Better law-making has grown significantly in importance in recent years. As a methodology, its purpose is to design and to decide on regulation that is fit for purpose. This is achieved through a set of measures applied at all stages of the policy cycle, starting from agenda-setting, policy design and consultation, through to the actual moment of decision-making by the co-legislators. It also includes the phase of ex-post evaluation, when, after a period of transposition and implementation, the laws and regulations are evaluated to determine whether they have fulfilled their purpose or if they require adaptation to respond more effectively to evolving needs. Responsibility for better law-making is shared between the European Union (EU) institutions. At European level, an Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making that came into force in April 2016 provides the regulatory framework for the joint efforts of the EU institutions to boost evidence-based policy-making throughout the regulatory process and beyond. The aim is to generate European legislation of the highest possible quality for the benefit of European citizens now and in the future.
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Table of Contents
- Parliamentary structures and support 1
- Ex-ante impact assessment 2
- Products on request 3
- Routine products: Initial appraisals of European Commission IAs 3
- Impact assessment of substantive amendments: A decision-making aid 5
- Figure 1 – Specific requests for impact assessment-related work 3
- Figure 2 – Initial appraisals of European Commission impact assessments 4
- Figure 3 – Breakdown of initial appraisals by committee 4
- European added value 5
- Publications 5
- Presentation of research results 7
- Uptake of research results 7
- Figure 4 – Breakdown of publications by type, 2019-2024 6
- Figure 5 – Breakdown of publications by requesting committee, 2019-2024 6
- Ex-post evaluation 8
- EPRS studies underpinning own-initiative implementation reports 9
- Other ex-post evaluation studies upon committee request 10
- Implementation appraisals on legislation coming up for revision 11
- Figure 6 – Breakdown of EVAL studies underpinning implementation reports, by committee, 2019-2024 9
- Cases of direct reference to EPRS ex-post evaluation studies 10
- Figure 7 – Breakdown of implementation appraisals by committee, 2019-2024 11
- Developments and future trends in better law-making 12
