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Better Regulation in Europe Better Regulation in Europe: Luxembourg 2010 Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for Luxembourg, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future. Issues examined include: strategy and policies for improving regulatory management; institutional capacities for effective regulation and the broader policy making context; transparency and processes for effective public consultation and communication; processes for the development of new regulations, including impact assessment and for the management of the regulatory stock, including administrative burdens; compliance rates, enforcement policy and appeal processes; and the multilevel dimension: interface between different levels of government and interface between national processes and those of the EU. This book is part of a project examining better regulation, being carried out in partnership with the European Commission.

Table of Content :

Abbreviations and Acronyms
Country Profile - Luxembourg
Executive Summary
Introduction - Conduct of the review
Chapter 1. Strategy and policies for Better Regulation
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--Economic context and drivers of Better Regulation
--Key developments in Luxembourg's Better Regulation agenda
--Guiding principles for the current Better Regulation agenda
--Main Better Regulation policies
--Communication on the Better Regulation agenda
--Ex post evaluation of Better Regulation strategy and policies
--E-government in support of better regulation
Chapter 2. Institutional capacities for Better Regulation
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--The public governance framework in Luxembourg
--Institutional framework for devising public policies and regulations
--Developments in Better Regulation institutions
--Key institutional players for Better Regulation
--Resources and training
Chapter 3. Transparency through consultation and communication
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--Public consultation on regulations
--Access to the law
Chapter 4. The development of new regulations
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--The hierarchy of rules in Luxembourg
--Procedures for making new regulations
--Ex ante impact assessments
--Alternatives to regulation
--Risk-based approaches
Chapter 5. The management and rationalisation of existing regulations
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--Simplification of regulations
--Reducing administrative burdens
Chapter 6. Compliance, enforcement, appeals
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--Compliance and enforcement
--Appeals
Chapter 7. The interface between member states and the European Union
-Assessment and recommendations
-Background
--General context
--Negotiating EU regulations
--Interface with Better Regulation policies at the EU level
-- Link with the European Commission's policy on regulatory governance
Chapter 8. The interface between subnational and national levels of government
-Assesssment and recommendations
-Background
--Structure, responsibilities and funding of local governments
--Better Regulations policies deployed at local level
--Co-ordination mechanisms
Bibliography
Annex A. The procedure for developing laws and regulations in Luxembourg