Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000226/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Auke Zijlstra (PfE), Ton Diepeveen (PfE)
The principles of good governance require the Commission to carry out an impact assessment prior to a legislative initiative, with the aim being to evaluate the potential economic, social and environmental consequences of the proposed legislation in question. Increasingly though, on the pretext of urgency or owing to ‘the nature of the proposal’, the Commission decides not to carry out an impact assessment. Recent examples of this include the European sanctions against Russia, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the State Aid Temporary Framework, certain measures on customs and border controls owing to Brexit, the European Digital Identity Regulation and the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova.
In its proposal for a regulation COM/2024/0469, we are even told the following in Chapter 3, 4th indent: ‘An assessment in the form of a Commission staff working document supporting the proposal will be prepared within 3 months of the regulation’s adoption.’
- 1.What rules does the Commission apply to determine whether an impact assessment will be carried out as part of the preparation of a legislative proposal?
- 2.Does the Commission agree that the credibility of an impact assessment is undermined when it is stated prior to such an assessment that the outcome thereof will be positive?
Submitted: 20.1.2025