Development of guidance for the evaluation of legal norms

In order to achieve high-quality legislation and to reduce the number of standards, almost all regulations and laws in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have been subject to a time limit since 2005. The time limit is defined either as an expiry date or as an obligation to report by a certain date in accordance with Sec. 39(2) of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO). If a temporary legal regulation is to be maintained beyond its stated expiry date, the ministry responsible is obliged to submit an evaluation of the regulation in question in order to justify its continued maintenance. An evaluation report must also be submitted as part of the aforementioned reporting obligation. In order to further improve the quality of the evaluation reports, guidance for the evaluation of legal norms in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has been developed in close cooperation with the relevant departments. This guidance describes the evaluation procedure and provides information on the preparation of evaluation reports. The Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia commissioned the National Institute for Public Administration Germany to develop the aforementioned guidance.