Do you use the 8 week post-proposal window?

The European Parliament has a very useful ‘Legislative Train Schedule’ (link). It tracks some of the key legislative proposals from the Juncker Commission.

I wanted to see how much feedback some of these key proposals got. Especially, I wanted to see how many people used the ‘post proposal 8 – week feedback’ window.

8 Week Post Proposal Feedback

One of the really good things about Better Regulation is the opening up of public consultation (link).

As the Commission note: “Once the Commission has finalised a legislative proposal and submitted it to the European Parliament and the Council, you have another opportunity to give feedback. The feedback period for Commission proposals is 8 weeks, after which the contributions will be passed on to the Parliament and the Council.”

For more information see section 3.1 in the Toolbox – Tool 56 (link).

You can follow this link to give your feedback.

The scheme looks like it’s been up and running since March 2017.

The post feedback provision was laid out in the 2^nd Edition of the Better Regulation Guidelines of 7.7.2017 and made clear in the Toolbox (26.7.2017).

This is what it looks like: