Timmermans glad to make Commission services “nervous”

The European Commission’s new impact assessment system, which includes external members scrutinising the impact assessment studies produced by the executive’s services, is making civil servants “quite nervous,” said Frans Timmermans, first vice-president in charge of better regulation, on 28 May, adding that “That is exactly how I want them to be, because I want them to do a better job”. The Regulatory Scrutiny Board, as presented on 19 May, will be composed of seven members, including three external experts, hired…