Arbejdsgruppen om bedre lovgivning foreslog i sin endelige rapport'50i forbindelse med det forberedende arbejde til hvidbogen om nye styreformer i EU følgende: "Det er vigtigt, at disse beslutninger underbygges af konsekvensanalyser samt høring af de berørte parter, herunder, men ikke begrænset til, de tilfælde, hvor disse kunne blive direkte involveret i den valgte fremgangsmåde for at beskytte offentlighedens interesser.
The final report of the Working Group on "Better regulations", involved in the preparatory works to the White paper on European governance,150 makes the following suggestions: "It is important that these decisions are enlightened through impact analysis, including consultation with stakeholders, especially but not only where the latter could be directly Involved in the approach chosen to protect the public interest.