Updating the guidance document on regulatory impact assessment

The Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries (GGO) lay down strict formal and substantive criteria for draft regulations of the Federal Government. These requirements include the obligation to set out the main regulatory consequences in the explanatory memorandum, as set out in Section 44 of the Joint Rules of Procedure of the Federal Ministries. In 2009, the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) published its guidance document on regulatory impact assessment. This guidance contains recommendations for the structured development of content in the early stages of a regulatory procedure and for the identification of regulatory impacts. Since then, the field of regulatory impact assessment has undergone significant thematic development and further guidance has been published by various departments. In order to take into account current developments in the field of better regulation and electronic legislation, the National Institute for Public Administration Germany has now prepared a draft revision of the existing guidance document on behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community.