Regulatory
Impact
Assessment
in Poland
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The RIA Procedure
REQUESTING AUTHORITY
DRAFT REGULATION +
justification (including RIA)
RCL
Draft evaluation, justification, RIA and scope of
opinions
INTERESTED PARTIES (SOCIAL PARTNERS)
Opinions
REQUESTING AUTHORITY
DRAFT+ justification, listing of
opinions
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
(inter-ministry refinements)
RCL
Draft evaluation, justification, RIA and scope of
opinions
REQUESTING AUTHORITY
REFINEMENT CONFERENCE
REQUESTING AUTHORITY
DRAFT
+ justification, listing of opinions
and comments, protocol of
discrepancies
MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL OF
MINISTERS
APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF
THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Comments on the draft
RCL
Comments on the draft
REQUESTING AUTHORITY
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THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
Bodies involved in the RIA system
• MINISTERS
responsible for RIA and public consultations
• GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION CENTRE
monitoring all drafts (legal and legislative quality)
and all RIAs (substantial quality)
• GOVERNMENT CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC
STUDIES
prepares RIAs, taking account of important and
long term impact of regulation
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GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION CENTRE
Coordination of RIA procedure
• opinions on RIAs and public consultations
undertaken by the Ministries
• participation in the Team for Legal
Regulations Quality
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Team for Legal Regulations Quality
(20 high rank officers from
ministries)
political support for RIA
Tasks:
• Co-ordination of the programme to implement the
recommendations of the OECD resulting from the
Regulatory Reform Review (published in July
2001)
• Publication and propagation of knowledge on RIA
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AIMS:
• Enhance the conviction about benefits of
RIA
• Persuade to use available tools and build
on them
• Propagation of knowledge of methods
• Enhance long term and systematic efforts
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ACTIONS:
• Trainings on RIA system
• Practical guidebooks on RIA
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Implementation:
Government Legislation Centre
Secretariat of the Team (in the Ministry of
Economy, Labour, Social Policy)
Government Centre for Strategic Studies
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