The new EC impact assessment: what for? EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Sophie Dupressoir.
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The new EC impact assessment: what for?
EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
Sophie Dupressoir
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OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
Political context
Key features of impact assessment
Limits of IA
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POLITICAL CONTEXT
Better Regulation Action Plan AND the European Strategy for Sustainable Development
An effective and efficient Regulatory Environment
More coherent preparation of EU decision-making (economic, social, environmental impacts)
Key policy documents
2002 - EC Communication on Impact assessment – COM(2002) 276 final + Technical guidelines
2004 - EC Communication on Impact Assessment: Next Steps - In support of competitiveness and sustainable development SEC(2004)1377
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Impact assessment: Key features (1)
Covers all major initiatives
Move away from partial assessment to a cross-sectoral approach (indirect effects, trade-offs)
Integrate and replace all the previous EC assessment systems
Active involvement of all relevant stakeholders, at earlier stages of the assessment process
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Key features (2): A DYNAMIC PROCESS
Definition of the problem→ identification of options
↔ analysis of impacts → political decision
Alternative options should be considered, including « No policy change »
Iterative process, in order to achieve best effectiveness of proposal
Evaluation of trade-offs (mitigating measures)
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Key features (2) : ANALYSING THE IMPACT
Positive and negative effects
Balancing the short-trem and long-term effects
Identify the distributive effects (“losers” and “winners”) and the effects on existing inequalities
Internal / external (non-EU) impacts
Qualitative, quantitative or monetary terms
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LIMITS OF IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Sustainable development is not taken as the reference (lack of
knowledge on interlinkages )
Long term, positive effects are underestimated (e.g. innovation,
health)
Limits of economic calculation (in case of uncertainty, serious risk,
cultural differences, discounting rate)
Macro-level assessments vs. distributive impacts
Lack of real strategy for consultation
Differences of capacities between stakeholders
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CONCLUSION
IA is a tool to inform decision making - Does not give “the” solution
IA is a good tool to learn about potential implications of a regulatory initiative
Stakeholders’ participation should move from “external quality control” to structured dialogue and “learning by doing” process.