REFIT Platform - Main contents
Details
Policy Area: Administration
Lead DG: SG - Secretariat-General
Type: Informal, Permanent
Scope: Limited
Mission: The REFIT Platform invites, collects and assesses suggestions from all available sources, including from members of the platform, on how to reduce regulatory and administrative burden. It will reply to any Commission request for information and evidence on the prospective impact of any REFIT proposal or the actual impact of the application of any REFIT initiative that has been implemented.
Task: Other
The REFIT platform shall assist the Commission by inviting and collecting suggestions on regulatory and administrative burden reduction arising from Union legislation and its implementation in Member States. It shall assess the merits of the collected suggestions in terms of their potential to reduce regulatory and administrative burden without endangering the achievement of the objectives of the legislation and, where appropriate, provide supplementary remarks on the suggestions. It shall also forward for comments suggestions considered to merit most attention and respond to persons making suggestions.
Contact: SG-REFIT@ec.europa.eu
Publication in RegExp: 10 Jul 2015
Link to Website: http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/refit/refit-platform/index_en.htm
Last updated: 06 Feb 2019
Additional Information
Activity Report All relevant meeting documents of the REFIT Platform are available on the public website:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-making-process/overview-law-making-p...
Selection Procedure (members) For the government group, the Commission will invite each Member State to nominate a high-level expert from its public administration. For the stakeholder group, the Commission will: -invite the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions each to nominate a high level expert on better regulation as their representative in the stakeholder group and -following a call for expression of interest and on a proposal from the First Vice-President appoint the remaining members of the stakeholder group selected from applicants from business, including from SMEs, and from social partners and civil society organisations having direct experience in the application of Union legislation.Internal Rules of Procedure Members of the Platform should be prepared to attend meetings systematically in order to contribute and suggest items to the agenda of the group, to participate actively in discussions in the group, to examine and provide comments on documents under discussion, and to act, as appropriate, as ‘rapporteurs’ on an ad hoc basis. Once a year, both groups shall discuss and evaluate the activities of the Platform in a joint meeting chaired by the First Vice-President.
Rev_Rules_of_Procedure_Gov_Group_adopted.pdf (approx. 181 kb)
Rev_Rules_of_Procedure_StakeGroup_adopted 161122.pdf (approx. 185 kb)
Other REFIT PLATFORM DOCUMENTS
Subgroups
Name |
Duration |
Status |
Active |
Type A - Individual expert appointed in his/her personal capacity
Name of Person |
Nationality |
Professional Title |
Membership Status |
Member Type: Type A - Individual expert appointed in his/her personal capacity
Name of Person: Pols Fenna
Nationality: Netherlands
Professional Title
Professional Profile: Civil service
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Netherlands |
Member |
Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person |
Nationality |
Professional Title |
Membership Status |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Pereira Sara
Employee of: Associação para a Competitividade da Indústria da Fileira Florestal (AIFF)
Nationality: Portugal
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Agriculture
Biodiversity
Civil protection
Climate
Competition
Conservation
Environment
Forestry
Industry
Innovation
Land management
Natural resources
Other ()
Raw materials
Sustainable Development
Water
Interest represented: Academia/Research
Employees/workers
Industry
Other (I represent forest based industries cluster)
SMEs
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Portugal |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Loosen Peter
Employee of: Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde e.V. (BLL)
Nationality: Germany
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Food safety
Industry
Other ()
Public health
Raw materials
Interest represented: Industry
Other ()
SMEs
Gender: male
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Germany |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Pachl Ursula
Employee of: Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC)
Nationality: Austria
Professional Title: Deputy Director-General
Policy Area: Audiovisual and media
Banking
Climate
Competition
Consumer affairs
Economy
Energy
Environment
External trade
Finance
Fisheries and aquaculture
Food safety
Fundamental rights
Industry
Information society
Insurance
Law (civil)
Natural resources
Other ()
Public affairs
Research/Innovation
Sustainable Development
Trade
Transport
Interest represented: Civil society
Other ()
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Austria |
Deputy Director-General |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Falcioni Paolo
Employee of: CECED (European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers) (CECED)
Nationality: Italy
Professional Title: Director General
Policy Area: Climate
Consumer affairs
Energy
Environment
External trade
Industry
Innovation
Other ()
Sustainable Development
Interest represented: Industry
Other (AISBL)
Gender: male
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Italy |
Director General |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Ronzitti Valeria
Employee of: CEEP - European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest (CEEP)
Nationality: Italy
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Climate
Competition
Economy
Education
Employment and social affairs
Energy
Environment
Equal opportunities
Migration
Other ()
Public affairs
Social service
Sustainable Development
Trade
Transport
Water
Interest represented: Other (SGI Employers)
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Italy |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Hanula-Bobbitt Katarzyna
Employee of: CONCORD Europe
Nationality: Poland
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Economy
Other ()
Interest represented: Civil society
Other ()
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Poland |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Hedström Jens
Employee of: Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Nationality: Sweden
Professional Title: International Director - Head of Brussels Office
Policy Area: External trade
Industry
Other ()
Tax
Trade
Interest represented: Finance
Industry
Other (Employers)
SMEs
Gender: male
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Sweden |
International Director - Head of Brussels Office |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Kavrakova Assya
Employee of: European Citizen Action Service (ECAS)
Nationality: Bulgaria
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Fundamental rights
Other (EU Citizens Rights)
Public affairs
Interest represented: Civil society
Other ()
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Bulgaria |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Santiago Cid Maria Elena
Employee of: European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)
Nationality: Spain
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Other (Standardisation)
Interest represented: Other (european standardization)
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Spain |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Roenne Heidi
Employee of: EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ETUC)
Nationality: Denmark
Professional Title: Danish Confederation of Professionals International Secretary
Policy Area: Employment and social affairs
Labour
Other ()
Social service
Interest represented: Civil society
Other ()
Gender: female
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Denmark |
Danish Confederation of Professionals International Secretary |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Clarke Mike
Employee of: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Agriculture
Climate
Environment
Other ()
Interest represented: Civil society
Other ()
Gender: male
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
United Kingdom |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Alanko Risto
Employee of: Technology Industries of Finland
Nationality: Finland
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Industry
Other ()
Interest represented: Industry
Other ()
Gender: male
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Finland |
Member |
Member Type: Type B - Individual expert appointed as representative of a common interest
Name of Person: Jan Oravec
Employee of: The Entrepreneurs´Association of Slovakia (The EAS)
Nationality: Slovakia
Professional Title:
Policy Area: Industry
Other ()
Interest represented: Civil society
Industry
Other ()
Gender: male
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Slovakia |
Member |
Type E - Other public entity
Name |
Entity type |
Countries/area represented |
Membership Status |
Member Type: Type E - Other public entity
Name: Committee of the Regions
Entity type: EU Institutions/Bodies
Policy Area: Public relations
Countries/Areas represented: European
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
EU Institutions/Bodies |
European |
Member |
Member Type: Type E - Other public entity
Name: European Economic and Social Comittee
Entity type: EU Institutions/Bodies
Policy Area: Economy
Employment and social affairs
Labour
Countries/Areas represented: European
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
EU Institutions/Bodies |
European |
Member |
Active |
Type D - Member State Authority
Country |
Public Authority |
Membership Status |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: United Kingdom
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Sweden
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Spain
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Slovenia
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Slovakia
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Romania
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Portugal
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Poland
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Netherlands
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Malta
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Luxembourg
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Lithuania
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Latvia
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Italy
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Ireland
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Hungary
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Greece
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Germany
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: France
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Finland
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Estonia
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Denmark
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Czech Republic
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Cyprus
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Croatia
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Bulgaria
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Belgium
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
Member Type: Type D - Member State Authority
Country: Austria
Public Authority:
Membership Status: Member - REFIT Platform
Member |
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