The German Government has adopted it's first annual report on the use of the SCM

On 24th of october 2007 the German Cabinet has adopted the 2007 Federal Government report on the use of the Standard Cost Model "Administrative costs: the effort to identify, measure and reduce them". It comes up with the intermediate result that industry incurs costs of around 27 billion euros due to its requirement to comply with some 2.100 informations obligations. The 2.100 information obligations represent the most costly informations obligations from a stock of around 11.000 informations obligations.

Simplification measures which have been already conducted or are being planned are described in an appendix in the report. In spite of the ongoing measurements (which means that there is still a lack of data for quantifying simplification effects) these measures amount to 2.5 billion euros so far. As a next step the Government has set itself the target of first reviewing the 50 or so most costly information obligations, which cause around 80 percent of the total admin costs (pareto principle). Besides these costly informations obligations, also the key information obligations in the ministries has to be similarly reviewed in the light of SCM. All information obligations of enterprises are now available on the website "www.bundesregierung.de/informationspflichten", including name, ministry in charge, case numbers (if known) and results (if being measured already).

To read the 2007 Federal Government Report on the use of the Standard Cost Model: "Administrative costs: the effort to identify, measure and reduce them"

To read the Statement of the National Regulatory Control Council on the Federal
Government Report: The Statement of the National Regulatory Control Council on the Federal Government Annual Report pursuant to Section 4 (3) of the Act on the Establishment of the National Regulatory Control Council.

The National Regulatory Control Council  has also in September published an annual report. The report can be downloaded here: Annual Report of the National Regulatory Control Council.