In today’s very competitive global scene, speed is of strategic importance. Speeding-up permitting is crucial for the renaissance of industry in Europe.
BusinessEurope recently published the results of a new survey of companies across 21 European countries about their experiences with EU industrial permitting processes. Some results: for about 60% of companies, the permit-granting process takes between 1 and 6 years (between 1-3 years for 47% of companies and between 3-6 years for 12% of companies). Any examples? […]