Cutting Red Tape: Publication Series

This page displays the full list of publications in the "cutting red tape" series

Administrative Simplification and Reducing Burdens

Most OECD countries have made policies to reduce administrative burdens, cutting red tape, a political priority.

Reform of Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections in OECD Countries

This report summarises the results of the survey on regulatory enforcement and inspections conducted among OECD countries in 2012. The report draws some general conclusions from this survey and provides theoretical background on the topic. It also suggests some recommendations for organising and reforming inspections.

Inspections Reforms: Why, How and With What Results

This report summarises experience of OECD and non-OECD countries with reforming inspections, attempts to present some of the most interesting and successful experiences suggesting that some good practices may be valid beyond the countries where they were initially pioneered.

Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance

This Recommendation sets out the current thinking on how to effectively implement regulatory policy in countries, based on over a decade of OECD experience. "This Recommendation is the first comprehensive international statement on regulatory policy since the crisis", says Angel Gurría.

Better Regulation in Europe: Greece

The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.

Better Regulation in Europe - The EU 15 project

The EU Better Regulation project is a partnership between the OECD and the European Commission. It draws on the initiatives for Better Regulation promoted by both organisations over the last few years.

Regulatory Policy: Greece

This page provides access to the 2012 report on Better Regulation in Europe: Greece as well as to the 2001 Regulatory Reform Review of Greece.

Regulatory Policy: Belgium

This page presents current activities on administrative simplification in Belgium and provides access to the report Better Regulation in Belgium.

Empfehlung des Rates zu Regulierungspolitik und Governance

This is the German translation of the 2012 Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance. It sets the current thinking of how to effectively implement regulatory policy in countries, based on over a decade of OECD experience.

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