At the end of 2016, upon request by the European Parliament’s Budgetary Affairs Committee, the Directorate general for internal policies has published a report “The cost of Non-Agencies with Relevance to the Internal Market” assessing the…
On October, 13th 2016 the European Commission discussed a new report issued by the European Policy Strategy Centre (“the Centre”) about the Innovation Principle’s contribution to Better regulation strategies. According to the Centre, innovation is…
L’esperienza inglese di analisi di impatto della regolazione (AIR) si distingue da altre realtà limitrofe sotto vari aspetti. Prendendo ad esempio due casi paradigmatici, gli Stati Uniti e l’Italia, si nota come il Regno Unito…
Better regulation currently seems to be at the top of policymakers’ agenda and Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is considered a critical tool in the hands of governments to achieve effective and efficient policies. The recent…
In its control over Member States’ implementation of RIA, the OECD has recently released a report on the development of regulatory impact analysis methods in Malaysia. Drawing from foreign experiences, this Country has rapidly put…
La modifica, da parte del Governo inglese, del National Planning Practice Guidance è illegittima nella parte che modifica la politica nazionale in materia di infrastrutture sociali e alloggi a prezzi accessibili. È stata questa la…
Sunset provisions are clauses embedded in legislation that allow a piece of legislation or a regulatory board to expire on a certain date unless the legislature takes affirmative action to renew the legislation or board.…
The SGI (Sustainable Governance Indicators) project has created a cross-national comparative survey in order to explore how governments target sustainable development. The main indicators used were Policy Performance, Democracy and Governance, which also involved a…
La direttiva 2000/78/EC, relativa alla parità di trattamento in materia di occupazione e di condizioni di lavoro, fissa una cornice generale di principi applicabili in tutti gli Stati, al fine di eliminare qualsiasi tipo di…
Judicial review usually regards the legality of administrative decisions, rather than their substantive merits. However, under Directive 2002/21/EC, Member States must provide the right of appeal against regulatory decisions. Therefore, depending on the context, there…