Together for better regulatory oversight

The Board Meeting took place alongside a high-level EU event on “Less Bureaucracy through Better EU Legislation”, featuring panellists including the German Federal Minister for Digitalisation and Government Modernisation

The GDPR is one of the most well-known pieces of EU legislation. Nevertheless, it is virtually impossible to say what the costs to businesses are. This essay draws broader lessons from this cost enigma.

RegWatchEurope has published the results of a project examining European Commission’s Omnibus process to date.

In 2026, the German National Regulatory Control Council (NKR) is going to take over the presidency of RegWatchEurope. Lutz Goebel, NKR chair, explains NKR’s role and its priorities for RWE.

The handiwork of transposing European findings to the national contexts can be enhanced simply by making underlying EU studies concerning cost calculations available to national authorities.

The last Board Meeting of the year, which also marked the conclusion of the Danish Presidency of RegWatchEurope and the welcoming of Moldovan RIA Board, took place on 5 December.

Paul Mollerup, chair of the Danish Business Regulation Forum (DBRF), summarizes the activities of RegWatchEurope (RWE) in 2025 during the Danish Presidency of RWE.

RegWatchEurope has released its appraisal of the newly published OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025.

RegWatchEurope (RWE) participated in the 33rd biannual meeting of the OECD’s Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC).

Digitalisation and burden reduction were in focus as experts and decision-makers from across Europe gathered in Copenhagen for the DEBR conference.

RegWatchEurope kicked off the autumn season with a combined workshop and Directors’ meeting on 22–23 September 2025.

On 30 June and July 1 an RWE Workshop on different aspects of digitalization and the regular Board Meeting took place.