I digress … thoughts on fish & the environment
A lot of people are going to have a shock on 11 February 2025 when the Commission publish their 2025 Work Programme. Some people are going to be surprised to see that their issue is going to legislated on, often in a way that they don’t want. Over 27 years, I don’t know a single … Read more
Some politicians and journalists seem to be surprised about some of the contents of EU laws that they adopted in the last few years. Here are some radically practical ideas to stop poor laws being tabled. A good proposal takes time to gestate. As a rule of thumb, my guesstimate is around 18 months. … Read more
I’m updating some chapters in a book, and I wanted to check if the common view in Brussels that the VDL I Commission flooded the system with ordinary legislative proposals, was true. The easiest way to do this was to look at the Commission’s own data and see how many ordinary legislative laws were adopted … Read more
Chapter: Working With Delegated and Implementing Acts Commission-23-11-2020 DA-IA guideline EP Handbook on Delegated and Implementing Acts EP IPOL background note delegated and implementing acts March 2010 (2) Old Guidelines IAoldda-SEC-2011-855-1-EN-MAIN-PART-1.PDF EPRS_BRI(2022)739257_EN Links Delegated Acts: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/regdel/#/home Implementing Acts: http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regcomitology/index.cfm?do=implementing.home Regulatory Scrutiny: http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regcomitology/index.cfm?do=implementing.home Chapter: Working with the Commission Upcoming Items for the College 04:12:2024 – Item … Read more