This report is part of a series of “best practice principles” produced under the auspices of the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee.
The OECD Regulatory Policy Committee is at the forefront of building international consensus on matters of regulatory policy. For almost a decade, the Committee has formally recognised the importance of ensuring that regulations remain fit for purpose over time, and that the best means to achieve this is through ex post reviews. That said, the 2012 Recommendation on Regulatory Policy and Governance provides little advice to governments about the required institutional, analytical, and political arrangements. The purpose of the principles is to fill that void and assist member countries in strengthening existing arrangements, as well as to aid those who are yet to establish a regulatory review system.
This document was approved by the Regulatory Policy Committee at its 21st Session on 6 November 2019 and prepared for publication by the OECD Secretariat.