Charting the course to better EU law-making: optimisation of EU Treaties through inter-institutional cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions
Dr Alina Holzhausen, Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, Dr Rosana Garciandia
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) together with Milieu Consulting srl was commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to undertake a research project on Better Regulation tools and active subsidiarity to support the policy priorities of the CoR. The report presenting the research findings has now been published by the European Committee of the Regions.
In two parts, the report examines existing European Union (EU) instruments and processes on Better Regulation as well as possible reforms within the current Treaty framework, and reforms with a view to potential Treaty amendments. It sets out arguments for a stronger consideration of the territorial dimensions in EU law-making processes, including a closer collaboration of the European Commission (EC), the European Parliament (EP), and the Council with the CoR, and a paradigm shift towards a genuine application of the subsidiarity approach.
Based on the analysis, the report concludes with five over-arching recommendations to the CoR decision-makers, all aimed at strengthening the CoR's capacity to provide better input to policy-making within the context of the Better Regulation agenda.
The report is co-authored by Dr Alina Holzhausen, Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, and Dr Rosana Garciandia (BIICL), and Jennifer McGuinn (Milieu Consulting srl).
