Impact assessment: EU Market Abuse Regulation

In the blog entry New EU Market Abuse Regulation? we glanced at the draft Regulation on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse) COM(2011) 651 final. The perspective of this blog on EU law and politics is often 'de lege ferenda' (with a view to the future law). Therefore we remind readers of a crucial tool in the Commission's ”better regulation” toolbox, the impact assessment, although we deal only cursorily with the IA concerning this concrete proposal. Read: Impact assessment: EU Market Abuse Regulation