European system for the principle "once and enough" - The Once-Only Technical System
The “once-only” principle promises simpler procedures: if the state already has a piece of data, neither citizens nor businesses have to keep submitting it. The European Commission is introducing it through the Single Digital Gateway Regulation and is building a shared technical system for it. Slovakia is working on it to harmonize procedures and enhance digital convenience across the EU. The essence is the exchange of data between authorities, where they already hold it, without unnecessarily burdening people. At the European level, a combination of central components managed by the European Commission and national solutions of the Member States is being created; together they form the European system for the “once-only” principle. Implementation has three main goals: to support the single market, ensure equal digital convenience for citizens throughout the Union, and accelerate the data and process transformation of public administration. In practice, this means that what we no longer submit at home, we won’t submit in another EU country either.What the “once-only” principle means in practice
