Preliminary assessment of the second payment request of Romania

Name of the Milestone: Entry into force of a legislative act operationalising a structure to ensure the implementation of an effective regulatory quality control mechanism Qualitative Indicator: Provision in a law indicating the entry into force of the Time: Q1 2022 law operationalising the regulatory quality control structure Context: Milestone #404 is part of reform C14.R1, which aims at (i) streamlining central government policy planning, (ii) enhancing the transparency and predictability of the legislative process and (iii) improving the consultation process of legislative proposals. Milestone #404 is part of the first strain of measures under C14.R1. Milestone #404 consists of the establishment and operationalisation of a mechanism at the Center of the Government for monitoring the quality of ex-ante impact assessments and ex-post

evaluations (also referred to as “presentation and motivation tools”), the methodology which has been adopted by Government Decision No. 443/2022 (hereinafter referred to as “Better Regulation Government Decision”) under milestone #401. Milestone #404 is the second step of the implementation of C14.R1 towards a more streamlined central government policy planning. It complements milestone #401 (see the relevant preliminary assessment fiche), and in particular the publication of Government Decision No. 443/2022. It will be followed by: (i) milestone #402 providing for the development of the Institutional Strategic Plans (ISP) platform through which strategies are submitted; (ii) milestone #405 providing for the development and operationalisation of a platform that should monitor innovation in the public administration; (iii) target #403 setting the minimum number of ministries using the ISP platform; (iv) target #408 setting the minimum share of ex-ante impact assessments (also referred to as “presentation and motivation tools”) satisfying the quality criteria (being assessed at an excellent or

satisfactory level) according to the Government methodology; (v) target #409 on the minimum share of proposed legislative initiatives included in the Government Annual Working Plan approved within the set deadline.

For the first strain of measures mentioned above, Reform C14.R1 has an expected date for full
implementation in Q1 2026.
Evidence provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
   i)   a cover note justifying how the milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled;
  ii)   Government Decision No. 443/2022, published in the Official Gazette No. 333 on 5 April
        2022 for the establishment of the Consultative Council for the impact assessment of
        normative acts;
 iii)   Order of the General Secretary of the Government No. 757/2022, issued on 1 July 2022,
        establishing the technical secretariat of the Consultative Council for the impact assessment
        of normative acts (CCEIAN);

 iv)    Prime Minister’s Decision No. 503/2022, published in Official Journal No. 990/12 October
        2022, appointing the members of the CCEIAN;
  v)    Decision of the CCEIAN No. 1/2022, issued on 13 October 2022, appointing its coordinator;
 vi)    Decision of the CCEIAN No. 2/2022, issued on 13 October 2022, approving its rules and
        procedures;
 vii)   Order of the General Secretariat of the Government No. 1161/2022, issued on 20 October
        2022, approving the programme and training plan in the field of regulatory impact
        assessments for members of the central administration and of the CCEIAN, and its technical
        secretariat;

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