The EU Legislators’ Toolbox comprises approximately 350 regulatory tools that have already been tested by the European Union in at least some regulatory sectors. We are now making this document — previously used internally — accessible to all those working on new EU legislation. It is designed to support legislative drafters and those institutionally responsible for improving the quality of EU law.
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A new Role for Standards in the EU Regulatory System
The European Commission has initiated a comprehensive review of the European standardisation system. This article claims that the Commission’s initial analysis is incomplete with regard to the difficulty of salvaging a formal legal role for European standards. It describes how the standards nonetheless can keep an important role, though through the back door. Continue reading A new Role for Standards in the EU Regulatory System
Who is a refugee? Regulatory approaches.
When regulating the domain of asylum, it is advisable to build on existing international criteria or to make use of specific regional instruments. We examine these in the first part of this article (I.) Furthermore, we present here some national regulations with different degrees of complexity that can serve as reference (II.). Moreover, we highlight some particular provisions that might be of interest to regulators (III.). Finally, we analyse in more detail the proposal of the European Commission for a “Qualification Regulation” (IV.). Continue reading Who is a refugee? Regulatory approaches.