Better Regulation

Better Regulation – an end of term review

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The European Commission published their end of term review of Better Regulation. For BetterRegulation geeks, it is a useful update. Better regulation: taking stock and sustaining our commitment 15 April 2019 (link) The Commission’s diagnosis was good: “Overall, the message is positive: better regulation has improved the way policy is made and should remain at the heart … Read more

When to make an Impact Assessemnt public

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Impact Assessments improve law making. They are used for the important “Commission initiatives that are likely to have significant economic, environmental or social impacts”. They are to be used for ‘legislative and non-legislative initiatives as well as delegated acts and implementing measures’. All impact assessments and the related opinions of the Board are published online … Read more

Better Regulation comes to Chemicals

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On Friday 11th January, the European Commission launched a Public Consultation on the update to the Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures (CLP) Annex. This is the regular update of substances that updates the RAC’s opinions. This is the 14th update. This is the first time the 4-week public consultation has been … Read more

The Wise Men report on Europe

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On 10 July, the European Commission published the Report ‘Active Subsidiarity: A new way of working’. The European Commission does a lot. Arguably too much. And, on top of too much, new demands from security, defence and migration are being added. The resources are not going up. They are going down. Something has to give. … Read more