Earlier this week the Commission issued a press statement announcing changes to its consultation procedures effective 1 January 2012, among which :
- the extension to 12 weeks of the response time for those wishing to make known views during open consultations (from 8 weeks);
- the creation of a new “alert service” for upcoming legislation.
Though in principle these steps are consistent with smart regulation recommendations, and an improvement on the 2002 minimum standards, there are a number of practical and legal issues apparently not completely settled. For an informed analysis of the changes by an expert, there is an excellent article on his blog by Alberto Alemanno.
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