be incurred to comply with the legislation. The aim is to reduce compliance costs for businesses and citizens. This is to be achieved through the so-called One in One out regulation This means that every burden also leads to an equal amount of relief. Over the long term, the relief should outweigh the negative.