Reduction of Administrative Burden and Simplification

The SCM measurements in the Czech Republic

The Czech Republic was measuring the baseline of overall administrative burden. The measurement was undertaken between March 2005 and September 2005. The baseline measurement included a measurement of all business related generally binding regulations in 12 ministries, 10 central administrative authorities. The results of the measurement were sent to the Department of Regulatory Reform and Central State Administration Reform by the end of September 2005. Subsequently, the Department carried out the analytical report of overall administrative burdens on businesses.

The analytical report Analysis of the administrative burdens on businesses  (pdf, 452 kB) figuring out the overall administrative burdens imposed on businesses was elaborated in February 2006 on the basis of the information collected by ministries and other central state administration authorities (as mentioned above, AB measurement took place in 2005).

The further necessary steps were set in the Government decision based on the results of this report. The measures adopted by the Government Resolution No. 759 of 11th July 2007 were:

• Introduction of the obligation to assess administrative burdens ex ante in case of new legislation drafts;
• Preparation of overviews enumerating the concrete legislation proposed for the purpose of the reduction (taking into account the results of AB measurement and obtained data identified in the above-mentioned Analytical report) on the basis of the co-operation of 6 ministries regulation of which causes the biggest part of the measured burden (over 90 %) and the Ministry of Interior.

In spring 2008, the Government (by its Resolution No. 446 of 21 April 2008) confirmed the drift of the project aimed at reduction of administrative burdens for businesses. The six ministries regulation of which causes the biggest part of the measured burden (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Industry and Trade) fixed their own Action Plans for reduction of administrative burdens for businesses till 2010, listing all legislative provisions containing administrative burden that is to be removed or reduced, with related timetable. In addition, a task to inform about adopted measures for reduction of administrative burdens was imposed on all other ministries and central state administration authorities.

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