Brussels, 19/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Competitiveness Council, meeting in Brussels on Monday, unanimously backed the target proposed by the Commission for a 25% reduction in the administrative burden on companies resulting from Community legislation by 2012. The Commission's action plan to reduce red tape, which was adopted on 24 January, focuses on the information requirements to which companies are subject in thirteen priority areas, such as company law, work relations, taxation/VAT,...