Accreditation has historically played a central role in securities regulation, seeking to balance investor protection, market access, and capital formation. Traditionally, regulatory frameworks have relied on wealth or income thresholds as proxies for investor sophistication, premised on the...

The aim of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment, as mandated in Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health, is to improve prevention, preparedness and response planning in EU/EEA countries through the implementation of recommendations...

Simplification is not a synonym for deregulation. A simplification agenda requires a reassessment of regulations that are excessive, outdated, and ineffective in achieving their policy objectives. This should lead to cleaning up based on research. - In energy and climate policy, there are many...

The aim of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment, as mandated in Article 8 of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross border threat to health, is to improve prevention, preparedness and response planning in EU/EEA countries through the implementation of recommendations...

The BRIDGE Regulation Working Group (WG) was established from the beginning of the BRIDGE initiative to foster knowledge sharing among projects funded by Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programmes, which address different regulatory aspects in the field of energy. The Regulation WG, as the...

This in-depth analysis discusses the impacts of short-term rentals on access to affordable housing in the EU. It reviews the variety of short-term rental regulations and the challenges to their implementation. It highlights the role that EU legislation plays in influencing the regulation of both...

This in-depth analysis discusses the impacts of short-term rentals on access to affordable housing in the EU. It reviews the variety of short-term rental regulations and the challenges to their implementation. It highlights the role that EU legislation plays in influencing the regulation of both...

These guidelines support adherence to the European Union (EU) Regulation on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin (SoHO) intended for human application. They provide evidence-based recommendations for assessing SoHO donors within the EU and European Economic Area (EEA)...

At the core of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014 is a list of invasive alien species of Union concern. An EU-level horizon scanning for species that can be added to this list was undertaken, aiming to derive at least 100 species likely to arrive, establish, spread and have an impact on native...

The Partnership for Assessment of Risk from Chemicals (PARC) provides a forum for collaboration across Europe between scientists and regulators and aims to pioneer scientific areas addressing most urgent regulatory challenges. In 2023, ECHA published a first map of its key areas of regulatory...