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DG Enterprise & Industry

European Commission. DG Enterprise & Industry. European Banking Industry Committee Seminar: BETTER REGULATION CHALLENGES Brussels, 19 February 2007 COMMISSION INITIATIVES FOR BETTER REGULATION Presentation by: Gert-Jan Koopman European Commission DG Enterprise & Industry.

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DG Enterprise & Industry

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  1. European Commission DG Enterprise & Industry European Banking Industry Committee Seminar: BETTER REGULATION CHALLENGES Brussels, 19 February 2007 COMMISSION INITIATIVES FOR BETTER REGULATION Presentation by: Gert-Jan Koopman European Commission DG Enterprise & Industry

  2. Overview of the Better Regulation Strategy of the European Commission • 2002: Better Regulation Action Plan • March 2005: Communication on Better Regulation for Growth and Jobs in the EU • 14 November 2006: Better Regulation package: Strategic Review + working documents on administrative costs and on simplification

  3. November 2006 Strategic Review of BR • Simplification of existing EU legislation • Reducing administrative burdens • Codification • Impact assessments • Screening and withdrawal of pending proposals • Consultation • Transposition and application of EU law

  4. Simplification of existing EU legislation • Simplification strategy launched in 2005 most ambitious to date • November 2006 Working Document on Simplification adds 43 new initiatives to rolling programme 2006-2009 • New initiatives will be added regularly to respond to stakeholders’ needs

  5. Reducing administrative burdens • Nov 2006: proposed reduction target of 25% to be achieved jointly by the EU and Member States by 2012 • 24 Jan 2007: Action Programme specifying how to achieve this: concrete implementation details, priority areas, list of items for fast-track actions • March 2007: Spring European Council • June 2007: launch EU wide measurement

  6. Codification • Codification = repealing a set of acts in one area and replacing them with a single act, containing no substantive changes to those acts • November 2006 Review: aim is to finalise programme in 2008 via accelerated translation & standstill on substantial amendments • 500 codification acts will replace around 2000 acts in total

  7. Impact assessments • Assesses economic, environmental and social impacts of all proposals listed in the CLWP • Independent review of the Commission’s IA system is ongoing: final report Spring 2007 • Nov 2006 Review: Creation of Impact Assessment Board: internal but dedicated & independent quality control function under President’s authority with recourse to external expertise.

  8. Screening and withdrawal of pending proposals • 2005 screening exercise: 67 proposals withdrawn • 2006 screening exercise: results in Nov 2006 Review: 10 proposals to be withdrawn in 2007 • Regular monitoring pending proposals continues • New Commission should do similar exercise within first six months of taking office

  9. Consultation • Extensive consultation guarantees stakeholders’ views systematically taken into account: 2005 Impact assessment guidelines recommend consultation & compliance with 2002 General Principles and Minimum Standards for consultation of interested parties • Report on public consultation on standards in upcoming Transparency Communication

  10. Transposition and application of EU law • Commission is guardian of Treaty but MS should ensure timely & correct transposition of EU law • To improve matters, more preventive action will be taken; e.g. follow-up via correlation tables • If needed, correction via infringement cases & problem-solving mechanisms like SOLVIT • Further details in upcoming Communication on application of European law

  11. Other key Better Regulation actors • European Parliament & Council: signed Inter-Institutional Agreement on Better Lawmaking in 2003 but more can be done: • more systematic IA of major amendments to Commission proposals • Higher priority to pending simplification proposals, codification and repeal of obsolete legislation • Reinforcement of interinstitutional co-operation

  12. Other key Better Regulation actors • Member States: • develop national admin burdens reduction programmes, • improve EC law transposition, • participate in HLG on BR • develop & enforce consultation mechanisms where missing • Stakeholders: let the Commission know about your needs via consultation

  13. For more information Please consult our Better Regulation website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/regulation/better_regulation/index_en.htm Or contact us: European CommissionEnterprise & Industry DG, unit B.3B-1049 BrusselsBelgiumFax: +32 2 298 88 22E-mail: entr-impact-assessment@ec.europa.eu

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