Some comparative patterns in the Better Regulation practices of national parliaments

• Author: Anglmayer, Irmgard
• Pages: 54-61

Bette r Regulation prac tices in natio nal parliaments

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4. Some comparative patterns in the Better Regulation

practices of national parliaments

4.1. Cumulative overview of parliaments engaging in regulatory

policy work

From the information provided in chapters 2 and 3 it appears that 17 national parliaments within

the EU-27 enga ge, to a lesser or greater extent, in specific ex-ante impa ct assessment and/or ex-post

evaluation wor k. Seven of them take an active ro le in either impact assessment or evaluation

(Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania and the Netherlands), while ten

parlia ments cover bo th activ ities: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal,

Spain and Sweden.

Table 5 – EU-27 p arli aments a nd the Europ ean Parliament – Level of engagement in ex-an te

IA and ex-post evaluati on

PARLIAMENT

smaller-scale

regulatory poli cy

work

own regulatory

policy work

IA eval. IA eval.

Aust ria

Belgi um

Bulgaria

Estoni a

Finland

France

Ger many

Hungary

Ireland

Ital y

Latvia

Lithuania

Nether lands

Polan d

Port ugal

Spain

Sweden

Europe an Parl iament

In addition, 4 of the 11 surveyed third-country parliaments actively per form ex-post evaluation:

Canada, Moldova, Switzerland and the UK. Only the Canadian Parliament has procedur es in place

for ex-ante impact assessment.