Future of EU Better Regulation policy
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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