Download or read book Better Regulation Practices across the European Union written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laws and regulations affect the daily lives of businesses and citizens. High-quality laws promote national welfare and growth, while badly designed laws hinder growth, harm the environment and put the health of citizens at risk. This report analyses practices to improve the quality of laws ...

Download or read book The EU Better Regulation Agenda written by Sacha Garben and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Better Regulation in the EU is a perennial and topical question which has important implications for the future direction of EU law. While actions directed at improving the quality and accessibility of EU regulation are not novel, in recent years the Better Regulation Agenda has significantly affected the structural organisation and day-to-day operation of the EU legislative process. Yet, many questions about the future of the Agenda remain, not least in light of Brexit. Exploring the Better Regulation Agenda (and its relation to the overall EU legal and political order) necessitates an integrated, interdisciplinary approach. This edited volume presents insights from economics, political science and legal scholarship. Furthermore, to allow full understanding, it examines institutional practice, where the Agenda is made and shaped on a daily basis. Hence, the book features contributions from the perspective of the work of the main EU institutions: the European Commission, the Parliament, the Council and the Court of Justice. This results in a seminal overview of the subject, of interest to scholars and practitioners alike.

Download or read book Regulatory quality in Europe written by Claudio Radaelli and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union and its member states are investing in ambitious programmes for ‘better regulation’ and targets of regulatory quality. This book, available in paperback for the first time, lifts the veil of excessively optimistic propositions covering the whole better regulation agenda. It provides an innovative conceptual framework to handle the political complexity of regulatory governance. It approaches better regulation as an emerging public policy, with its own political context, actors, problems, rules of interaction, instruments, activities and impacts. Focusing on the key tools of impact assessment, consultation, simplification, and access to legislation, the authors provide fresh empirical evidence on the progress made in the member states and in Brussels, drawing on an extensive research project and an original survey of directors of better regulation programmes in Europe. Radaelli and De Francesco show how indicators define, measure, and appraise better regulation policy, linking measures to policy processes in which the stakeholders learn by monitoring. Although better regulation is a top priority for competitiveness in Europe and the legitimacy of EU policy, the level of commitment and the development of tools vary considerably. The major challenge for better regulation is institutionalisation - this calls for clear choices in terms of what the EU wants from better regulation. Essential reading for academics (political scientists, lawyers, and public economists) and policy-makers in charge of regulatory reforms in governments and international organisations.

Download or read book Better Regulation and the Improvement of EU Regulatory Environment written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s the stagnation of the internal market, the national deregulatory tendencies, and the criticism of both the quantity and quality of the body of European legislation constituted a catalyst for the EC to reconsider its legislative tasks, taking the White Paper for the Internal Market of 1985 and the Single European Act of 1986 as its starting point. Further reflections on the existing body of European legislation and new legislation to be adopted as well as the burden it imposes on national authorities and companies have led to deregulatory and self-regulatory efforts also at the EC level. These efforts have comprised a greater use of alternative regulatory instruments, i.e. adopting non-binding instruments instead of "traditional" legislative acts. On the one hand, the flexible nature of the new methods of European governance such as self-regulation, co-regulation, open method of co-ordination, or soft law allows reacting more rapidly to continuing developments on the EU level. On the other hand, however, they lack features such as obligation, uniformity, justifiability, sanctions, and/or enforcement and as "soft law" mechanisms are frequently contrasted with hard law as "genuine" instruments of European integration. Over the years the European Parliament has faced an excessive use of soft law instruments from the European Commission. While these instruments have a certain normative nature they are not adopted through a standard legislative procedure. The paradox is that while such a "quasi-legislative process" also fulfils the objectives of harmonising national policies it lacks the democratic control characteristic for legislative procedures. In the end, it undermines the powers and procedures of the European Parliament as a European co-legislator. As a result, the value and juridical consequences of this kind of instruments becomes a great source of uncertainty. This issue is likely to open a new field of reflection in the context of the "better law-making" strategy. In the light of these considerations, this background note analyses the institutional and legal implications of the use of soft law instruments on the EU level. It begins with introducing the concept of soft law in EU law. The discussion then follows with defining various categories of Community soft law that have been developed by Community institutions. Further, it elaborates on the competence of Community institutions to adopt soft law acts. After examining the nature and the role of Community soft law, the discussion turns to the issue of simplification and improvement of EU regulation. The background note ends with summoning the role and relevance of soft law with regard to achieving better regulation and good governance in the EU. It also concludes on the urgent necessity to increase the implication of the Parliament in the elaboration process of soft law.

Download or read book Better Regulation in Europe United Kingdom 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for the United Kingdom, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future.

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Download or read book Ensuring Effective Regulation in the EU written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2005, the European Commission issued a Communication designed to improve the EU regulatory environment in order to promote competition and trade and facilitate job creation. The Committee's report examines the proposals for better regulation, including the 'regulation tools' of impact assessment, simplification and consultation, the position of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the case for a new regulatory body to oversee regulation in the EU, the Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Law-making and the role of Member States, the ambitions and activities of the UK presidency of the EU in this area. The Committee welcomes the initiatives and the attitudinal change that seems to be filtering through the Commission but highlights the need for full implementation and assessment; and also calls on the UK Government to ensure the issue is placed at the top of the EU political agenda.

Download or read book Better Regulation in Europe Spain 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for Spain, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future.

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Download or read book Better Regulation in Europe Netherlands 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for the Netherlands, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future.

Download or read book Better Regulation in Europe France 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for France, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future.

Download or read book Better Regulation in Europe Denmark 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for Denmark, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future.

Download or read book Better Regulation in Europe Portugal 2010 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management in Portugal, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future.

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