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
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🚄 Heading to the Hertie School in Berlin today for the biennial conference of the #ECPR’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:

📃 A Brief History of the Failed Attempts to Simplify EU Legislation 📃

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

#BetterRegulation: How to ensure EU #tech rules also work in practice? 🛠️

@MathildeAdjutor on importance of #implementation: "This is when #regulators and companies test the practicality of new rules, and #citizens ought to reap the benefits."

👉 https://project-disco.org/european-union/towards-smarter-tech-rules-how-to-make-implementation-and-enforcement-matter/

Towards Smarter EU Tech Rules – Step 3: How to Make Implementation and Enforcement Matter? - Disruptive Competition Project

While it can be easy to overlook implementation and enforcement of new tech and digital rules once they have been adopted by EU lawmakers, recent experience underlines the need to keep a close eye on these important final steps in the process. Because this is when regulators and companies test the practicality of tech rules, and when European citizens actually ought to reap the benefits. 

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#BetterRegulation: "Unfortunately, changes made by #MEPs and the Council to new EU #tech and #digital rules put forward by the @EU_Commission are still the 📉 least scrutinised step of the EU #legislative process," @MathildeAdjutor underlines.

👉 https://project-disco.org/european-union/towards-smarter-tech-rules-how-to-improve-legislative-scrutiny/

Towards Smarter EU Tech Rules – Step 2: How to Improve Legislative Scrutiny? - Disruptive Competition Project

Changes made by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to proposals for new tech and digital rules initially put forward by the European Commission are still the least scrutinised step of the EU legislative process.

Disruptive Competition Project
Europe needs to act now to ensure its patients are not left behind

The pandemic showed just what can be achieved with faster and more efficient regulatory approval — the same approach needs to be applied now to save patients’ lives and tackle the growing burden of Alzheimer’s disease.

POLITICO

#BetterRegulation: "The Commission must swiftly and decisively use its #EU treaty powers to hold Member States accountable for actions that weaken the #SingleMarket, such as gold-plating #digital laws or #discriminatory requirements," Alexandre Roure argues.

➡️ https://project-disco.org/european-union/fixing-eu-single-market-gaps-will-foster-tech-innovation-across-europe/

How Fixing EU Single Market Gaps Will Foster Tech Innovation Across Europe - Disruptive Competition Project

Main takeaways

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How to Improve #Scrutiny of EU #Tech Rules? 🔍

"New concepts and substantial changes should always be subjected to another #ImpactAssessment, also when introduced by #MEPs, Council, or during #trilogues," argues @MathildeAdjutor.

➡️ https://project-disco.org/european-union/towards-smarter-tech-rules-how-to-improve-legislative-scrutiny/ #BetterRegulation

Towards Smarter EU Tech Rules – Step 2: How to Improve Legislative Scrutiny? - Disruptive Competition Project

Changes made by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to proposals for new tech and digital rules initially put forward by the European Commission are still the least scrutinised step of the EU legislative process.

Disruptive Competition Project
Brussels confirms dramatic U-turn on corporate green rules

4 of 5 companies would be exempt from EU corporate sustainability reporting as part of Brussels’ anti-red tape drive.

POLITICO