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08 April 2013

New simplification package (France)

On April 2 the governement held the second session of the CIMAP (interdepartmental committee to modernize public action) to address a full range of legal, institutional and managerial issues related to simplification. The new policy launced in December intends "to establish a new balance in our society by way of structural reforms to adapt to major demographic, economic, digital and environmental changes". The press release and very complete press file provide details on the package of measures which include:
- a commitment to fewer and simpler regulations: in a four-line standing instruction, the governement urges prefects (in charge of local enforcement) to "personally ensure" that administrations facilitate implementation of rules by adopting smart interpretations (in French "interprétations facilitatrices"), "to simplify and accelerate the implementation of public and private projects." A moratorium on new rules implies that any new regulation must now be offset by a "corresponding simplification," (one-in, one-out policy.) Performance evaluation of central administration directors will include how how they have delivered on this government policy..
- Evaluation: a comprehensive review of all public policies is to be completed by the end of the current administration (2017). A detailed schedule is announced.
- Managerial: a package of 30 practical measures to improve local delivery; RIAs to include a study of impacts on local implementation of any new regulation; a list of some 100 advisory bodies already abolished has been published;
- Fewer state agencies: new rules on the creation of QUANGOs and the immediate merger or deletion of about 15 agencies were announced.
For more, see analysis from Acteurs Publics article or Expansion and download the press file.

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