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The plan includes single points of contact, digitalisation and streamlined procedural timelines.","The proposal is part of the Omnibus VIII simplification package. The Council said reducing administrative costs and burdens should go alongside maintaining high EU environmental-protection standards. This was not a final law but the member states’ common position ahead of negotiations with the European Parliament."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:53:51+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."}],"country":null,"data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"عناصر الإجراء وفق قرار المجلس المؤرخ 30 سبتمبر 2026.","de":"Verfahrenselemente aus dem Beschluss des Rates vom 30. 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