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Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2024

With its annual Cross-Border Impact Assessment, ITEM provides more insight into the effects on cross-border regions of European and national legislative and policy initiatives. The report is intended as a valuable tool for policymakers at regional, national and European level in making decisions regarding (cross-)border regions. These impact assessments notably help to identify existing or future cross-border effects and are thus contributing to the political debate.

The current research dossiers are the result of a successful collaboration between ITEM, its researchers and its partners.

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Dossier 1: European cross-border impact assessment and cohesion policy for border regions

In light of Cohesion Policy post-2027, this dossier analyses the status quo in addressing the needs for border regions in policy

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Dossier 2: Proposal for an EU Regulation ‘Facilitating cross-border solutions’ – Cross-Border effects across European cross-border regions (ITEM-TEIN joint study)

Despite the significant impact of border barriers on cross-border regions, there is no uniform procedure at EU level to resolve such barriers. Together with TEIN partners, this file examines the cross-border effects of the proposed regulation for four different cross-border regions in Europe.

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Dossier 3: The Benelux Police Treaty: are border regions becoming safer?

This dossier examines whether this treaty can be seen as a particular milestone in border-regional crime control. A study based on a comparison of treaties, interviews with experts and an analysis of parliamentary documents, literature and media reports

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Dossier 4: Effects of the Cannabis Legalisation in Germany on Cross-Border Dynamics (PREMIUM-study)

A study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of students as part of a PREMIUM project. Germany's new legalisation of cannabis could have both positive and negative cross-border effects: Careful policy design, ongoing monitoring and international cooperation will be essential.

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Dossier 5: The Impact of recent EU legislation in the field of EU industrial policy on border regions

How will EU proposals affect companies, industrial activities and investments in BE-NL-DE border regions? The cross-border dimension of the three industry-related legal acts were not sufficiently analysed via impact assessments

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Dossier 6: New Netherlands-Belgium tax treaty (2023): an ex-ante assessment

An ex-ante assessment of the effects of the new tax treaty signed in 2023 for the Dutch-Belgian border region. What does the new tax treaty mean for a Dutch and Belgian cross-border worker?

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