Better Regulation in Europe: Portugal 2010 This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for Portugal laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future. Issues examined include: strategy and policies for improving regulatory management; institutional capacities for effective regulation and the broader policy making context; transparency and processes for effective public consultation and communication; processes for the development of new regulations including impact assessment and for the management of the regulatory stock including administrative burdens; compliance rates enforcement policy and appeal processes; and the multilevel dimension: interface between different levels of government and interface between national processes and those of the EU. This book is part of a project examining better regulation being carried out in partnership with the European Commission.