The topics for the Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2024 have been selected and the research phase is progressing well. The final reports will be presented at the ITEM annual conference on 22 November 2024.

ITEM’s main task is to help remove border barriers within the EU. We therefore publish a detailed annual report on what we consider to be current issues from legislation and policy that could raise such barriers. These include, for example, barriers for people who live in one country but work in another, or barriers that prevent local authorities from collaborating on cross-border projects. By identifying and analysing these topics, ITEM aims to contribute both to the scientific debate and to the improvement of (policies on) cross-border mobility and the socio-economic development of border regions in practice.

The topics at a glance:

1. Opportunity analysis: European cross-border impact assessment and cohesion policy for border regions

2. Cross-border Impact Dossier: Facilitating Cross-border Solutions – proposed EU Regulation

3. Cross-border Impact Dossier: Benelux Police Treaty

4. Cross-border Impact Dossier: Cannabis-Gesetz

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

6. Cross-border Impact Dossier: New Netherlands-Belgium tax treaty: an ex-ante assessment

Find out more on ITEM's website!