Brussels, 10/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - The burden of bureaucracy imposed by European legislation represents a burden of 340 billion EUR for businesses, according to a document presented by the Dutch Presidency during the informal Ecofin Council in Scheveningen (The Hague) on Friday. "A reduction of this burden by 25% could lead to an increase of 1.7% in EU GDP", estimates the Presidency, which has made this subject its hobby-horse, as part of the joint initiative launched in conjunction with...