Measuring & Reducing administrative burdens Experience from the Netherlands

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© OECD A joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union, principally financed by the EU Measuring & Reducing administrative burdens Experience from the Netherlands Jeroen Nijland Ministries of Finance and Economic Affairs, the Netherlands Seminar on Administrative Simplification Ankara 8-9 May 2008

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Experience from the Netherlands

Jeroen NijlandMinistries of Finance and Economic Affairs, the Netherlands

Seminar on Administrative SimplificationAnkara 8-9 May 2008

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Reduction of Adm. Burdens : why?

AB = element of regulatory cost AB should be part of better

regulation program Because of the economic costs Because of the economic

benefits AB should be part of better

regulation program

-25%

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Measuring Burdens: SCM

Information obligations

LAW

Administrative actions

Time Tariff Target group Frequency

P

Costs administrative actions

Q

Yearly amount administrative actions

Administrative burdens = P x Q

€ 1…12

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Measuring is not enough….:3 elements needed

Method

Infrastructure Incentives

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From measurement to reduction-measures

Target group Frequency

Administrative burdens = P x Q

Information obligations

LAW

Administrative actions

Time Tariff

P

Costs administrative actions

Q

Yearly amount administrative actions

Information obligations

Administrative actions ?

? ?

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Where did we go from 2003?Net reduction of adm burden (ult. 2002 = 100)

70

75

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100

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Mid 2003: start Cabinet Mid-2003: measuring 2004/5: identifying

simpliflications Ongoing: implementation Approx. 190 measures to

reduce AB; described in White Papers in

2004 and 2005 Package agreed by Parliament