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Publications and Press Releases

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The RIU's Europe Publications include:

• Transposition Guide: How to Implement European Directives Effectively
• Better Policy Making: A Guide to Regulatory Impact Assessment
• Better Policy Making: Checklist to Ensure Good Quality European Legislation
• Report on Improving UK Handling of European Legislation

Transposition Guide: How to Implement European Directives Effectively 1276KB

This guide brings together best practice guidance for officials on transposition into one easily-accessible source. It contains guidance previously found in the now obsolete Guide to Better European Regulation, and on our webpage on Transposition. It also includes many of the recommendations of the report on Improving UK Handling of European Legislation.

Consult the guide for advice on:

• giving early consideration to the practical implications of implementing a directive;
• putting together a project plan for transposing a directive;
• working out the costs, benefits and risks of the options for drafting your implementing legislation;
• providing a Transposition Note to Parliament to accompany your implementing legislation.

Better Policy Making: A Guide to Regulatory Impact Assessment 601KB

This new guide replaces both "Good Policy-Making:A Guide to Regulatory Impact Assessment", and "The Guide to Better European Regulation". It contains best practice guidance on producing and using Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) when handling European proposals, from the earliest stages of policy development through to implementation in the UK. Chapter 5 deals with the special features of handling European proposals and should be read in conjunction with the rest of the guide in order to produce and develop your RIA.

Better Policy Making: Checklist to Ensure Good Quality European Legislation 19KB

Improving UK Handling of European Legislation

The Government is continually looking to improve the way European proposals are formulated, negotiated and implemented. This report contains a set of recommendations for UK policy-makers on best practice in handling European legislation. It draws together the results of a Pilot Quality Assurance Study, which tracked four European proposals over a six month period, and a conference on transposition, which brought together policy-makers, academics and business representatives.