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Simplification & red tape

Decisions about simplifying EU rules, reducing reporting obligations or cutting administrative burden for companies.

Decisions
24 on 21 sitting days
Outcomes
22 adopted · 1 rejected
Period
23 Oct 2024 – 16 Sept 2026
Assigned by
A model, not checked by hand
More facts (4)
Roll-call votes
22
By kind
New laws 15 · Objections 1 · Resolutions 8
Key
economy/simplification
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Decisions, 24

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The latest decisions on this subtopic, newest first; the export holds all of them.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
16 Sept 2026Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V) New lawsPassed549 for, 92 against, 27 abstained by roll call
16 Sept 2026Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) New lawsPassed530 for, 125 against, 12 abstained by roll call
9 Jul 2026Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness ResolutionsAdopted366 for, 192 against, 39 abstained by roll call
16 Jun 2026Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) (No. 3, 16 Jun 2026) New lawsPassed423 for, 57 against, 174 abstained by roll call
21 May 2026Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation New lawsNegotiating mandate approved294 for, 194 against, 86 abstained by roll call
29 Apr 2026Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products New lawsPassed540 for, 60 against, 45 abstained by roll call
26 Mar 2026Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) (No. 6, 26 Mar 2026) New lawsPassed569 for, 45 against, 23 abstained by roll call
17 Dec 2025Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives Objection under Rule 114(3) · delegated actObjectionsObjection failed230 for, 402 against, 28 abstained by roll call
16 Dec 2025Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements New lawsPassed428 for, 218 against, 17 abstained by roll call
26 Nov 2025Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements New lawsPassed519 for, 65 against, 73 abstained by roll call

All 24 decisions on this subtopic in the register

Dossiers, 12

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for the defence industry (Omnibus V) 2025-0176Decisions116 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and simplification of security and defence procurement (Omnibus V) 2025-0177Decisions116 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness 2025-2211Decisions19 Jul 2026 · Adopted
Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) 2025-0359Decisions216 Jun 2026 · Adopted
Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation 2025-0826Decisions121 May 2026 · Adopted
Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products 2025-0531Decisions129 Apr 2026 · Adopted
Simplification of the content and presentation of information to be disclosed concerning environmentally sustainable activities and simplification of certain technical screening criteria for determining whether economic activities cause no significant harm to environmental objectives 2025-2806Decisions117 Dec 2025 · Rejected
Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements 2025-0045Decisions216 Dec 2025 · Adopted
Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements 2025-0040Decisions126 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Access to finance for SMEs and scale-ups 2025-2072Decisions126 Nov 2025 · Adopted
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Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness 2024-2118Decisions19 Oct 2025 · Adopted
Amending certain financial services and investment support Regulations as regards certain reporting requirements 2023-0363Decisions17 Oct 2025

These dossiers in the register

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this subtopic: its clear line or divided.

The last 22 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor7Against13Abst.1Divided1With outcome6of22
GreensFor18Against3Abst.0Divided1With outcome17of22
S&DFor18Against3Abst.1Divided0With outcome17of22
RenewFor19Against3Abst.0Divided0With outcome20of22
EPPFor21Against1Abst.0Divided0With outcome22of22
ECRFor16Against2Abst.2Divided2With outcome19of22
PatriotsFor12Against3Abst.2Divided5With outcome15of22
ESNFor8Against12Abst.2Divided0With outcome9of22

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Sources & citation

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Simplification & red tape”. Topic (model-assigned). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/economy?sub=simplification (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-topic-economy-simplification,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Simplification \& red tape}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/economy?sub=simplification}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/topics/economy?sub=simplification},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Topic (model-assigned). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}