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Resolutions adopted at the 41st meeting of the European Directors-General responsible for public administration (Rome, 2 and 3 December 2003)
The European Ministers responsible for public administration, at their 11th meeting in Rome on 1 December 2003, also attended by the Ministers of the acceding and the candidate countries, and with the participation of the Vice-President of the European Commission,
considering that the European Council
- set in March 2000, during the Lisbon Council, the goal, for the European Union, wasto become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion�;
- emphasised, under the global strategy set out at Lisbon and in the subsequent spring meetings (Stockholm, March 2001; Barcelona, March 2002; Brussels, March 2003), in order to improve the legal environment by making it more favourable to investment, innovation and business, that the European institutions and the national Governments should, among other measures and lines of action:
devote particular attention to the impact of regulation;
implement actions to simplify the regulatory framework;
pursue dialogue with the public citizens and with business;
- reiterated, at the Brussels meeting on 16-17 October 2003, that "
simplifying EU legislation and improving the efficiency and transparency of public administrations will significantly strengthen economic competitiveness through encouraging business confidence and improving standards of public service".
noting that
- major changes will take place at the European level during the coming years because of the enlargement process and the institutional reorganisation of the European Union; (...)
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