• Recent developments, from official reports and documents published on the internet (January 2010).
• A new OECD review of regulatory capacities has been published (April 2010) to update the 2003 review.

Presentations of  French regulatory quality projects and results

• Experiencias de calidad regulatoria, Madrid, 10/12/2009
• BR in France, by Denis Besnainou, for DG SANCO, November 2009
• Lisbon: the introduction  of BR in France (27/10/2006)
• Helsinki DBR : the French programme to reduce burdens on citizens (13/5/2006)
• Beyrouth (2005): séminaire à l'USJ:  "La réforme de l'Etat en France"
• The review of simplification policy by the Conseil d'Etat Milan (22/3/2006)
• The need regulatory planning: Berlin DBR (13/10/2006)

Developments concerning the national administrative burdens programme

• Simplification, a remodelled approach in France, by Denis Bensnainou, for SPOCs, February 2009
• Brochure "zero paperwork" in English (March 2008)
• The official announcement of the French national target 
• "Country event"  in  Paris April 2008: presentation " La réduction des charges administratives pour les entreprises" 
• SCM conference in Paris June 2006: minutes

• Burden measurement and reduction in France in 2006 (Rome 2/2/2007)
• Measurement exercize 2007 (OECD 3/5/2007))
• Official update on AB programme (12/2007)

Methodologies

• Costs within the administration
• Cost of delays  
• Process re-engineering for burden reduction  (24/5/2007)