17/03/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 17 March, France’s Confederation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CPME) published its ‘white paper’ on simplification and competitiveness, setting out 70 proposals to reduce the administrative burden on businesses. These revolve around three main priorities: - stabilising the regulatory framework; - extending the use of ‘SME tests’ to measure the impact of legislative proposals on SMEs; - harmonise business law at European level. The CPME supports Enrico Letta's proposal, taken up by the President of the European Commission, to create a 28th regime for companies. As part of the stabilisation of the regulatory framework, the organisation suggests taking account of the cumulative impact of national and European legislation on businesses, and providing for longer transition periods for SMEs. See the white paper (in French): https://aeur.eu/f/fz7 (LM)