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.
