Quite a few countries are sensitive to the seemingly irresistible upward spiral of "legal production", also called legislative inflation (see for instance the post below about the US.) Several countries have adopted, following the UK example, the rule by which any ministry wishing to introduce a new law or regulation should identify a text for deletion (one-in, one-out).
This blog has on several occasions reported on the French president's commitment to reducing the number of norms, sometimes referring to "deregulation" or "dé-légiférer" (see "France" category.) Last Sunday, the president went one step further, announcing in an interview his determination, if re-elected, to impose a "one-in, two-out rule", to reduce the stock of some 200,000 texts which would be costing the economy some 5% of GDP.
The idea has been floated once before, in New South Wales (Australia) in a proposal of the NSW Business Chamber.
This blog has on several occasions reported on the French president's commitment to reducing the number of norms, sometimes referring to "deregulation" or "dé-légiférer" (see "France" category.) Last Sunday, the president went one step further, announcing in an interview his determination, if re-elected, to impose a "one-in, two-out rule", to reduce the stock of some 200,000 texts which would be costing the economy some 5% of GDP.
The idea has been floated once before, in New South Wales (Australia) in a proposal of the NSW Business Chamber.
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