Press Release: President Juncker appoints Dr Edmund Stoiber Special Adviser for Better Regulation; First Vice-President Timmermans announces reform of the Impact Assessment Board.

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, appointed on the 18 December 2014 Dr Edmund Stoiber as Special Adviser on Better Regulation.

It was also announced that there would be a reform of the reform of the Impact Assessment Board. The IAB would be transformed into a Regulatory Scrutiny Board.

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ESO: Background information: A New Start for Europe: My Agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change. Political Guidelines for the next European Commission, July 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-new-start-for-europe-my-agenda-for-jobs-growth-fairness-and-democratic-change-political-guidelines-for-the-next-european-commission-july-2014/

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/574: The High Level Group on Administrative Burdens – Questions and Answers http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-574_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/better-regulation-why-and-how_en http://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/better-regulation-why-and-how_en

EurActiv, 18.12.14: Commission's better regulation panel mooted for watchdog role http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-priorities-2020/commissions-better-regulation-panel-mooted-watchdog-role-310956

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