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The FIVE Independent regulatory watchdogs

Position Paper of the 4 independent watchdogs Dr. Philipp Birkenmaier Secretariat of Nationaler Normenkontrollrat Nicosia, 2 April 2012. Regulatory Impact Assessment Board (Czech Republic). Nationaler Normenkontrollrat (Germany). ACTAL (The Netherlands). Regelradet (Sweden).

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The FIVE Independent regulatory watchdogs

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  1. Position Paper of the 4 independent watchdogsDr. Philipp BirkenmaierSecretariat of Nationaler NormenkontrollratNicosia, 2 April 2012

  2. Regulatory Impact Assessment Board (Czech Republic) Nationaler Normenkontrollrat (Germany) ACTAL (The Netherlands) Regelradet (Sweden) Regulatory Policy Committee (United Kingdom) The FIVE Independent regulatory watchdogs

  3. NKR Task Established by a formal federal law (August 2006) Independent advisory body Model: The Netherlands Appointment of 10 members for a term of office of 5 years Start of second term:20 September 2011 Task and Composition of NKR Support and Advice to the Federal Government in the reduction of bureaucracy and better regulation Avoid the creation of new compliance costs including administrative burdens I. Perceivable reduction of existing administrative burdens II.

  4. Adopted 10 November 2011 Sent out to MS, Commission, EP, Stakeholders Positive Feedback from various MS Discussed with MEPs 29 February 2012 Position Paper “The End of the Commission‘s Action Programme for Reducing AB in the EU – What comes next?“

  5. As the Action Programme to reduce AB is coming to an end 2012, the Commission should present an ambitious work programme by summer 2012 on how to continue the work to ensure smart regulation and achieve the necessary change in culture. Such a programme should focus primarily on actions to be taken by the Commission, but should be able to be used as a basis for a common approach by the Parliament and the Council In the last five years, there has been a growing awareness in the EU of the need to reduce administrative burdens and to adhere to smarter regulation principles General Conclusions and Recommendations for the next steps

  6. No full baseline measurement 25% target is a GROSS target Further areas should be assessed Mechanism to ensure that the total burden decreases Action Programme for Reducing AB Lessons Learned Recommendations Limited on AB Overall regulatory burden

  7. Not for all proposals an IA is carried out No stakeholder consultation on draft proposals and draft IAs IA for all legislative or regulatory proposals Stakeholder consultation on draft proposals and draft IAs Impact Assessments (IA) Lessons Learned Recommendations Enlarge the IAB by independent experts or closer link to the Stoiber-Group No independent scrutiny of IAs IAs should be carried out for major amendments in EP and Council No IAs in EP and Council

  8. Stoiber-Group plays an important role No common independent institution to assess IAs Prolong and reinforce the mandate Independent body to scrutinise IAs across all institutions Institutional Setup Lessons Learned Recommendations

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