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Better for Whom?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Francesco Sarpi
Francesco Sarpi*
Affiliation:
Osservatorio AIR
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Extract

At first sight, the new “better regulation package” probably appears as one of the most ambitious and comprehensive set of measures on the quality of EU regulation developed in recent years. It introduces relevant innovations as far as both better regulation tools(impact assessment-IA, ex post evaluation, consultation) and governance (the Regulatory Scrutiny Board-RSB, the REFIT Platform and the proposal on the new Inter-institutional agreement on Better Lawmaking-IIA)are concerned. Moreover, the package is a clear demonstration of the Commission's political commitment towards the relaunch of the smart regulation agenda, already proved by its inclusion within the scope of the mandate of the First Vice President, Mr. Timmermans.

Nonetheless, ambition and wideness are not the only relevant criteria to judge the package. It could indeed be assessed also from a different perspective, i.e. by analysing the possible effects it could produce and the incentives it could provide for some key players: EU institutions, Member States (MS) and stakeholders.

Type
Special Issue on the Better Regulation Package
Information
European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 372 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015

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References

1 Regulation (EU) n. 178/2002.

2 See the open letter available at http://www.betterregwatch.eu/Open_Letter_to_EP_on_IIA.pdf