NRP Portugal

MeasureDescriptionCurrentstatus: inpreparation/ in progressExpected results until2010NotesProgramme forimproved legislation(conclusion andconsolidation ofplanned measures)• Interoperability between DIGESTO legal databases (system for processing and analysing legal information)and the databases for processing legal information belonging to the State.• specification of a technological model for electronic reconstitution (substantial consolidation) of legal texts.• Implementation and consolidation of free search procedures to be developed with the community, skills toencourage the effective participation of citizens and companies.• Development of a practical guide for the preparation of standard government documents.In progressEvaluation of theimpact ofGovernmentStandard Acts• review of the SIMPLEX test model making use of prior evaluation of the administrative costs of all thediplomas subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers, adjusting them to the “standard cost model”methodology.• launching a practical guide for prior evaluation of administrative costs of Standards Acts from theGovernment, to be used by the Ministries responsible for the preparation of legal initiatives.• preparation and presentation of an annual report by the government containing the results of the evaluationof the impact of Standard Acts using the new SIMPLEX test model.• adoption of a national commitment to reduce administrative charges by 25% imposed by legal rules andnational regulations covering company life-cycle events. In progressTransposition ofcommunity directivesto the internal legalframework• monitoring by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of thetimely transposition of directives, by means of the automatic electronic alerts systems for monthly updatingof procedures for transposition, and implementation of routine inter-ministerial meetings.• combating “gold plating” (creation of administrative charges through national legislation in addition to thoseestablished by community directives) and “double-banking” (reconciling the directives to be transferred withexisting national legislation on the subject).• control of the transposition procedure for simplified European legislation within the framework of the2005/2009 simplification programme, the accelerated actions (“fast tracks”) initiated in 2007, and the ActionProgramme for the Reduction of Administrative Charges within the European Union. In progress15