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Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies develop forward regulatory plans – that is, a public list of anticipated regulatory changes or proposals intended to be adopted/implemented within a specified time frame? | Yes, throughout government | |
Are these plans available to general public? | No | |
Do ministries or regulatory agencies publish the text or summary of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations before their enactment? | Yes, throughout government | |
Where is the draft text or summary published? | Printed in a federal journal or similar publication; directly distributed to interested stakeholders. | |
Do ministries or regulatory agencies have the legal obligation to publish the text of proposed regulations before their enactment? | No | |
Is the entire text of the proposed draft published? | Yes, throughout government | |
Is there a period of time set by law for the text of the proposed regulations to be publicly available? | No |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies solicit comments on proposed (not yet adopted) regulations from the general public? | Yes, throughout government | |
How are the comments received? | Through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups. | |
Are received comments publicly accessible? | No | |
Is the rulemaking body required by law to solicit these comments on proposed regulations? | No | |
Is there a specialized government body or department tasked with soliciting and receiving these comments? | No | |
Do ministries or regulatory agencies report on the results of the consultation on proposed regulations? | Yes, throughout government | |
How does the government report on the results of the consultation? | Prepares one consolidated response. | |
Where does the government report on the results of the consultation? | Directly distributed to interested stakeholders. | |
Is reporting on the results of the consultation required by law? | n/a |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct an impact assessment of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations? | Yes, throughout government | |
Are there criteria used for determining which proposed regulations are subjected to an impact assessment? | n/a | |
Are there any specific regulatory impact assessment guidelines? | No | |
Are impact assessments required by law? | n/a | |
Are impact assessment made publicly available? | Yes | |
How is this assessment distributed? | Through public meetings; through targeted outreach to stakeholders, such as business associations or other groups. | |
When is this assessment distributed? | Together with the draft proposed legislation and after the consultation period for the proposed legislation. | |
Is there an obligation for regulators to consider alternatives to proposed regulation? | No | |
Is there a specialized government body tasked with reviewing and monitoring regulatory impact assessments conducted by other individual agencies or government bodies? | Yes | |
Please provide the name of this government body, and explain its functions. | National Bureau of Statistics |
Question | Answer | Note |
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Do ministries or regulatory agencies conduct ex-post reviews? | n/a | |
Are there any criteria for which regulations are subject to ex-post reviews? | n/a | |
What specific approaches are used by your government? | n/a | |
Are ex-post reviews required by law? | n/a |
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Can affected parties request reconsideration or appeal adopted regulations to the relevant administrative agency? | No | |
When appealing against adverse regulatory decisions, which options are typically available to affected parties? | n/a | |
Is there any existing requirement that regulations be periodically reviewed to see whether they are still needed or should be revised? | n/a |