Third Quarterly Report on the Regulatory Environment 2025

During the third quarter, a slight slowdown in regulatory activity was recorded, with 47 regulations adopted (one law and 46 by-laws), compared to 51 regulations adopted in the second quarter of this year (four laws and 47 by-laws).

On the other hand, three more regulations were adopted in the third quarter compared to the same period last year. More than half of all adopted acts pertain to the areas of environmental protection (14) and food and agriculture (11).

During the third quarter, NALED, in cooperation with its members, carried out activities related to the preparation of inputs and contributions for amendments and the drafting of new regulations, whose adoption and implementation are expected to partially or fully resolve more than ten recommendations from the Grey Book 17. This would significantly improve the result of addressing recommendations from Grey Book 16, considering that only two recommendations were only partially resolved, while in previous years the average number of recommendations that were resolved was twelve.

We remind you that the collection of recommendations and initiatives for the new edition — Grey Book 18 — is currently underway, and you can submit your proposals by filling out the Recommendation Proposal Form – Grey Book 18 no later than October 31.

The Fifth Revised National Programme for the Adoption of the EU Acquis (NPAA) for the period 2024–2027 was adopted at the end of October 2024, with an updated plan and timeline for the adoption of regulations in 2024 and 2025, in order to align with the Reform Agenda. For the third quarter of this year, the NPAA envisaged the adoption of twelve regulations, the majority of which (eight in total) concern the area of food and agriculture. Only one regulation — a rulebook under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Mining and Energy — was adopted earlier, in the first quarter.

During the third quarter of 2025, representatives of the NALED Executive Office were appointed as members of five newly formed working groups, with the simultaneous continuation of activities in the 10 working groups that were previously formed.