How Much Better is Better Regulation? Assessing the Impact of the Better Regulation Package on the European Union - A Research Agenda
How Much Better is Better Regulation? Assessing the Impact of the Better Regulation Package on the European Union - A Research Agenda
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DOI：
10.1017/si867299x00004736
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发表时间：
2015-09-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
Alemanno, Alberto
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作者：
Alemanno, Alberto
在Spitzenkandidaten进程的鼓舞下，新的欧盟委员会成为迄今为止最具政治性的委员会。欧盟委员会要求欧盟公民根据其“为成员国无法单独解决的重大问题提供解决方案”的能力来判断其运作。更好的监管方案将这一政治承诺转化为一种可行的方法，向欧盟公民保证欧盟委员会将继续“大事大，小事小”。更新其咨询程序，并增加一些体制机制，以提高其在整个政策周期中的"交付能力"。但为了做到这一点，欧盟委员会一方面需要约束--并以某种方式控制--欧洲议会和理事会，另一方面需要约束--成员国，使它们承诺开放、参与和循证决策。这一尝试虽然合法，但令人严重怀疑这一改革是否符合分权原则，特别是体制平衡原则。仔细研究更好的监管一揽子计划，可以发现对委员会自身特权以及它打算行使立法和监管权力的方式有了全新的理解。尽管新的和旧的更好的监管倡议和它为实现所宣布的目标而选择的工具之间有明显的连续性。为了制定一个未来的研究议程，欧盟更好的监管，本文确定了最直接的问题所提出的出版的一揽子计划，并提出了第一次胆怯的尝试，在解决其中的一些。它的目的是确定新的更好的监管方案有多好，如果有的话。它首先讨论了欧盟委员会在其更好的监管体系内颁布的主要创新措施，其次讨论了在国际投资协定框架内提出的更好的监管措施。
Emboldened by the Spitzenkandidaten process, the new European Commission emerges as the most political yet. The Commission asks EU citizens to judge its operation by its ability 'to deliver solutions to the big issues that cannot be addressed by the Member States alone' The Better Regulation Package translates this political commitment into an actionable approach assuring EU citizens that the Commission will remain 'big on big things, small on small things' To deliver on this promise, the Commission extends the Impact Assessment system, renews its consultation procedures and adds a few institutional mechanisms so as to enhance its 'ability to deliver' throughout the policy cycle. But in order to do so the Commission needs to bind - and somehow control - the European Parliament and the Council, on the one hand, and the Member States, on the other, in relation to their commitment to openness, participation and evidence-based policymaking. While legitimate, this attempt raises serious doubts about the compatibility of this reform with the principle of separation of powers and, in particular, that of institutional balance. A closer look at the Better Regulation Package reveals an entirely new understanding of the Commission's own prerogatives and the way it intends to exercise its legislative and regulatory powers. And this in spite of the apparent continuity between the new and old Better Regulation initiatives and the instruments it had chosen to attain the declared objectives. With a view to lay out a future research agenda on EU Better Regulation, this article identifies the most immediate questions raised by the publication of the Package and makes a first timid attempt at addressing some of them. It aims at determining how much better, if any, is the new Better Regulation Package. It does so by discussing, first, the major novelties enacted by the Commission within its own Better Regulation system and, second, those proposed in the framework of the IIA on Better Regulation.