The Circle of Businessmen and Professionals of the South of Tenerife (CEST) demands that public institutions “take the necessary measures to carry out a coordinated process aimed at simplifying the web of laws and regulations that weigh down the business activity.” They also demand “the reform of the administration, stimulating the implementation and execution of projects that contribute to creating jobs, contribute to social development and boost the economy.”
The president of CEST, Javier Cabrera, is firm in a press release: “We demand the simplification of rules and laws that, in many cases, become even contradictory due to their interpretative difficulty, causing another of the major factors that endanger our economy: legal uncertainty.”
A web of 1,600 regulations
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From 2019 to 2023, companies in Canary Islands have had to face the creation of around 1,600 regulations at the regional level, Circle of Businessmen and Professionals of the South of Tenerife denounces. “This proliferation of regulations has only generated extreme interventionism. The repercussions, without a doubt, are very negative, as they hinder the normal economic activity of companies and the implementation of new projects that would be key for the society of the south and the entire island,” details the president of the businessmen and professionals of the South, who adds: “The excess of these regulatory texts is suffocating entrepreneurs due to the permanent changes they are subjected to and the efforts to adapt to them.”
Against the entrepreneurial spirit
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Javier Cabrera adds that “lengthy bureaucratization processes are the main cause of many business projects not being completed and the entrepreneurial spirit being lost, so simplifying the process must be a measure that administrations need to take.” He gives an example “the scarcity of housing caused, to a large extent, by the lengthy municipal processes to obtain the necessary permits for the construction of new buildings.”
Regarding the measures that CEST believes should be adopted, Javier Cabrera points to the Technical Committee for Administrative Simplification, within the framework of the VII Social Agreement of the Canary Islands, “where we continue to advance in the unified proposal of the most representative social agents and the administration.”
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In addition, Javier Cabrera warns that “the administrative maze also causes the population to increasingly distance themselves from the administration, despite efforts to implement electronic processes that facilitate certain procedures.” “Legislative and legal texts are complex and require specialized knowledge that, for example, in the case of small businesses, is not always available,” he concludes.
