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OECD GUIDANCE FOR REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE COST ASSESSMENT
Antonia Custance BakerAnalyst, Regulatory Policy Division
OECD
14 April 2014
Principle 4: Integrate Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) into the early stages of the policy process for the formulation of new regulatory proposals. Clearly identify policy goals, and evaluate if regulation is necessary and how it can be most effective and efficient in achieving those goals. Consider means other than regulation and identify the tradeoffs of the different approaches analyzed to identify the best approach.Annex 4.4:When regulatory proposals would have significant impacts, ex ante assessment of costs, benefits and risks should be quantitative whenever possible. Regulatory costs include direct costs (administrative, financial and capital costs) as well as indirect costs (opportunity costs) whether borne by businesses, citizens or government. Ex ante assessments should, where relevant, provide qualitative descriptions of those impacts that are difficult or impossible to quantify, such as equity, fairness, and distributional effects.
OECD Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance (OECD, 2012)
• Compliance Costs are a major element of the costs of regulation
• Berlin Workshop of 2012– Concluded that an integrated assessment
of costs and benefits should include a comprehensive and relevant assessment of the compliance costs of regulation
– Identified technical challenges of measuring compliance costs
Background
• Project group composed of delegates from RPC
• 2 full day meetings (9 September and 14 November)
• Circulated to RPC for written approval 25 February
• Accepted for publication – available online April 2014
Process of Development
• Main Report– Usable by generalist policy officers– Introduces all key aspects of substantive compliance costs– Step-by-step framework for compliance costs assessment
process– Discusses a variety of approaches and pros and cons of
different techniques– Provides template to develop country-specific guidance
• Annex A – Intended for economists/ policy officials responsible for
drafting RIAs– Supplementary technical information for concepts laid out
in main body – Information on related topics
Content of Guidance
Taxonomy of regulatory costs
Regulatory costs
Compliance costs Financial costs Indirect costs Opportunity
costsMacro-
economic costs
Administrative burdens
Substantive compliance costs
Implementation costs
Direct labour costs
Equipment costs
Materials costs
External services costs
Wage costs
Non-wage labour costs
Administration & enforcement costs
Overhead costs
Flow chart of Compliance Costs Assessment
This Project is part of the Program of Measuring Progress in Regulatory Reform within the Regulatory Policy Division, and is under the auspices of the Regulatory Policy Committee.
For further information, please contact:
Project Manager, Measuring Compliance Cost- Antonia Custance Baker ([email protected]; +33 1 45 24 93 22)
Program Coordinator, Measuring Regulatory Performance - Christiane Arndt ([email protected]; +33 1 45 24 76 56)
www.oecd.org/governance/regulatory-policy/measuringregulatoryperformance.htm
OECD Guidance for Regulatory Compliance Cost Assessment – Available from 30 April http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/oecd-regulatory-compliance-cost-assessment-guidance_9789264209657-en .
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