On November 02, 2016 the OECD published a report concerning the governance and the action of International organizations (IOs): “International Regulatory Co-operation. The Role of International Organisations in Fostering Better Rules of Globalisation“. Globalization fuelled the…
The Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) is an independent body within the Commission, which is in charge of examining the quality of all impact assessments, major evaluations and fitness checks of existing legislation. The Board was…
Il rapporto Economic Survey of Italy 2017 sulla situazione economica dell’Italia, presentato dall’OCSE il 15 febbraio scorso, rileva che il Paese sta lentamente uscendo da una fase di profonda recessione, grazie ad alcune recenti riforme…
On 29 September 2016 the Competitiveness Council held a debate on the collaborative economy. The debate was largely grounded in the Commission communication “A European agenda for collaborative economy” issued on 2 June 2016, and…
On 14 September 2016, on the occasion of President Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address, the Commission published the Communication (2016) 615 final “Better Regulation: Delivering better results for a stronger Union”. The Communication…
The new report “Being an Independent Regulator” has just been published in the OECD series “The Governance of Regulators”. The crucial role of regulators as “referees of markets” implies that these public bodies are required…
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) recently published a briefing regarding barriers to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) growth in Europe. It is well known that SMEs play a key role in EU economy, as…
The German Nationaler Normenkontrollrat (NKR) has published its 2015 Annual Report. The report, structured in eight chapters, provides a complete overview of the activity of the Council shedding light on the major progress of better…
The Finnish Government has recently appointed an independent Legislation Assessment Council, that will function as part of the Prime Minister’s Office until April 2019. The new council has been entrusted tasks that are typical of…
On 29 February 2016, the Competitiveness Council adopted the Conclusions on the Single Market Strategy for services and goods (download the pdf file). The Council urged to strengthen the Single Market by actions directed to…