Instruments for Better Regulation. A Comparison of the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Legal Framework in Romania and in France

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to make a comparison on the way in which it is regulated in Romania and in France the RIA – Regulatory Impact Assessment instrument. The analysis is starting for the assumption of the European Commission that "better regulation is about designing EU policies and laws so that they achieve their objectives at minimum cost". An instrument in achieving this goal is the RIA, which it was introduced and used not only for the EU administration, but also, as required by the European Commission, at the EU member states level. Through the comparison research method used in this paper it is expected to understand the way in which the two countries designed their legal framework for implementing the RIA instrument. By doing this, it could be observed if the two states subject to the analysis achieved one of the goals for having better regulation.

Keywords: legal framework, institutional framework, legislation, European Commission

JEL Classification: K1, K2