Oh my, the @EUCommission really argues the #deregulation #Omnibus doesn't need an Impact Assessment (which the EU's own #BetterRegulation guidelines normally require), because they had "evidence" from internal Staff Documents, so documents the Commission has written itself. Oh and they had targeted (read: closed-door) conversations with industry.

This is not how independent evidence collection and analysis works!

Brussels wanted less red tape. It hasnโ€™t proved as easy as that.

Brussels is discovering that cutting red tape may be harder without actual experts in the room. As the EU races ahead with its deregulation drive, concerns are growing over rushed lawmaking, weakerโ€ฆ

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On Tuesday 28 April, the European Commission issued its ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—จ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ, proposing several solutions to the ever-expanding complexification of EU law. It follows a long history of attempts to simplify EU law, as I explain in a paper that is due to appear in the Review of European Administrative Law: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6674202. 1/2

#simplification #betterregulation

The Commission @ec.europa.eu published its new #BetterRegulation Guidelines. With @NABU I contributed to the call for evidence. To see: will Ursula@ [email protected] legitimize intransparent roundtables instead of consultations & missing impact assessments? cc @euombudsman https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_901
EU Commission: Blame Berlin and Paris for red tape, not us 

Brussels says national governments are making EU rules more burdensome than intended.

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RT by @VDombrovskis: ๐ŸคOur President @VladimirDlouhy, Deputy President @RostovskisA & CEO @BenJButters met Commissioner @VDombrovskis , calling for the #simplification agenda to stronger focus on๐ŸŽฏ measurable impact,๐Ÿ›๏ธstronger governance &โš–๏ธbetter law-making.
#SMEs #BetterRegulation #ThinkSmallFirst
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https://nitter.net/Eurochambres/status/2041893030077014427#m
Brussels (read: the @EUCommission with @vonderleyen) in a #deregulation fever. Giving up on democratic standards of #BetterRegulation! (source: @politico)
BAM: EU Commission did maladministration against it owns rules with the #CAP simplification and #CSRD Omnibus, as it did not respect #BetterRegulation (consultations, impact assessments). This is what the official EU Watchdog (EU Ombudsman) found. I hope this puts limits to the warfare on the environmental acquis! https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press-release/en/215989
Client Challenge

๐Ÿš„ Heading to the Hertie School in Berlin today for the biennial conference of the #ECPRโ€™s standing group on Regulatory Governance.

In a panel on Administrative Complexity and the Challenges of Policy Accumulation, I will be presenting a paper entitled:

๐Ÿ“ƒ A Brief History of the Failed Attempts to Simplify EU Legislation ๐Ÿ“ƒ

#legalcomplexity #regulatorygovernance #policyproliferation #rulegrowth #EUlaw #EUpolicy #betterregulation