Reduction of Administrative Burden and Simplification

Organisation of the SCM measurements in the Czech Republic

At present, the competences in this area are divided between the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Originally, till November 2006, the agenda was administered by the Office of the Government (Department for the Reform of Regulation and Central State Administration). During this period, an overall baseline AB measurement and subsequent analysis were carried out (2005 – 2006).

In November 2006, the competences were transferred from the Office of the Government to the Ministry of Interior (Department of Regulatory Reform and Public Administration Quality) and the activities and projects in the AB agenda continued, being steered by the latter institution.

The Department of Regulatory Reform and Public Administration Quality consists of three units, namely Impact Assessment Unit, Regulation Quality Unit and Strategies and Conceptions Unit. Among them, the Regulation Quality Unit is charged with the agenda of simplification of the regulatory environment which originally included also further development of the project focused on reduction of administrative burdens imposed on businesses in the Czech Republic. The task to co-ordinate this project, however, was transposed to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (by the Government Resolution No. 759 of 11 July 2007), to its Department of Entrepreneurial Environment.

Therefore, the primary tasks of the Regulation Quality Unit in the area of administrative burdens are:

• to co-operate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in activities relating to reduction of the administrative burdens
• to prepare and update the manual for administrative burdens measurement
• to assist with solving problems with the use of the SCM to the ministries and administrative authorities

The Czech Government (in its latest Resolution in this matter, No. 446 of 21 April 2008) confirmed the reduction target set in 2005; it means that all the legislative amendments should be accomplished by 2010 with the aim to reduce the burden on businesses by 20% (as to the level from December 2005).

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