Online survey for the validation of the Study on Cumulative Cost Assessment of the EU Forest-based Industries
(From ec.europa.eu)
The European Commission encourages European companies operating in the forest-based sector to participate in an online survey on the implementation of EU legislation and policies.
The Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is conducting a study on the Cumulative Cost Assessment for EU forest-based industries, and invites European companies operating in woodworking and pulp & paper to share their experience on the cost effects of EU legislation. The aim of this study is to analyse the cumulative cost effects of the most relevant EU legislation on the forest-based industry.
The study will identify and quantify regulatory costs, both direct and indirect, which specifically affect the EU forest-based industry. The relevent EU legislation includes climate & energy policy, environmental policy, forest-related policy, labour policy, products policy, transport policy and trade policy.
The study is being carried out by the contractor Technopolis Group and is part of the Commission Work Programme for 2015 as a follow-up to the Regulatory Fitness and Performance (REFIT) Communication published in October 2013.
Closing date: 18 March 2016.