Portugal launches new phase of SIMPLEX

Our colleague Susana Brito is circulating an official presentation of the new phase of the well known SIMPLEX programme, called SIMPLEGIS, launched in Lisbon in May, and comprising three main components, aimed at both citizens and businesses:

• net reduction the number of laws, by-laws and amendments, repeal of obsolete legislation and faster transposition of EU law,
• better quality legal acts thanks to training of legal experts, improved access for citizens (including summaries in plain language, in Portuguese and English, and online publication on specific websites) and systematic codification;
• improved enforcement, to be achieved by helping stakeholders understand the content of legislation, and more comprehensive ex post evaluation.

There is also a Q&A document. This new document offers a specific approach to Better Regulation, based on the search for better legal quality of texts, and easier retrieval and access to the corpus, rather than on a more comprehensive study and limitation of their impact. We would also need a summary of the results of SIMPLEX over the past years.

For more information, see official brochure and webpages from Secretary of State for modernisation, French ministry of modernisation (in French) and OECD report.