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contents of the various steps in the procedure followed. In this sense, the following
can be mentioned (Sáinz Moreno, 1994):
a) The need to draw up an economic report (Order of 4 th February 1980), which
must include an explanatory report with a description of the budget programme
in which the proposal and an economic and social assessment of its application
are included.
b) The analyses relating to the structure of the regulation as regards “the clarity and
precision, rigour and exactness, consistency and harmony of Laws, both
internally and with the legal system as a whole”.
c) The legislative technical analyses that aim to improve “the semantic clarity
(suitable use of normal language) and their regulatory clarity (clear expression of
their status as regulation, their contents and their validity)”.
On the other hand, in the context of the simplification plans that have been developed
in Spain in the last decade, an improvement is expected in the quality of the
regulations. Specifically, in the context of the 2 nd Administrative Simplification Plan,
the Secretary of the Administrative Simplification Committee drew up a voluntary
questionnaire for the assessment of regulatory projects. The sample
questionnaire is provided as an example, and it can be adapted and even replaced
by the various departments.
The fact of drawing it up was an important step forward in the current situation at
the time in Spain; however, according to the data of the 2 nd Administrative
Simplification Plan, it seems that its use was not very widespread. In addition, in the
subsequent 3 rd Administrative Simplification Plan (2003-2004), no objectives relating
to this issue were introduced.
3.1.3. Regulatory impact assessment: Challenges and opportunities for Spain
and Catalonia
In Catalonia there is no procedure for regulatory assessment. There is none either
on the national level, although, as mentioned above, certain steps have been gradually
added to the regulatory process that can provide the regulator with important
elements in this sense. In fact, the OECD (2000) claims that “Spain is heading in the
right direction. Specifically, recent reforms regarding regulatory production processes
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