Regulation 258/2012 aims at reducing the risk of illicit trafficking in firearms for civilian use by establishing common rules for extra-EU export, import and transit of firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. This study assesses to what extent Regulation 258/2012 has been...

The objective of this study was to provide data and data analysis to support the analysis of impacts of the future Public Health Programme, in accordance with the Better Regulation Guidelines. As a separate but closely related objective, this study also developed a detailed monitoring system. To...

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 aims at strengthening the protection of public interests, through reducing the number of non-compliant products on the EU Internal Market, and at ensuring a level playing field among economic operators, providing a framework for market surveillance and controls of...

Regulation (EC) 764/2008 ('the Mutual Recognition Regulation'), laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision No 3052/95/EC, aims at strengthening the functioning of the internal...

This ad hoc audit is the independent evaluation on the application of the Regulation 2015/1017 on the EFSI and the EIAH. The evaluation covers the time period until 30 June 2016 (first year since EFSI became operational). This evaluation has been conducted from 21 September 2016 (signature of...

While compromise is still needed on some elements of the EU's asylum reform, enormous progress has been made on the overall set, with 5 out of the Commission's initial 7 proposals ready for adoption. Though part of a far-reaching reform, each individual proposal has a clear added value on its...

This study aims to support the European Commission Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) with the evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 on the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG Regulation), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and EU added...