Transcript Future of EU Better Regulation policy

Future of EU Better Regulation
policy
Role of the New EU Member States
Why BR is becoming so
important at EU level?
Economic integration in EU is overwhelmingly
about regulation, not about budgetary spending
Burdensome regulations halt the entrepreneurship in
many EU Member States
In 2000 the Lisbon Strategy deemed high quality of
legislative environment as the key element for
improvement of competitiveness of EU economy
What were issues at stake?
Transposition of EU legislation
The cumulative effect: law harmonisation,
implementation, application and enforcement
Negative view: Poland was said to gold-plate
and implement early
No experience in application of acquis
communataire
Is Better Regulation a driver for
national reforms?
Stimulates debate
More attention for application of BR
instruments
More attention for quality aspects (RIA,
consultation)
More attention upstream (EU) and downstream
(enforcement)
Priorities at EU level 2006- 2007
Better regulation discipline – systematic use of
robust impact assessment – embedded across the
Institutions
Commission’s IA including new MS
characteristics
EU’s simplification agenda - achieving real
simplification with tangible outcomes
Measurement of administrative costs is just an
element of cost assessment
Strengthened focus on SMEs