Measuring & Reducing administrative burdens Experience from the Netherlands

1. Measuring & Reducing administrative burdens Experience from the Netherlands Jeroen NijlandMinistries of Finance and Economic Affairs, the Netherlands Seminar on Administrative SimplificationAnkara 8-9 May 2008

2. 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%

3. LAW Administrative actions Time Tariff Target group Frequency € 1…12 P Costs administrative actions Q Yearly amount administrative actions Administrative burdens = P x Q Measuring Burdens: SCM Information obligations

4. Measuring is not enough….:3 elements needed Method Infrastructure Incentives

5. From measurement to reduction-measures LAW  ? Information obligations Information obligations Administrative actions Administrative actions  ?  ? Time Tariff Target group Frequency P Costs administrative actions Q Yearly amount administrative actions Administrative burdens = P x Q

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