Translation of "Centre des politiques et des affaires réglementaires " (French → English) :

Jason Flint, Director, Policy and Regulatory Affairs Division, Pest Management Regulatory Agency;

Industrial policy itself has to be innovative, for example in developing new and less intrusive regulatory instruments, focused on the results rather than the means to be used, leaving scope to industry to find its own technical solutions and engaging the commitment of industry itself.

These systems include: the Union maritime information and exchange system, SafeSeaNet, providing integrated maritime services[8] inter alia for traffic monitoring (situational awareness) and to ensure the implementation of EU legislation, hosted by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and managed by the Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (MOVE) together with EU/EEA Member States in the High Level Steering Group[9]; the Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS) facilitating communication during maritime incidents and disasters managed by the Commission’s Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO); the Vessel Monitoring System managed by Member States, the Data Exc ...[+++]hange Highway (DEH) and the Fisheries Language for Universal eXchange (FLUX), managed by the Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs (MARE), supporting the Common Fisheries Policy; the Maritime Surveillance network (MARSUR) managed by the European Defence Agency (EDA) supporting the Common Foreign and Security Policy; the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) improving the situational awareness and reaction capability of Member States and of the EU Border Agency (FRONTEX) at the external borders as well as the Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA), the information exchange system of EUROPOL, and the Joint Research Centre's Blue Hub platform supporting EU RD in maritime surveillance and situational awareness and experimenting with new data sources previously untapped.

To this end, it is necessary to strengthen the policy and regulatory framework that gives clear signals to all economic actors, and to include innovative instruments that may reconcile certain business sector preoccupations with environmental protection.

Public authorities should play a supporting role through a smart mix of voluntary policy measures and, where necessary, complementary regulation, for example to promote transparency, create market incentives for responsible business conduct, and ensure corporate accountability.

The proposed regulatory initiatives on statutory audit should therefore be seen in the wider context of the Commission's Financial Services Action Plan and the Commission's reaction to the collapse of Enron [6] ("First EU response to Enron related policy issues") - which was widely endorsed at the Oviedo Informal ECOFIN Council in April 2002.