Maria Mousmouti gives us an update on BR in Greece. "Going through the worst crisis in its recent history, Greece hits daily the headlines due to its delay to successfully push through painful reforms. This turmoil often leaves unnoticed several important initiatives taking place at the same time. A recent one is a draft law on the improvement of regulatory governance, which was presented for consultation in August 201 by the Ministry of Administrative Reform. The draft law attempts for the first time to legislate the principles and means of better regulation and to consolidate better regulation processes that will improve the labyrinthal legal and regulatory environment. So far, regulatory issues are dealt with by a PM circular from 2006. The bill introduces the obligation for annual programming and prioritization of legislative initiatives per Ministry (article 3) and consolidates impact assessments (article 6), consultation (article 8), codification (article 10), simplification of legislation (article 9) and the obligation to evaluate the results of legislation (article 7) as the main means for achieving legislation of improved quality. It further establishes better regulation structures (articles 12-17) and promotes, for the first time, a consistent and ‘whole of government’ approach to legislative quality. The draft was positively received by all actors that participated in the consultation and is still to be presented to Parliament. Let us only hope that the crisis will leave way and not undermine such initiatives." Maria Mousmouti is the Executive Director of the Centre for European Constitutional Law in Greece.
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