OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2025

All primary laws and subordinate regulations are required to undergo regulatory impact assessment (RIA). Policymakers are required to consider RIA results when developing new laws to ensure they are fit for purpose. Drafting requirements provide that legislation should result in simpler, faster and less costly procedures, reduces the number of legal obligations and administrative burdens, and prevent over-regulation and overlap.

Draft legislation must include a statement of purpose, which is then published to allow the possibility to provide comments by email. However, consultation is not required in the early phases of rule-making. While ex post evaluation is required, it is not done systematically. A new ex post evaluation methodology is being developed and will follow the same form as RIA.

The Government Office of the Prime Minister develops and operates the impact analysis system, co‑ordinates the preparation of rules with the responsible ministry, and can propose modifications to RIAs and ex post evaluations. It prepares an annual report on RIA based on feedback from each ministry, which is not publicly available. Within the Ministry of Public Administration and Regional Development, the State Secretary in charge of the territorial administration and the Ministry of Justice makes proposals for simplifying regulatory burdens on citizens and businesses. The Government Control Office (GCO), an independent body, audits whether ministries comply with obligations to publish summaries of preliminary RIAs of draft legislation and whether proposals exempted from consultation and RIA fall within the defined scope. The GCO also takes part in ex post evaluation. There is no specific oversight body in charge of the quality of the analysis and breadth of stakeholder consultation on RIA nor ex post reviews.