Ex-Ante Measurement
New regulatory policies are covered by ex-ante measurement and newly added burdens or reductions counted against the overall amount of administrative burden (net-target).
According to §14a Federal Organic Budget Act 1986, all new legal provisions have to be evaluated with the Standard Cost Model:
- Impact on administrative burdens for businesses (since 9/2007)
- Impact on administrative burdens for citizens (since 9/2009)
- Overall administrative burdens / year
- Targets: more transparency and minimum quality
- Easy tool to use for public servants, available for download (German only!)
The Ministry of Finance is in charge of enacting guidelines and monitoring their correct appliance in accordance with the SCM.
Starting from September 2009 the Ministry of Finance provides an improved IT tool (administrative burden calculator) on its website. It simplifies the calculation of administrative cost, provides edit masks and automatically generates text blocks for the legal materials. The use of the administrative burden calculator is compulsory.
