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The Norwegian Better Regulation Council

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01.04.2016* Regular founding

Name: The Norwegian Better Regulation Council
Short name: Regelrådet
Affiliations: Other public administration body
COFOG 04 Economic affairs
Main affiliation category: National single organization (without subordinated units)
Located: 605 Ringerike
Procedure and documents for this change:

The purpose of the Norwegian Better Regulation Council is to contribute to lessening the burdens on business from new or altered regulations. The activities include:
- Evaluating the layout of proposals for new or altered regulations that has consequences for business’ operating conditions.
- Evaluating if Impact Assessments have been carried out in accordance to the Instructions for Official Studies and Reports (“Utredningsinstruksen”).
- Evaluating if regulations are made in a way that leads to the least amount of burdens for business.
- In preparation of EEA-regulations that can have an effect on Norwegian business, the council can assist responsible ministries, if so desired, to assess adjoining Impact Assessments.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.