Independent Retail Europe urges EU co-legislators to delay any final agreement on green claims until meaningful simplification is truly achieved

While supporting the proposal’s objective of ensuring reliable claims, Independent Retail Europe, Euro Coop, HOTREC, and RURALTOUR are deeply concerned that trilogue negotiations have so far failed to deliver any meaningful simplification of major burdens. The current provisions would create massive and excessive bureaucracy which is not needed to achieve the proposal’s primary objective. Addressing these concerns requires determined action and major amendments to the latest text, which is incompatible with a rushed agreement in just a few days. They urge the EU co-legislators to resist the temptation to secure a fast agreement at any cost in the upcoming trilogue, and to take sufficient time to deliver meaningful reduction on administrative burden.