In January, the European Commission published a call for evidence with the goal of achieving Better Regulation. From DUFAS we support the objectives of the European Commission regarding Better Regulation and the importance of evidence-based, proportionate and predictable regulation. At the same time, we emphasize that effective regulation requires clear choices: not all risks can or should be regulated away. Regulation should focus on material and systemic risks, with room for professional supervision and market forces, so that urgent situations can be dealt with quickly and purposefully.
In doing so, we are strongly committed to regulatory stability and legal certainty. Temporary emergency measures should be clearly delineated and reviewed in a timely manner, while structural measures require a careful and well-researched process. We see in practice that rushed or insufficiently tested policies can lead to uncertainty, increased compliance costs, and reduced effectiveness.
In addition, we call emphatic attention to the increasing regulatory burden. Burden reduction must be an explicit part of Better Regulation, among other things by making better use of existing data, limiting overlap in consultations and making regulations simpler and more consistent. We emphasize that simplification is not deregulation, but a precondition for good implementation, supervision and compliance.
Finally, we advocate targeted and proportionate stakeholder consultations, early interpretive clarity, and greater transparency about legislative goals and choices made. This contributes to regulations that are ambitious but also workable, effective and credible in practice.
