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EV02035_Final.pdf

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Abstract:

This document is the final report for 'Phase 2 Exploring the relationship between environmental regulation and competitiveness'

SQW was commissioned in October 2006 to carry out a study to "gather and analyse evidence on the impact of the design of environmental regulation on competitiveness". Specifically, it was to consider:

The productivity impacts of different regulatory designs and to identify what forms of regulation were most likely to stimulate innovation;

The impact of the design and implementation of regulation on SMEs as compared to larger businesses;

The importance of context (i.e. business sectors and/or environmental policy areas) in determining positive economic as well as environmental outcomes from regulation.

There were three components to the review method:

The literature review of 2006 was up-dated with a specific focus on the treatment of innovation as a response to regulation and on the experience with case studies in order to inform the selection and conduct of the case studies for the review.

Two stakeholder workshops were held during the course of the study. The first was designed to inform the conclusions of the literature review and the propose selection and conduct of the case studies. The second workshop was to provide a sounding board for the preliminary findings from, and policy implications of, the case studies.

A range of case studies was carried out reflecting experience in different sectors, technologies and countries wit ha variety of regulatory forms.

This report is divided into the following sections: