1. Swedish Presidency Priorities in Better Regulation
and possible topics for next DBR-meeting
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Mr. Göran Grén, Deputy Director General,
Market and Competition Division, Ministry of Enteprise, Energy and Communications

2. Better Regulation – A high priority during SE Presidency
SE Presidency is committed to make further progress on the better regulation agenda and bring concrete benefits for businesses
Possible priorities:
further strengthen the use and quality of impact assessments,
processing reduction measures and simplification initiatives as effectively as possible,
monitor progress towards the 25 % reduction target and report regularly to the Council,
the incoming Commission and European Parliament must continue with an ambitious better regulation agenda,
concrete input on better regulation to the “post-Lisbon” agenda

3. Meetings in the official calendar, autumn 2009 (preliminary)
End of July: Attachés Meeting for Council Working Group on Competitiveness and Growth
Second half of September: Competitiveness Council in Brussels
Beginning of October: The SME Charter Conference & European Competition Day in the surroundings of Stockholm
Mid-October: Informal Competitiveness Council in Umeå
Beginning of November: European Council in Brussels
Beginning of December: Competitiveness Council in Brussels
Mid-December: European Council in Brussels

4. DBR-meeting in Stockholm, May 2009 (preliminary)
Possible topics for discussion
Communication
Better regulation tools;”Mandelkern was yesterday”
“Post-SCM”: Developing new tools and indicators in the work for better regulation
Impact Assessment; strengthen use and quality
Risk-based regulation
Post-Lisbon Agenda

5. See you in Stockholm in spring 2009!
Contact info:
Mr. Göran Grén, Deputy Director General, Market and Competition Division, Ministry of Enteprise, Energy and Communications,
Mr. Roger Bengtsson, Head of Section, Market and Competition Division, Ministry of Enteprise, Energy and Communications,
Ms. Gunilla Svensson, Head of Unit, The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Nutek),