List of impact assessments and the accompanying opinions of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board

Impact assessment reports and the opinions of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) are published together with the proposal adopted by the Commission.

Impact assessments are carried out on initiatives expected to have significant economic, social, or environmental impacts. These can be:

• legislative proposals;
• non-legislative initiatives (e.g., financial programmes, recommendations for the negotiations of international agreements);
• implementing and delegated acts.

The findings of the impact assessment process are summarised in an impact assessment report. The Regulatory Scrutiny Board, an independent body of the Commission, checks the quality of each report and issues opinions and recommendations.

The opinions of RSB concern draft impact assessment reports which may differ from the ones adopted.