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ICL
International Center for Law & Economics
Academic / research · United States · EU Transparency Register 774288494402-02
7
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
5
legislative files
of 665 tracked
7
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 163 think tanks and research institutions on this site, they rank #37 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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- Register category
- Think tanks and research institutions
- Head office
- Portland, United states
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
International Center for Law & Economics filed 7 positions between 9 May 2022 and 13 Mar 2026, across 5 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 7 times.
2022 · 1 filed2023 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
Comments of the International Center for Law & Economics Call for Evidence, Digital Omnibus: Simplifying Rules on Data, Cybersecurity & Ar tificial Intelligence 14 October 2025 Authored by: Mikołaj Barczentewicz (Senior Scholar, International Center for Law & Economics) Kristian Stout (Director of Innovation Policy, International Center for Law & Economics) ICLE C OMMENTS , D IGITAL O MNIBUS P AGE 2 OF 9…
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
To whom it may concern, I am writing top submit the comments of the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE). These comments are organised as follows. Section II addresses the need for methodological rigour in the Fitness Check, including the assessment of indirect effects, the gap between projected and actual compliance costs, and the problem of last-minute legislative additions that bypass the impact-…
The stated objectives of the EU Space Act are commendable: laying down a coherent framework to foster innovation, ensure trackability of space objects, reduce space debris, tailor a cybersecurity framework for space infrastructure, and create a common method to assess environmental impact.
On 27 April 2023, the European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (SEP Regulation). The proclaimed aims of the SEP Regulation are to: ensure that end users, including small businesses and EU consumers, benefit from products based on the latest standardised technologies; make the EU attractive for standards innovation; and encourage both SEP holders and implementers to…
We are concerned about the commission’s plan to update the legal framework that underpins standard-essential patent licensing in Europe. For obvious reasons, the way intellectual property disputes are resolved has tremendous ramifications for firms that operate in standard-reliant industries.
To whom it may concern, Please find attached the International Center for Law & Economics comments on the Commissions consultation concerning the revision of Regulation 1/2003. In brief, our comments counsel preserving strong evidentiary and proportionality safeguards for interim measures and commitments; streamlining complainant procedures by removing the obligation to issue formal rejection decisions; and…
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