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KEFiM's new report shows Greek law-making is overly complex, poorly consulted (average 16 days) and rarely backed by proper impact analysis, creating major obstacles for citizens and businesses. The research directly references EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), which found that less than half of EU directives are transposed on time and that regulatory complexity creates disproportionate burdens for member states.

Research by KEFiM (EPICENTER member) finds Greek legislation twice the length of EU directives, with consultations six times shorter and only one in ten impact assessments containing actual numbers. The study complements EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), which scored EU regulatory quality at 66.9/100 and identified inconsistent impact assessments and poor implementation as EU-wide problems that hit countries like Greece hardest.

KEFiM's latest study shows Greek laws are longer, rushed through short consultations (16 days) and almost never quantify impacts. In 2025 alone, 71.43% of laws included extraneous articles. The findings confirm the legislative bloat identified in EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), which evaluated 2022-2024 EU directives and warned that regulatory complexity disproportionately burdens member states with weaker implementation capacity.

KEFiM analysis reveals Greek legislation averages 60 pages and 54 articles versus 25 pages for EU directives. Only 10% of Greek impact assessments quantify consequences and 71% of 2025 laws contained irrelevant clauses. These problems mirror systemic issues identified in EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), which found EU directives themselves suffer from excessive complexity and poor implementation rates.

KEFiM's new research on 190 Greek laws (2022–2024) shows the average law is twice as long as EU directives and stuffed with unrelated provisions. Consultations last just 16 days and only 10% of impact assessments include numbers. The findings parallel EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), which scored EU directives at 66.9/100 and identified similar transparency and implementation deficits across the Union.

KEFiM's Constantinos Saravakos, co-author of EPICENTER's EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI), argues that EU directives average 39 words per sentence—nearly twice the recommended limit for clear writing. Only 6.6% of directives included roadmaps and less than half had inception impact assessments, despite these being best practices. With just 44% of directives transposed on time, the report demonstrates how legal complexity creates compliance failures and opportunity costs. Saravakos calls for stricter drafting rules, mandatory simplification in impact assessments, and evidence-based policymaking, urging the EU to "write less, write clearer, and write with evidence."

EPICENTER’s EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI) 2022–2024 reveals serious shortcomings in Brussels legislation, awarding an overall score of only 66.9/100. The report points to excessively complex wording, impact assessments that routinely skip economic analysis, and slow transposition – with fewer than half of directives implemented on time. Bulgaria lags furthest behind with 16 overdue directives (twice the EU average), average 16-month delays and 31 open infringement procedures, underscoring how poor regulatory quality damages competitiveness and piles extra administrative costs on member states.

EPICENTER’s new EU Regulatory Quality Index (EU-RQI) for 2022–2024 gives EU legislative quality a mediocre 66.9/100. The study criticises overly complex language, sentences twice longer than recommended, inconsistent impact assessments that often ignore economic effects, and poor transposition rates (less than half of directives on time). Bulgaria performs worst, with 16 overdue directives (EU average: 8), 16-month delays and 31 pending infringement cases, highlighting how regulatory complexity hits competitiveness and raises administrative costs across the Union.

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