BRUSSELS — When it comes to simplifying the European Union’s green rulebook, experts just get in the way.
That, at least, seems to be the view of EU member countries, which have sidelined experts from formal discussions on how to reduce green rules — in an unusual move designed to speed up the passage of controversial red-tape-slashing legislation.
In February the European Commission proposed landmark reforms reopening several EU laws at once to radically cut down environmental reporting obligations for companies.
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Since then, lawmakers in the European Parliament and country delegations in the Council of the EU have been assessing the proposal, as companies wait in hope of looser rules.
