Better Regulation Practices across the European Union 2025

Rulemaking across the European Union must address increasingly complex challenges, ranging from ensuring the responsible use of new technologies to driving the green transition. To respond to citizens' expectations and promote competitiveness and resilient growth, governments must ensure laws and regulations achieve their objectives and remain targeted, proportionate and simple to implement. This third edition of Better Regulation Practices across the European Union critically examines steps taken by EU Member States to promote the quality of rulemaking across the entire policy cycle for both domestic and EU rules. Using the OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance, it tracks progress in implementing the OECD Recommendation on Regulatory Policy and Governance and identifies priorities for further improvement.