The analysis gives an overview of the key issues, include the latest and most important legal developments at the national level such as case law and legislative amendments, and illustrate and assess the evolution of EU gender equality law.
This report presents a first mapping or inventory of the different approaches to self- and co- regulation (SCR) that can be found within the EU context, in a number of Member States (MS) and international organizations. The report consists of four sections. Whereas the first section provides an introduction to the study, Section 2 provides a detailed overview of the EU approaches to self- and co-regulation. It reflects on the extent to which the Commission considers the use of SCR as a suitable option to improve the quality of European legislation and policy- making, and contribute to achieving the goals of the Better Regulation and Smart Regulation policies. This section also explores the definitions given to SCR under these policies as well as the conditions that are set for their use. Where possible, conclusions are drawn as of whether these policies reflect a changing approach to the use of SCR. Following the review of the EU approach, the report provides a preliminary overview of the existing self and co-regulatory approaches in the global and national regulatory context. More specifically, Section 2.2. analyses the institutional viewpoint of six well-known international organisations on the definitions of self- and co-regulation, as well as the use of these mechanisms as a part of 'good governance' (i.e. the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); World Bank; the Council of Europe; the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the United Nations (UN)). It is interesting to note that whereas the OECD and the World Bank take an institutional approach and elaborate intensively on the role of self and co-regulatory mechanisms in a system of good governance; the IMF, ICC, UN and the Council of Europe have only briefly referred to these mechanisms while focusing in particular sectors only. For example, the IMF mainly refers to the role of self- and co-regulation in the financial sector, whilst the Council of Europe encourages the use of ...
