Transparency urgently needed in impact assessments

Building on experience gained the European Commission had committed to revise its Impact Assessment guidelines in 2014.
From July to September 2014 the European Commission carried out a consultation with interested stakeholders of the impact assessment process.

This EurActiv feature looks at some of the responses to the consultations from industry and green representatives which suggest a degree of suspicion with the current process.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: When science meets politics: the EU’s impact assessment review http://www.europeansources.info/record/when-science-meets-politics-the-eus-impact-assessment-review/

European Commission: Website: Impact Assessment http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/impact/index_en.htm

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