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To make future regulation fit with the ”Think Small First” principle, the Commission: is strengthening the assessment of the respect of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in forthcoming legislative and administrative initiatives will, wherever practical, use common commencement dates for regulations and decisions affecting business and publish an annual statement of such legislation entering into force the Commission will, and the Member States are invited to: ensure that policy results are delivered while minimising costs and burdens for business, including by using a smart mix of tools ...[+++] such as mutual recognition and self- or co-regulation, to achieve policy outcomes rigorously assess the impact of forthcoming legislative and administrative initiatives on SMEs (“SME test”) and take relevant results into account when designing proposals consult stakeholders, including SME organisations for at least 8 weeks prior to making any legislative or administrative proposal that has an impact on businesses use specific measures for small and micro-enterprises, such as derogations, transition periods and exemptions, in particular from information or reporting requirements, and other tailor-made approaches, wherever appropriate, and the Member States are invited to: consider the usefulness of introducing common commencement dates and annual statements of legislation entering into force make use of flexibility provisions aimed at SMEs when implementing EU legislation and avoid “gold-plating” To improve the regulatory environment in view of the “Think Small First” principle, the Commission: will come forward with all the proposals to reduce the administrative burden on business which are necessary to achieve the EU reduction target of 25% by 2012 will complete by the end of 2008 a complete screening of the acquis and include the results in the updated simplification rolling programme to be presented in early 2009.

Auto-Oil II was a technical programme of work undertaken jointly by several Commission services and a wide range of stakeholders, in order to assess policy options for achieving air quality objectives with a particular focus on reducing road transport emissions. Auto-Oil II was based on the principles of cost-effectiveness, sound science and transparency.

27. Stresses that the TEN-T programme, through investment in high European added value infrastructures, has a central role to play in the attainment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; considers this programme to be essential for boosting the competitiveness of the EU as a whole, by creating the missing infrastructure and removing bottlenecks within the internal market; stresses that infrastructure projects also directly contribute to growth by stimulating employment during the building phase; underlines the role of the TEN-T programme for meeting the goals of adaptation to climate change by ensuring the future sustainabili ...[+++]ty of the EU’s transport networks; welcomes the Commission's proposed increase of approximately EUR 85 million compared to the 2012 budget, but asks for further clarification on the proposed reduction by EUR 118 million as compared to the financial programming; recalls that the main TEN-T programme was fully executed in 2011, and points out that a final judgement on how commitments have been implemented and paid out on projects in the 2007-2013 financial framework can only be made in 2017;

26. Stresses that the TEN-T programme, through investment in high European added value infrastructures, has a central role to play in the attainment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy; considers this programme to be essential for boosting the competitiveness of the EU as a whole, by creating the missing infrastructure and removing bottlenecks within the internal market; stresses that infrastructure projects also directly contribute to growth by stimulating employment during the building phase; underlines the role of the TEN-T programme for meeting the goals of adaptation to climate change by ensuring the future sustainabili ...[+++]ty of the EU’s transport networks; welcomes the Commission's proposed increase of approximately EUR 85 million compared to the 2012 budget, but asks for further clarification on the proposed reduction by EUR 118 million as compared to the financial programming; recalls that the main TEN-T programme was fully executed in 2011, and points out that a final judgement on how commitments have been implemented and paid out on projects in the 2007-2013 financial framework can only be made in 2017;