International work
NNR has an active engagement in better regulation work both at the EU level and within the OECD. At the EU level, NNR sometimes acts independently, but often through BusinessEurope. NNR participates in BusinessEurope’s working group for better regulation under a mandate from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. In broader international contexts, NNR acts both independently and through BIAC’s (Business at OECD’s) Governance and Regulatory Policy Committee via a mandate from the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Through this, NNR participates in meetings of the OECD’s Regulatory Policy Committee and provides comments on its work.
BusinessEurope
BusinessEurope is the largest overarching business organization at the EU level. With 42 member federations – employer and industry associations – BusinessEurope represents approximately 20 million companies in 36 countries. Its main task is to represent the business community vis-à-vis the European institutions with the aim of maintaining and strengthening the competitiveness of companies. BusinessEurope also plays a role as one of the social partners at the EU level and thus works for a well-functioning European labor market. More information about BusinessEurope is available here.
BusinessEurope has seven so-called “policy committees” in the areas of economy & finance, international relations, industrial affairs, social affairs, legal affairs, entrepreneurship & SME, internal market. Each “policy committee” has a number of working groups in which issues are discussed and the basis for joint decisions and strategies is developed.
NNR is a member of the “Better Regulation” working group. It works, among other things, for early consultations between EU institutions and the business community, better impact assessments and evaluations, and to reduce the total costs for companies to comply with regulations. The group does this through advocacy work mainly towards the Commission, the Parliament, and the Council. More information about BusinessEurope’s agenda regarding better regulation and burden reduction is available here.
Over the years, BusinessEurope has produced several position papers concerning the EU’s better regulation work. These consist of both comments on the EU’s better regulation agenda and its specific parts. Through its participation in BusinessEurope’s Better Regulation working group, NNR has actively contributed to the development of these position papers.
All position papers concerning better regulation are available here.