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Refining Forum-15 June 2015 - Better regulation
1. Better Regulation
for Better Results
Sara Piller, Anne Giral-Roebling
European Commission, Secretariat General
EU Refining Forum – 15 June 2015
2. Better regulation for better results – An EU agenda
COM(2015) 215
Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement on
Better Regulation COM(2015) 216
REFIT Platform C(2015) 3260 & C(2015) 3261
Regulatory Scrutiny Board C(2015) 3262 & C(2015)
3263
REFIT Scoreboard SWD(2015) 110
Better Regulation Guidelines SWD(2015) 111
Better Regulation Package
3. Main Elements of Package
• More & Better Consultation & Explanation
• - More extensive feedback/public consultation
• - Improved explanatory memorandum
• Better Tools
• - Integrated Guidelines
• - Inter-institutional Agreement
• Focus on Implementation
• - Regulatory Fitness and Performance
4. BR and the EU policy cycle
Figure 1. The EU Policy cycle
5. Reinforced Focus on Evaluation
- Evaluate first!
- Evaluation Roadmaps - posted 4
weeks for feedback
- Mandatory 12 week public
consultation + consultation strategy
- SWD at end of process
- Scrutiny by the RSB (major
evaluations and FC)
6. Definition
Evaluation is an evidence-based judgement of
the extent to which an intervention has been
•effective and efficient,
•relevant given the needs and its objectives,
•coherent both internally and with other EU
policy interventions
and achieved EU added value.
7. Definition
A Fitness Check is like an evaluation of
an individual intervention except that it
covers a group of measures which have
some relationship with each other which
justifies their being evaluated together
(normally a common set of objectives).
8. Refineries Fitness Check (FC)
• - (pilot) sectoral FC: how the EU actions in scope
impact the achievement of the objectives for the
sector
• - looks at 10 pieces of legislation covered by 4
DGs
• - issues of performance at refineries level vs
wider performance of initiative
• - possible use: to feed future evaluations/fitness
checks/IA (baseline) – perspective of the sector
"Better regulation for better results – An EU agenda" COM (2015) 215
Proposal for an Inter-institutional Agreement COM (2015) 216
Communication on the REFIT Platform C(2015) 3260 and associated Commission decision C(2015) 3261
Communication to Commission Regulatory Scrutiny Board C(2015) 3262 and President's decision C(2015) 3263
Plus associated Guidelines!
Five criteria: Effectiveness, Efficiency, Coherence, Relevance and EU value added
FLIP CHARD # WHAT'S A FC?!
MJ
What is a "fitness check"?
Fitness checks" are comprehensive policy evaluations assessing whether the regulatory framework for a policy sector is fit for purpose.
Their aim is to identify excessive regulatory burdens, overlaps, gaps, inconsistencies and/or obsolete measures which may have appeared over time, and to help to identify the cumulative impact of legislation. Their findings will serve as a basis for drawing policy conclusions on the future of the relevant regulatory framework.
Will fitness checks replace "traditional" evaluations?
No. Evaluation of individual instruments and fitness checks of policy sectors are complementary and mutually reinforcing tools. Evaluations of individual initiatives, although indispensable, do not always show the full picture and a more strategic and global view is often required: fitness checks respond to this need.
Which areas are covered by fitness checks?
No area is excluded, in principle.
