Cutting red tape, boosting growth: simplification measures to save businesses €400 million a year

Building on earlier efforts, the new rules will support especially SMEs and a newly defined category of “small mid-caps” by easing compliance, encouraging growth, and accelerating digitalisation. From streamlined GDPR obligations to digital-only product documentation, these changes aim to reduce bureaucracy, while upholding high standards. Small businesses importing products with fluorinated gases will also benefit from lighter requirements, and battery companies will gain extra time to comply with new due diligence rules. Altogether, these measures reflect a shift toward smarter regulation, helping firms compete, invest and innovate across the Single Market.