Law on assessment of the effects of regulations.

This Law regulates the procedure of regulatory impact assessment, the annual legislative planning, the competent authorities for the regulatory impact assessment procedure, the processes of public consultation in this procedure and other related issues. The regulatory impact assessment is the procedure for preparing and drafting the draft legislative proposals through a direct impact analysis with the objective of selecting an optimal legislative solution or undertaking other activities and measures. The analysis of the direct impacts of draft legislative proposals shall identify the impacts on the economy, the small economy, labour market, social welfare and pension system, health, environmental protection, human rights protection and market competition. Within the scope of the regulatory impact assessment procedure, the Initial Regulatory Impact Assessment (Initial RIA) and the Regulatory Impact Assessment are carried out, depending on the results of the analysis of the direct impacts of the regulations.
The general purpose of the regulatory impact assessment is to consider proposals for possible legislative or other solutions to encourage the business environment, strengthen the rule of law and reduce the costs of implementing the regulations, while ensuring the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, personal and political freedoms and rights, social and cultural rights. The specific objectives of the regulatory impact assessment procedure are: ensuring openness and transparency of the legislative procedure by involving the public and interested public in drafting regulations; identifying possible obstacles to entrepreneurship and citizen status; and encouraging cooperation and inter-sectoral coordination of central state administrative bodies in the procedure of legislative drafting. This Law shall apply to the drafting of legislative proposals proposed by the Government of the Republic of Croatia for the adoption to the Croatian Parliament and other procedures related to the drafting of regulations and the monitoring of their implementation as defined by this Law. (2) This Law does not apply to the assessment of the fiscal impact of legislation on the state budget, which is drawn up and reported in accordance with the Standard Methodology Form for Fiscal Impact Assessment in accordance with special regulations. The regulatory impact assessment planning acts are: The Strategy of the Regulatory Impact Assessment; Action Plan for the Regulatory Impact Assessment. The Strategy is aimed at the development of a system of the regulatory impact assessment and its implementation, objectives, improvement of the quality of regulations and the development of administrative capacities in the long run. The Action Plan is the Implementing Act of the Strategy, which sets out priority measures and activities on the development of the regulatory impact assessment system, the manner of implementation and order of implementation of the measures, deadlines for implementation and the implementation of measures and activities and responsible bodies.
In the procedure of regulatory impact assessment, significant direct impacts are analysed by the types of impacts and affected by the addressees of draft legislative proposals. Direct impacts are analysed, in particular, according to the following types of impacts: economic impact assessment involves assessing expected direct impacts on the macroeconomic environment, investment inflows, market functioning and economic competitiveness, small business, administrative burdens to business, research and development and consumer protection social impact assessment involves assessing expected direct impacts on demographic trends, social welfare, social inclusion and protection of groups with special interests and needs, access to public services and the right to health care impact assessment on labour and labour market includes assessment the expected direct impacts on employment and the labour market, standards and rights on the quality of workplace and on the pension system environmental impact assessment includes assessment of expected direct impacts on climate, quality and use of air, water and soil, management of natural resources, use of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, waste management and recycling impact assessment on human rights protection includes an assessment of the expected direct impacts on gender equality, the right to equal treatment and opportunities, the suppression of discrimination, the violation of privacy, the protection of personal data, access to justice, access to information and other rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia and, impact assessment on market competition involves assessing the expected direct impacts on competition between market participants on non-discriminatory terms. (3) Direct impacts are analysed in particular by the following addressees: - micro, small, medium and large entrepreneurs, family farms, cooperatives - citizens - families and households - workers and retired people - service providers in a particular business area and consumers - Croatian war veterans - minorities - social groups with special interests and needs - associations and foundations - central state administrative bodies, other state bodies, judicial bodies, public institutions, local and regional self-government units, legal entities with public authorities, companies owned by the Republic of Croatia and companies owned by local and regional self-government units.