1. Troika Directors General Meeting Prague, 24 February 2009
Better Regulation _________________________________________________________________________________________________ during the Czech Presidency
Troika Directors General Meeting
Prague, 24 February 2009

2. Directors and Experts for Better Regulation Meeting (DBR Meeting) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
held on 30 – 31 October 2008 in Prague
always organized by the incoming Presidency
participants from EU Member States, EU institutions, OECD, Bertelsmann Foundation, IFC/World Bank (International Finance Corporation)

3. Agenda of the meeting and discussed topics:
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eGovernment as a Possible Way of Simplification
of the Regulatory Environment
- CzechPoint (system of terminals) - public administration registers - data boxes - electronic acts - authorized document conversion – implementation of auditing procedures aimed at the legislative agendas of the public administration
Improvement of the Impact Assessment in the EU Institutions (methods, procedures)
- specifically in the EU Council - potential areas for further progress
Access to legislation
- how to facilitate and make more accessible and comprehensible legislative instruments to the public - simplifying legislation - making them more transparent - employing modern methods of electronic communication

4. Czech Presidency Plans in Better Regulation ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Better Regulation stays as one of the PRES priorities
within the context of one the main theme of the Presidency:
a Competitive Europe
and in tune with its motto:
„Europe without Barriers“

5. Main Presidency documents in the agenda: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Better Regulation agenda is discussed within WP G1
on Competitiveness and Growth (Competitiveness Council)
Preparation of the Presidency Progress Report on Better Regulation
– for the Competitiveness Council on March
Action Programme for reducing administrative burdens in the Key Issues Paper 2009
– for the Spring European Council on 19 – 20 March
Council Conclusions on Better Regulation
– for the Competitiveness Council on 28 – 29 May
+ Informal events, conference

6. Thank you for your attention.
Šárka Novotná
Department of Regulatory Reform and Public Administration Quality
Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic