Better Regulation in France

The editor of this blog is uploading today a draft of a chapter on France of a book to soon be published in Italy about Better Regulation in selected European countries. Written with a colleague and co-actor in the development of regulatory quality in France (Michel Hainque), the chapter builds on last year's OECD review of Better Regulation in France, with additional research and updates, including some 50 links to official documents, sites or editorials. More than a exhaustive description of all regulatory quality concepts and mechanisms, the chapter focuses on what is specific about the French approach to BR policies, institutions and tools and examines their merits by reference to international best practice. The main conclusion is that the French model, though it places great emphasis on the formal quality of norms, at the expense of their economic relevance, offers some excellent practices, deriving from its administative tradition, that can inspire other national schemes. This text represents of course only the completely personal views of the authors, and is open for discussion and edits that can still be considered for the final edition.