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Staff Working Document on regulatory sandboxes, testbeds, and living labs in the EU

Insights into experimentation spaces for regulatory learning

Published on: 11/09/2023 News

The Staff Working Document, one of the actions of the New European Innovation Agenda, sets out available experimentation tools (especially regulatory sandboxes, but also testbeds and living labs) and showcases existing examples from Europe and beyond on how the European Union and national governments can support and engage innovators in the regulatory process.

Experimentation is a key-component of innovation. European innovators are facing new challenges, also in terms of different or limited experimentation spaces and related regulations.

The Staff Working Document presents a general overview on these experimentation spaces and includes a special focus on the energy sector, in line with the RePowerEU Communication.

Learn more here.