1. John Shaw, Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister)
Report on Better Regulation Issues Directors General Responsible for Public Administration in the EU Dublin 28 May 2004
John Shaw,
Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister)

2. Introduction Better Regulation: Progress during Irish Presidency
2. Meetings and Work of the Directors of Better Regulation
Department of the Taoiseach

3. Topics Spring European Council / Four Presidency Joint Initiative
Specific Actions at EU level
Directors of Better Regulation (DBR) Meetings
Presidency Conferences
Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) project
Discussion on Future Role of DBR
Department of the Taoiseach

4. Four Presidency Initiative
Ireland, Netherlands, Lux., UK
Reply by Commission President Prodi
ECOFIN: Breakfast Discussion
High Level Group on Competitiveness: three ‘virtual’ groups
Key Issues Papers for SEC
Department of the Taoiseach

5. Spring European Council
Welcomed Joint Initiative
References to:
- refining Commission’s IA process
- competitiveness dimension of IA
- administrative burden
- simplification
- accelerated reform by Member States
Return to issue at November Council
Department of the Taoiseach

6. Specific Actions (1) Impact Assessment:
Commission to refine procedures
Information relevant to IA for consultations
Council use of Commission IAs
Pilot approach on IA of Council amendments
Informal Network between institutions
Department of the Taoiseach

7. Specific Actions (2) Simplification Council to agree priority areas
Outcome of research projects
Interinstitutional Agreement (para 36)
Administrative Burdens
Method to assess admin. burdens on business (at EU level)
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8. Specific Actions (3) Indicators EU and Member State level
Commission projects: DG Enterprise, DG Markt, Secretariat General
Consultation
European Business Test Panel
Department of the Taoiseach

9. Directors of Better Regulation
DBR meeting, The Hague, Feb. ‘04
Commission updates; MAP indicators project.
Presentations by member states
Administrative burden: workshop / project initiated
Bert Doorn, MEP: IA in European Parliament
Informal DBR, Dublin, May ’04.
Report on Phase 1 of RIA project
Discussion on future role of DBR
Updates on MAP and Admin. Burdens Projects
Department of the Taoiseach

10. Presidency Conferences
Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation, April 04:
‘Is Regulation killing Business – EU and US Perspectives’
Opened by Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, T.D.,
Irish Presidency Conference, May 04:
“Contribution of Better Regulation to Competitiveness and Social Progress”.
Department of the Taoiseach

11. RIA Project Comparative Analysis of RIA in ten countries
Launched during Italian Presidency
Resourced by Italy, Ireland, Netherlands
Compare sample RIAs from ten countries
Five core aspects identified
Good practice examples
Launch of phase 2
Department of the Taoiseach

12. Debate on future of DBR Paper prepared by Presidency.
Issues – substantive and procedural.
General support for future role of Group – question of how best to add value.
New Member States.
Small group to develop ideas further.
Consider at December meeting.
Department of the Taoiseach

13. Next Steps Ambitious work programme at EU level
November European Council
Autumn Conference on Simplification (NL)
DBR in Luxembourg, December
RIA and Administrative Burden projects
Presidency Priority up to end-2005
Department of the Taoiseach

14. John Shaw, Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister)
Report on Better Regulation Issues Directors General Responsible for Public Administration in the EU Dublin 28 May 2004
John Shaw,
Department of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister)