The impact assessment reports and the opinions of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) are published after the Commission has adopted the corresponding proposal.

Note that the opinions concern draft impact assessment reports which may differ from the ones adopted.

2016 impact assessment (IA) reports / RSB opinions

• Climate Action
• Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• Competition
• International Cooperation and Development
• Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
• Energy
• Environment
• Eurostat
• Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
• Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
• Health and Food Safety
• Migration and Home Affairs
• Justice and Consumers
• Maritime affairs and fisheries
• Mobility and Transport
• Research, Innovation and Science
• Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
• Taxation and Customs Union
• Trade

Climate Action
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/07/20	Proposal for a Regulation on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change	COM(2016)482	SWD(2016)247 + SWD(2016)248	SEC(2016)339(125 kB)
2016/07/20	Proposal for a Regulation on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change	COM(2016)479	SWD(2016)249 + SWD(2016)246	SEC(2016)338(276 kB)
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Communications Networks, Content and Technology
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/15	Commission Implementing Regulation laying down detailed rules on the application of fair use policy and on the methodology for assessing the sustainability of the abolition of retail roaming surcharges and on the application to be submitted by a roaming provider for the purposes of that assessment	C(2016)8784(350 kB)   Annex 1(208 kB)   Annex 2(224 kB)	SWD(2016)465(3 MB)   + SWD(2016)464(182 kB)	SEC(2016)551(119 kB)
2016/09/14	Proposal for a Regulation laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes	COM(2016)594	SWD(2016)301 + SWD(2016)302	SEC(2016)407(121 kB)
2016/09/14	Proposal for a Regulation establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications	COM(2016)591	SWD(2016)303 + SWD(2016)304	SEC(2016)410(127 kB)   Board Opinion 1st IA(125 kB)
2016/06/15	Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 as regards rules for wholesale roaming markets	COM(2016)399	SWD(2016)202 + SWD(2016)201	SEC(2016)282(122 kB)
2016/05/25	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services in view of changing market realities	COM(2016)287	SWD(2016)168 + SWD(2016)169	SEC(2016)238(181 kB)
2016/05/25	Proposal for a Regulation on addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC	COM(2016)289	SWD(2016)173 + SWD(2016)174	SEC(2016)239(194 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(124 kB)
2016/02/02	Proposal for a Decision on the use of the 470-790 MHz frequency band in the Union	COM(2016)43	SWD(2016)20 + SWD(2016)19	SEC(2016)79(78 kB)
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Competition
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/13	Expiry of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation	Press release	Impact assessment(2 MB)   + Executive summary(524 kB)	Board opinion(115 kB)
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International Cooperation and Development
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/11/22	Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council: A renewed partnership with the countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific	JOIN(2016)52(590 kB)	SWD(2016)380(2 MB)   + SWD(2016)381(57 kB)	SEC(2016)479(118 kB)   Board Opinion 1st IA(187 kB)
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Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/13	Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (Text with relevance for the EEA and Switzerland)	COM(2016)815	SWD(2016)460 + SWD(2016)461	SEC(2016)539(116 kB)   Board Opinion 1st IA(128 kB)
2016/05/13	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work	COM(2016)248	SWD(2016)152 + SWD(2016)153	SEC(2016)209(123 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA
2016/04/29	Proposal for Directive implementing the Agreement concluded between the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union (COGECA), the European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) and the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises (EUROPECHE) of 21 May 2012 as amended on 8 May 2013 concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation	COM(2016)235	SWD(2016)144 + SWD(2016)143	SEC(2016)197(273 kB)
2016/03/08	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 96/71/EC of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services	COM(2016)128	SWD(2016)52 + SWD(2016)53	SEC(2016)132(50 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(124 kB)
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Energy
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/11/30	Proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union, amending Directive 94/22/EC, Directive 98/70/EC, Directive 2009/31/EC, Regulation (EC) No 663/2009, Regulation (EC) No 715/2009, Directive 2009/73/EC, Council Directive 2009/119/EC, Directive 2010/31/EU, Directive 2012/27/EU, Directive 2013/30/EU and Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013	COM(2016)759	SWD(2016)394 + SWD(2016)395	SEC(2016)494(115 kB)
2016/11/30	Proposal for a Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast)	COM(2016)767	SWD(2016)418 + SWD(2016)419	SEC(2016)499(182 kB)   Board Opinion 2nd IA(139 kB) Board Opinion 1st IA(131 kB)
2016/11/30	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency	COM(2016)761	SWD(2016)405 + SWD(2016)406	SEC(2016)496(190 kB)
2016/11/30	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings	COM(2016)765	SWD(2016)414 + SWD(2016)415	SEC(2016)498(119 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(83 kB)
2016/11/30	Proposal for a Directive on the internal market for electricity (recast)	COM(2016)861	SWD(2016)410 + SWD(2016)411	SEC(2016)497(176 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(125 kB)
2016/11/30	Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, with regard to ecodesign requirements for air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units	C(2016)7769(429 kB)	SWD(2016)422(3 MB)   + SWD(2016)421(86 kB)	SEC(2016)500(40 kB)
2016/02/10	Proposal for a Regulation concerning measures to safeguard security of gas supply and repealing Council Regulation 994/2010	COM(2016)52	SWD(2016)25 + SWD(2016)26	SEC(2016)87(37 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(93 kB)
2016/02/10	Proposal for a Decision on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU	COM(2016)53	SWD(2016)27 + SWD(2016)28	SEC(2016)88(117 kB)
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Environment
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/02/02	Proposal for a Regulation on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008	COM(2016)39	SWD(2016)17 + SWD(2016)14	SEC(2016)76(76 kB)
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Eurostat
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/09	Proposal for a Regulation on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011	COM(2016)786	SWD(2016)430 + SWD(2016)429	SEC(2016)519(148 kB)
2016/09/07	Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European statistical programme 2013-17, by extending it to 2018-2020	COM(2016)557	SWD(2016)288 + SWD(2016)287	SEC(2016)367(119 kB)
2016/08/24	Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples	COM(2016)551	SWD(2016)283 + SWD(2016)282	SEC(2016)366(174 kB)
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Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/11/23	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012	COM(2016)850	SWD(2016)377 + SWD(2016)378	SEC(2016)491(109 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(55 kB)
2016/07/14	Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 on European venture capital funds and Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds	COM(2016)461	SWD(2016)228 + SWD(2016)229	SEC(2016)326(191 kB)
2016/05/18	Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to definitions, transparency, portfolio compression and supervisory measures on product intervention and positions	C(2016)2860	SWD(2016)157(2 MB)   + SWD(2016)156(134 kB)	SEC(2016)224(124 kB)
2016/04/25	Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the purposes of that Directive	C(2016)2398	SWD(2016)138(2 MB)   + SWD(2016)139(134 kB)	SEC(2016)196(124 kB)
2016/04/12	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches	COM(2016)198	SWD(2016)117 + SWD(2016)118	SEC(2016)172(125 kB)
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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/11/28	Proposal for a Regulation on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties and amending Regulations (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 648/2012, and (EU) 2015/2365	COM(2016)856	SWD(2016)368 + SWD(2016)369	SEC(2016)481
2016/09/09	Proposal for a Directive amending, for the purpose of adapting to technical progress, Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards lead	COM(2016)560	SWD(2016)290 + SWD(2016)289	SEC(2016)368(295 kB)
2016/05/25	Proposal for a Regulation on cross-border parcel delivery services	COM(2016)285	SWD(2016)166 + SWD(2016)167	SEC(2016)237(91 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(119 kB)
2016/03/17	Proposal for a Regulation laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EC) No 1107/2009	COM(2016)157	SWD(2016)64 + SWD(2016)65	SEC(2016)141(120 kB)
2016/01/27	Proposal for a Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles	COM(2016)31	SWD(2016)9 + SWD(2016)10	SEC(2016)64(238 kB)
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Health and Food Safety
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/06/15	Communication on endocrine disruptors and the draft Commission acts setting out scientific criteria for their determination in the context of the EU legislation on plant protection products and biocidal products	COM(2016)350	SWD(2016)211 + SWD(2016)212	SEC(2016)305(131 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(57 kB)
2016/06/15	Commission Regulation setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine disrupting properties and amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) 1107/2009	C(2016)3751(174 kB)   Annex 1(49 kB)	SWD(2016)211(10 MB)   + SWD(2016)212(233 kB)	SEC(2016)305(131 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(57 kB)
2016/06/15	Commission Delegated Regulation setting out scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine-disrupting properties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012	C(2016)3752(174 kB)   Annex 1(99 kB)	SWD(2016)211(10 MB)   + SWD(2016)212(233 kB)	SEC(2016)305(131 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(57 kB)
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Migration and Home Affairs
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/09/07	Proposal for a Regulation Council establishing a Union certification system for aviation security screening equipment	COM(2016)491	SWD(2016)261 + SWD(2016)259	SEC(2016)361(76 kB)
2016/06/07	Proposal for a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment	COM(2016)378	SWD(2016)193 + SWD(2016)194	SEC(2016)267(179 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(121 kB)
2016/04/06	Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System (EES)	COM(2016)196	SWD(2016)115 + SWD(2016)116	SEC(2016)163(112 kB)
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Justice and Consumers
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/21	Proposal for a Regulation on mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders	COM(2016)819	SWD(2016)468 + SWD(2016)469	SEC(2016)552(187 kB)
2016/11/22	Proposal for a Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures and amending Directive 2012/30/EU	COM(2016)723	SWD(2016)357 + SWD(2016)358	SEC(2016)480(170 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(193 kB)
2016/06/30	Proposal for a Regulation on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsability, and on international child abduction (recast)	COM(2016)411	SWD(2016)207 + SWD(2016)208	SEC(2016)294(185 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(126 kB)
2016/07/05	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and amending Directive 2009/101/EC	COM(2016)450	SWD(2016)223 + SWD(2016)224	SEC(2016)314(192 kB)
2016/05/25	Proposal for a Regulation on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws	COM(2016)283	SWD(2016)164 + SWD(2016)165	SEC(2016)236(56 kB)
2016/01/19	Proposal for a Directive amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA	COM(2016)7	SWD(2016)4 + SWD(2016)5	SEC(2016)55(125 kB)
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Maritime affairs and fisheries
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/08/03	Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a multi-annual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 676/2007 and Council Regulation (EC) 1342/2008	COM(2016)493	SWD(2016)272 + SWD(2016)267	Board final opinion(93 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(117 kB)
2016/03/11	Proposal for a Regulation on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1224/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1343/2011 and (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004 and (EC) No 2187/2005	COM(2016)134	SWD(2016)57 + SWD(2016)56	SEC(2016)133(83 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(99 kB)
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Mobility and Transport
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/02/18	Proposal for a Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directive 96/50/EC and Council Directive 91/672/EEC	COM(2016)82	SWD(2016)35 + SWD(2016)36	Final Board opinion(94 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(102 kB)
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Research, Innovation and Science
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/10/18	Proposal for a Decision on the participation of the Union in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) jointly undertaken by several Member States	COM(2016)662	SWD(2016)332 + SWD(2016)331	SEC(2016)432(116 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(61 kB)
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Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/07/05	Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 establishing an instrument contributing to stability and peace	COM(2016)447	SWD(2016)222 + SWD(2016)225	SEC(2016)313(187 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(197 kB)
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Taxation and Customs Union
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/21	Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the temporary application of a generalised reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of goods and services above a certain threshold	COM(2016)811	SWD(2016)457 + SWD(2016)458	SEC(2016)550(110 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(124 kB)
2016/12/21	Proposal for a Regulation on controls on cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005	COM(2016)825	SWD(2016)470 + SWD(2016)471	SEC(2016)553(184 kB)
2016/12/01	Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC and Directive 2009/132/EC as regards certain value added tax obligations for supplies of services and distance sales of goods	COM(2016)757	SWD(2016)379 + SWD(2016)382	SEC(2016)492(183 kB)
2016/12/01	Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC, as regards rates of value added tax applied to books, newspapers and periodicals	COM(2016)758	SWD(2016)392 + SWD(2016)393	SEC(2016)493(119 kB)   Board opinion 1st IA(116 kB)
2016/10/25	Proposal for a Directive on a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB)	COM(2016)683	SWD(2016)341 + SWD(2016)342	SEC(2016)443(112 kB)
2016/10/25	Proposal for a Directive on double taxation dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union	COM(2016)686	SWD(2016)343 + SWD(2016)344	SEC(2016)444(118 kB)
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Trade
Adoption date	Commission proposal	Proposal reference	IA report + summary	Board Opinion
2016/12/21	Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations with Turkey on an Agreement on the extension of the scope of the bilateral preferential trade relationship and on the modernisation of the Customs Union	COM(2016)830 Restricted	SWD(2016)475(2 MB)   Report by external consultant(3 MB)   + SWD(2016)476(462 kB)	Board final opinion(185 kB)
2016/11/09	Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union	COM(2016)721	SWD(2016)370 + SWD(2016)371	SEC(2016)470(187 kB)
2016/09/28	Proposal for a Regulation setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (recast)	COM(2016)616	SWD(2016)315 + SWD(2016)314	SEC(2016)385(178 kB)
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