RegWatchEurope (RWE) proposes a new instrument in the European Better Regulation spectrum. This instrument of interim evaluation can serve the specific purpose of keeping European Impact Assessments (IAs) up to date and topical, even after the EU basic acts have been enacted.
There is according to RWE a definite need for such an addition, as it bridges the gap between ex ante and ex post assessments and counteracts the ‘built in obsolescence’ of European IAs. The argument is illustrated throughout by way of the CSRD file, which has seen a complete overhaul in the first Omnibus package after much discussion on the regulatory burdens that it entails.