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Report on Reducing
the Administrative Burden
on Entrepreneurs for 2017
July 2018
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Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................................3
1. Information on the implementation of 28 measures to reduce the administrative
burden on businesses..........................................................................................................................................5
1.1 Examples of implemented measures out of the 28 monitored...............................................................7
1.2 Examples of measures implemented in addition to the 28 monitored...............................................9
1.3 Additional comments of some government bodies on implementing the measures....................9
2. Activities of the Expert Group on reducing the administrative burden for businesses
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3. International Comparison of the Approach to Regulation and Agenda of Reducing
Administrative Burdens..................................................................................................................................13
4. Final summary and measures proposed for the next period.....................................................15
List of abbreviations...................................................................................................................................................17
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Introduction
Document Report on reducing the administrative burden on entrepreneurs for 2017
(hereinafter "the Report") provides a summary of the level and manner of performing
the tasks in reducing the administrative burden1
on entrepreneurs for 2017, and
of the outlook for the forthcoming period.
The Report has been elaborated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as the coordinator
of the programme, in collaboration with other central government agencies, on the basis
of tasks assigned by Government Resolution No. 505 of 10 July 2017.
The members of the Government and heads of other central government agencies were
required to:
 continue in implementing the measures to reduce the administrative burden
on entrepreneurs, arising from previous documents,
 inform the Minister of Industry and Trade about the level and manner of performing
the measures adopted to reduce the burden on entrepreneurs and to proceed so that
the administrative burden is reduced through 40 measures by the end of 2020,
 provide the Minister of Industry and Trade with cooperation in measuring
the administrative burden on entrepreneurs in 2021,
the Ministry of Industry and Trade was required to:
 submit to the Government by 30 June 2018 the Report on Reducing the Administrative
Burden on Entrepreneurs for 2017,
 measure the administrative burden on entrepreneurs in 2021,
 coordinate the implementation of tasks arising from the Resolution.
Reduction of the administrative burden on entrepreneurs has long been among the priorities
of Czech governments. Since 2013, the progress in reducing the administrative burden
on entrepreneurs has been monitored through measures. In the period 2013-2016, 85
measures to reduce the administrative burden were implemented.
In 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Trade in cooperation with the central government bodies
concerned measured the administrative burden on entrepreneurs (hereinafter "the 2016
Measurement"). The results showed that the overall administrative burden had been cut by
31.49% to CZK 71,095,478,958/ year compared to 2005.
Following the results of the 2016 Measurement, new long-term goals were set, i.e. to reduce
the burden on entrepreneurs through 40 measures by 2020 and to carry out another
measurement of the administrative burden on entrepreneurs in 2021, whereby the
overall development since 2016 will be assessed.
Through the measures presented, this Report discusses the possibility of removing the
already existing administrative obligations imposed by the applicable as well as the
upcoming legislation. Efforts are made in the legislation under preparation or in the proposed
changes to avoid creating administrative burdens already during the legislative process,
these issues are also addressed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade as part
of interdepartmental consultation proceedings.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment (hereinafter referred to as a RIA) is used to identify
unnecessary administrative burdens placed on businesses by the legislation. The RIA
1 Part of the administrative costs incurred by businesses or entrepreneurs only because they are required so by the regulations
(the administrative burden is therefore a subset of administrative costs, because administrative costs also cover activities that
the businesses would perform even if the regulations were repealed).
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contains a set of analytical methods used to made a systematic assessment of the expected
impact of the proposed policies and the legal regulations by which they are implemented.
In the Czech Republic, the RIA procedure is applied to all generally binding pieces
of legislation prepared by ministries and other central government administrative offices,
in accordance with the Government’s Legislative Rules, including the implementation of EU
law.
Reduction of the administrative burden is monitored by the Government Council for Public
Administration, in the document Strategic Framework of the Public Administration
Development of the Czech Republic for 2014-2020. In 2017, the issue was added as one
of the indicators to the document Strategic Framework Czech Republic 2030. That document
sets the long-term priorities of the development of the Czech Republic for improving
the quality of life in the Czech Republic for the current and the future generations. It was
approved in Government Resolution No 292 of 19 April 2017 and it builds on the document
Strategic Framework of Sustainable Development of the Czech Republic from 2010.
The issue of administrative burden on entrepreneurs is given great attention also by
the European Commission. In parallel to its Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme
(REFIT), the Commission also created a so-called REFIT Platform. The Platform has been
in operation since 2016 and its aim is to conduct the most intensive dialogue possible
with Member States and stakeholders on reducing the regulatory burden of EU legislation.
The Platform consists of two permanent groups - the government group formed
by representatives of Member States, the stakeholder group formed by representatives
of business, social partners, civil society, the European Economic and Social Committee and
the Committee of Regions. Both groups jointly assess suggestions to simplify Union
legislation, which are collected by the Commission through an online portal from various
organisations and citizens, and the groups issue their opinions on them. The European
Commission has undertook to take those opinions into account in its working programmes.
This issue is also closely linked to some other EU documents, such as Europe 2020 –
Sustainable Growth, Competitiveness – the priority is to improve the business
environment under the EU priority initiative “An industrial policy for the globalisation
era”.
Reports on reducing the administrative burden on entrepreneurs have been published
annually since 2010 on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade www.mpo.cz.
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1. Information on the implementation of 28 measures to reduce
the administrative burden on businesses
Since 2013, the reduction of the administrative burden on entrepreneurs has been monitored
through measures. 85 measures were implemented in the period 2013-2016. In 2016, the
administrative burden on entrepreneurs was measured, identifying again the information
duties, irritating duties and calculating the amount of administrative burden on entrepreneurs
arising from regulations of selected central government bodies.
During 2017, the government bodies continued to implement 28 measures that they had
planned in previous years. In addition to the planned actions, they proposed further 9
measures during the year, bringing the total number of monitored measures to 37
in 2017. Beyond these measures, two measures are registered as abandoned.
The table below presents an overview of the state of implementation of the 28 measures and
additional new measures proposed by the competent government agencies as at 31
December 2017.
State of implementation as
at 31 December 2017
28 measures
(number)
Additional
measures
(number)
Total measures
(number)
Completed 13*)
5 18
Continuing the
implementation
15*)
4 19
Abandoned 2 0 2
Note: *) 2 measures have been completed, with new sections thereof currently being
implemented
By 31 December 2017, out of the 28 monitored measures2
, planned for the upcoming
period, 13 measures were implemented successfully. Two completed measures continue
to be monitored through their new parts.
In addition to the monitored measures, 5 new measures were also implemented.
In total, 18 measures were completed in 2017.
Out of the 28 measures monitored, 15 measures remained to be implemented by the
central government bodies in the next period. The government bodies proposed 4 new
measures for the next period.
In total, 19 measures will be implemented in the following period by the government
bodies.
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See page 6, table State of implementation of 28 measures as at 31 December 2017.
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The table below shows all the measures linked to the relevant government bodies, with some
measures being implemented in cooperation of several government bodies.
Responsibility for the measure
Government body 28 measures Additional measures
Ministry of Industry and
Trade
no. 11, no. 41, no. 43, no. 77,
no. 9.16, no. 10.16
no. 12.17, no. 3.17
Ministry of Justice no. 20, no. 1.16
Ministry of Health no. 5, no. 6, no. 11.16
Energy Regulatory Office no. 4.16 (abandoned)
Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs
no. 25, no. 85 (ended), no.
2.16, no. 3.16
no. 14.17
Ministry of the Environment no. 41, no. 43, no. 5.16, no.
6.16, no. 7.16
Ministry of Regional
Development
no. 81 Ministry
of the Interior no. 20 Ministry
of Finance no. 20, no. 26, no. 31, no. 51,
no. 53 (abandoned), no. 8.16
Ministry of Education, Youth
and Sports
no. 11 Ministry
of Culture no. 79 Ministry
of Transport - no. 15.17
General Tax Directorate no. 20 National
Security Authority - no. 4.17, no. 16.17
Czech Mining Authority no. 88 no. 1.17
Czech Statistical Office no. 20, no. 26, no. 43, no. 51 Office
for the Protection of
Competition
no. 70 no. 12.17, no. 13.17
Industrial Property Office no. 22 all
government agencies no. 50 Ministry
of Agriculture - Czech
Office for Surveying,
Mapping and Cadastre
- State
Office for Nuclear
Safety
- Czech
Telecommunication
Office
- As
2 measures are not implemented and 1 measure has been ended, they will be
removed from the monitoring from 2018 (Measure no. 4.16, Measure no. 53 and
Measure no. 85).
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1.1 Examples of implemented measures out of the 28 monitored
Licensed trades
 An amendment to Act No 455/1991 Coll. on licensed trades (the Trade Licensing Act),
as amended, removed the duty of entrepreneurs to inform the trade licensing authority
about the identification data of members of the statutory bodies of legal entities and
heads of branches of foreign entities (those data will be identified by the trade
licensing authority itself, which will then enter them into the trades register).
Obstacles to operating a trade, which arise from decisions of the trade licensing
authority on cancelling a trade license pursuant to Section 58 par. 2 or 3 of the Trade
Licensing Act, have been modified - a limitation has been removed to operating
a trade in a related field and the duration of the obstacle to operating a trade has been
unified for all categories of persons to which the obstacles apply.
A possibility to issue, upon request of the public, mass files (reports) with current
publicly accessible data of entrepreneurs has been introduced. (Measure no. 9.16)
Environmental impact assessment
 Amendment to Act No 100/2001 Coll. on environmental impact assessment simplifies
and accelerates the procedures pursuant to that Act. The main changes include
a precise definition of a follow-up procedure, which results in increasing the legal
certainty for entrepreneurs in connection with the EIA process.
Another change is a modification of below-the-limit projects - a significant reduction
of the number of those projects against the present; an amendment to Annex 1
to the Act (increasing the limits, removing some points).
The assessment will not be published, which will save time in the EIA process, or
the permission process. (Measure no. 5.16)
Packaging
 An amendment to Act No 477/2001 Coll. on packaging, with effect from 1 July 2017,
reduces the obligation for traders who sell beverages in non-returnable packaging
(e.g. in PET bottles and cans) in shops with selling area larger than 200 m2
, to sell
the same beverages in returnable deposit (glass) bottles only to table beer, draught
beer and lagers. (Measure no. 41)
Note: Measure no. 41 will continue to be monitored and further possible reduction
of the administrative burden on business entities in this issue will be sought, see p. 12 and
Annex 1.
Electronic communications
 Act No 194/2017 Coll. on measures to reduce costs of introducing high-speed
networks of electronic communications cancelled the duty to submit certificates of no
debt owed to state authorities as part of notifying a business for the purpose
of registration of entrepreneurs in electronic communications. (Measure no. 77)
Copyright Act
 An amendment to the Copyright Act implemented Directive of the European
Parliament and of the Council 2014/26/EU on collective management of copyright and
related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use
in the internal market. The amendment introduced a procedure of agreeing tariffs
for rewards collected by collective managers, it simplified the notification of some
public musical productions and tightened the definition of a so-called common
representative of collective managers, the introduction of uniform Union rules will
ensure a more effective and transparent execution of the collective management
of rights, equal conditions in the market and simplification of the administration.
(Measure no. 79)
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Spatial planning and the building code
 Amendment to Act No 183/2006 Coll. on spatial planning and the building code
simplified the possibility of planning, preparing and implementing structures and so
reduced the burden on entrepreneurs. For example, an option was introduced
of joining the spatial planning and the construction procedure into one joint proceeding
with issuing one joint permit, both for individual structures and for sets of structures
(selected special structures and other).
The investors have been given a choice of integrating the environmental impact
assessment process into the joint proceeding and into an independent spatial planning
proceeding.
The legal certainty of investors has been increased (shortening the period in the Code
of Administrative Procedure enabling the review of spatial planning documentation as
a measure of general application).
The process of making changes and updates to the spatial planning documentations
has been shortened in cases where variants of solutions are not required.
The updates and changes to spatial planning documentation have been clarified
(a condition for the update and change of spatial planning documentation to take effect
will be the publication of the legal status of that documentation after the update or
change). (Measure no. 81)
Non-medical healthcare occupations
 Amendment to Act No 96/2004 Coll. on conditions for obtaining and recognising the
capacity to perform non-medical healthcare occupations and to perform activities
related to providing health care, and amending some related Acts (the Act on Nonmedical
Healthcare Occupations), as amended, and Act No 95/2004 Coll. on
conditions for obtaining and recognising the professional capacity and specialised
capacity to practice the healthcare occupation of a physician, dentist and pharmacist,
as amended, will reduce the administrative burden on entrepreneurs by modifying
the conditions of the accreditation procedure, or by modifying the requirements of
the application for granting or extending the validity of accreditation, and by a change
in issuing certificates on a successfully passed examination in an accredited
qualification course or certificates of passing a certified course. (Measure no. 5)
Specific health services
 Amendment to Act No 373/2011 Coll. on specific health services, as amended,
simplified the duties related to obtaining and submitting excerpts from medical records.
It concerns the possibility to replace, under conditions specified in law, the excerpt
from medical records with a confirmation of unchanged health condition.
It is also allowed not to require the excerpt or confirmation of unchanged health
condition in specified cases.
Other measures concern occupational health services. (Measure no. 11.16)
A detailed summary of the implementation status of the 28 measures as of 31 December
2017, including comments by the individual government agencies, is provided in Annex No. 1
hereto. Annex 1 has been divided into two parts. The first part contains the completed
measures and the second part measures under implementation.
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1.2 Examples of measures implemented in addition to the 28 monitored
Construction of transport, water and energy infrastructure
 Amendment to Act No 416/2009 Coll. on speeding up the construction of transport,
water and energy infrastructure and electronic communications infrastructure has
given the investors an option to submit an application for a joint permit or
an application for issuing a spatial planning decision without binding opinions of the
authorities concerned according to specific legislation. If the application is complete,
the building authority itself will obtain the binding opinions from the authorities
concerned at a joint meeting, which will speed up the procedure and reduce
the administrative burden on entrepreneurs operating in energy infrastructure.
(Measure no. 12.17)
Payment transactions
 New Act No 370/2017 Coll. on payment transactions transposes Directive of the EP
and of the Council 2015/2366 of 25 November 2015 on payment services in
the internal market. The Act will have a positive impact mainly on small entrepreneurs
who will not be bound by the provisions of the Directive on Payment Services, i.e.
the provisions on pre-contract information, contracts on one-off payment transactions,
framework contracts, a change in an obligation from a framework contract, periods for
notification and rectification of unauthorised or incorrect payment transactions.
(Measure no. 13.17)
Employing disabled persons
 Amendment to Act No 435/2004 Coll. on employment, implemented by Act
No 327/2017 Coll., contains complex systemic changes in the support for employing
disabled persons. It lies in a division and conceptual differentiation of sheltered and
free labour market and in a partial change in providing retraining programmes. It thus
reduces the administrative burden on entrepreneurs in employing disabled persons on
the sheltered labour market. (Measure no. 14.17)
Annex No. 2 provides an overview of measures implemented by the central government
bodies in the course of 2017 beyond the scope of the 28 measures.
An overview of measures proposed by the central government bodies for the next period is
given in Annex No. 3.
1.3 Additional comments of some government bodies on implementing the measures
The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for about 40% of all the EU regulations (several
hundred EU Directives and several thousand EU Regulations and Decisions), which in some
cases contain regulatory elements and bureaucratic burdens on farmers. These EU
regulations must be transposed in our law on the basis of the obligations arising from the EU
membership of the Czech Republic. At present, legislative activities of the Ministry
of Agriculture concerning the harmonisation of EU Directives and the adaptation to the EU
Regulations or Decisions account for about 85% of all the legislative proposals submitted by
the Ministry.
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The Ministry of Transport states that draft legislative proposals are consulted with
the business sector in order to prevent excessive obligations being imposed by the new
legislation and any increase in the administrative burden for entrepreneurs.
The Ministry of the Interior also generally notes that within the Ministry’s scope of powers,
there are only a few legal regulations with an impact on the administrative burden for
entrepreneurs. Most of them have significantly reduced the scope of information obligations
and thus the burdensome impacts on entrepreneurs under the Plan to Reduce
the Administrative Burden on Entrepreneurs, which ended in 2012 or in the immediately
following period. Further amendments in this respect are not anticipated in the legislative
plan of the Ministry of the Interior, for the time being.
The Ministry of Defence is not responsible for regulations that have an impact on reducing
administrative burden on entrepreneurs. Therefore, in the proposed measures, the Ministry
of Defence does not perform tasks to reduce that burden. The Ministry of Defence has made
long-term and systemic settings of conditions and processes so that an unnecessary burden
of further administration on entrepreneurs is avoided. The setting of the conditions and
processes corresponds to the needs of the authority for implementation of supplies, services
and works needed for the actual operation of the authority and for ensuring the declared
capabilities of the Army of the Czech Republic, necessary for performing their tasks
for the benefit of the Czech Republic citizens and for compliance with our alliance
commitments.
Also the Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre states that, as regards
the state administration of surveying and cadastre, there is no need to adopt further
measures to reduce the administrative burden on entrepreneurs. Requirements for
entrepreneurs in the field have been minimised already and from the point of view
of administrative demands, the fulfilment thereof is simple. Therefore, the requirements
cannot be reduced in terms of their number or content without negating the purpose
of the legislation, which intends to ensure an adequate quality of surveying activities.
Demands in terms of time are gradually reduced thanks to the continuously options
of fulfilling certain obligations by electronic means and by using basic registers.
At the end of 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in cooperation with government
bodies and the CzechTrade agency, updated forms that concern entrepreneurs and that are
published on the BusinessInfo.cz portal. That activity is connected with a measure that was
implemented in 2015 when more than 1,200 forms that entrepreneurs may encounter in their
business activity were published on the BusinessInfo.cz portal. Further forms were published
on the BusinessInfo.cz portal during 2016 and 2017.
The government bodies continue to computerise their forms. Progress in this area is
described under Measure no. 20 and Measure no. 50.
Most central government bodies, aware of the need to lessen the administrative burden on
businesses, continue to take steps to reduce it. However, it is not always possible to take
the planned steps to reduce this burden in full, for example because of the need to protect
the public interest, for reasons of security, tax collection, protection and health of citizens,
etc. This concerns, in particular, legal regulations under the remit of the Ministry of Justice,
the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Health. The country’s
current political situation also plays a vital role in this.
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2. Activities of the Expert Group on reducing
the administrative burden for businesses
The activity of the Expert Group on reducing the administrative burden for businesses
(hereinafter the "Expert Group") at the Ministry of Industry and Trade ("MIT") continued also
in 2017.
The Expert Group was established on the basis of a task imposed under Government
Resolution No. 543 of 9 July 2014, to intensify its work to reduce the burden on businesses
under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as the coordinator. The main task of the Expert
Group, which usually meets on a quarterly basis, is to assess and work with proposals
having a positive impact on the business environment, particularly in terms of reducing
administration. The work of the members of the Expert Group is not paid.
The members of the Expert Group are:
 The Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts of the CR
 The Czech Chamber of Commerce
 The Confederation of Industry of the CR
 The Confederation of Commerce and Tourism of the CR
 The Confederation of Employers’ and Entrepreneurs’ Associations of the CR
 The Association of Entrepreneurs and Tradesmen of the CR
 The Union of the Middle Class of the CR
 The Association of Private Farming in the CR
 The Freeholders’ Party of the CR
 representatives from Prague universities.
In 2017, the Expert Group met 3 times. It dealt with 16 motions, of which two motions were
resolved.
Motions resolved in 2017:
 Reducing the financial and administrative burden by amending the Copyright Act.
 Publishing forms of government bodies with an impact on entrepreneurs on one
portal (BusinessInfo.cz).
Examples of topics addressed by the Expert Group:
 introducing uniform effective dates for regulations with an impact on entrepreneurs,
 charging deductions from execution rulings to employees,
 the alignment of delivery deadlines under the Labour Code,
 the modification of Agreements to perform work because of the large administrative
burden they impose,
 the repeal of the requirement to repeatedly submit to the Social Security
Administration the documentation relating to execution proceedings against
an employee in cases of repeated requests for sick leave,
 insolvency proceedings - shortening the period for documenting income by
the debtor, extending the period for lodging a claim,
 medical (food business) certificate - setting its functions,
 information signs according to the Act on Electronic Records of Sales,
 execution on wages - providing cooperation by the employer.
In several of these topics, the proposed changes have already been incorporated into
the proposed amendments to the relevant legislation. However, the final form of legislation
will be available only after the legislative process is completed and the legal regulation
comes in force and effect.
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During 2017, excellent cooperation between the public administration and business
federations and associations in efforts to reduce unnecessary burdens on business
was confirmed. For this reason, the cooperation will continue in future through
the Expert Group on reducing the administrative burden on businesses.
Information on the Expert Group and its meetings has been published since 2014
at the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade www.mpo.cz.
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3. International Comparison of the Approach to Regulation and
Agenda of Reducing Administrative Burdens
The Ministry of Industry and Trade ("MIT"), in order to obtain information on the approach to
reducing the administrative burden of entrepreneurs abroad, uses its contacts in the Better
Regulation Network working group (hereinafter also "BRN"), in which the Ministry
of the Interior and the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic have been
represented as members since 2012. BRN focuses on exchanging experience between
states, especially the European Union Member States, in the practical use of the Standard
Cost Model (“SCM”) and experience with methods of reducing the burden imposed by
legislation.
The first comparison of the approaches of the BRN members to the regulation and agenda
of reducing the administrative burden was made by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in
2015. The results of the comparison were published in the Report on the level and manner
of reducing the administrative burden for entrepreneurs for 2015, including information
on individual proposals to support selected measures under the EU Cohesion Policy 2014–
2020, approved by the Government of the Czech Republic in Resolution No 590 of 27 June
2016. A more detailed comparison was made in 2016, its results were set out in the Report
on reducing the administrative burden on entrepreneurs for 2016, approved in Government
Resolution No 505 of 10 July 2017.
In 2017, thanks to the BRN membership, new information was obtained from other countries.
That information confirms the data obtained earlier and deepens them.
A large difference between countries can be seen in the time devoted by individual countries
to reducing the administrative burden on entrepreneurs. Germany and the UK have been
dealing with this issue for the longest time - over 30 years. Thus, in these countries,
the reduction of the administrative burden on entrepreneurs has achieved the most advanced
levels. Other countries started to focus on the agenda mostly around 2005; the Netherlands
may be assessed as the most advanced in this respect.
The burden-reducing efforts are institutionally backed by ministries linked to the economy or
industry and also very often by legislative governmental departments or prime minister
offices. A separate independent organisation can be found in the United Kingdom.
For the calculation of the administrative burden, the Czech Republic uses the SCM, same as
e.g. Slovakia, Finland, Croatia, Austria and many other countries.
When measuring the administrative burden on entrepreneurs, the SCM is used in the
majority of countries, despite problems with obtaining the relevant information
needed for accurate calculations. In some countries, a modified SCM model is used,
adjusted to local conditions. In the UK, this model is not used, it is replaced by the socalled
Regulatory Offsetting System.
The process of reducing the administrative burden on entrepreneurs does not always take
into account small and medium-sized enterprises, only in rare cases. An exception is
Luxembourg, which uses the European Commission’s principle Think small first and
considers small and medium-sized enterprises in creating legislation.
In Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Cyprus, Ireland and Slovenia, an SME Test is used to assess
the impact of legislative changes on small and medium-sized enterprises. Croatia is
preparing for its introduction. The SME Test is based on the European Commission's
principle Think small first.
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Many approaches of EU countries can be considered similar to solutions adopted and
applied in the Czech Republic. Legislation under preparation undergoes the regulatory
impact assessment (RIA).
Most countries use various IT platforms or various forms of consultations to obtain
suggestions on reducing the burden. An example is the Danish Business Forum focused
on collecting suggestions on improving regulations, which is similar to the Expert Group
for Reducing the Administrative Burden on Entrepreneurs, working in the Czech Ministry
of Industry and Trade. Consultations, as an irreplaceable source of suggestions for removing
the burden in running a business, are used e.g. in Ireland, Poland, Croatia, Finland, UK or
Slovenia.
An interesting system of obtaining suggestions is through a simple form placed
on the website of the relevant responsible organisation. The Slovenian electronic system
of obtaining suggestions to remove the burden, which is very elaborate and indicates
the path of a suggestion from its submission, through the course of its solution up to its
resolution, ranked in 2013 among the 5 best services of public administration in the awards
of the United Nations Organisation for improving the provision of public services. Slovakia
has a from placed directly on the website of the Ministry of Economy, through which more
than 30 new suggestions to reduce the burden are received every year. In the Czech
Republic, the suggestions to cut the burden are obtained through the website
www.zjednodusujeme.cz set up upon the initiative of MIT.
All the countries consult new pieces of legislation or any amendments thereto
concerning entrepreneurs with stakeholders through various working groups,
meetings, questionnaires, talks, etc. Many states have created web portals for
uploading suggestions for changes submitted by the business public.
Some projects used in EU countries can serve as inspiration for their introduction
in the Czech Republic.
It could be beneficial to introduce the principle one–in, one–out which is used e.g. in Austria
or Germany, its introduction is considered in Finland. The UK has used the principle one–in,
three–out already since 2016.
It may be said that the approach of the Czech Republic to reducing the administrative
burden on entrepreneurs is similar to the approach and procedures of most of the EU
countries.
Annex No 4 provides an overview of the approach to the agenda of reducing the burden
on entrepreneurs in selected countries. The source of information are mainly profiles
of the members of the BRN working group provided on the CIRCABC communication
channel.
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4. Final summary and measures proposed for the next period
The Report provides a summary of reducing the administrative burden in 2017 and
an outlook for the next period.
In 2017, the central government bodies continued to implement 28 measures to reduce
the administrative burden, which remained to be implemented from the previous period
2013–2016. At the same time, they sought other possibilities of removing the administrative
burden.
The first measures appeared in 2013 following the end of the Plan for Reducing
the Administrative Burden on Entrepreneurs in the period 2008-2012. A new goal was set
for all the central government bodies to reduce the administrative burden on entrepreneurs
through 60 measures by the end of 2015 and to perform a remeasurement
of the administrative burden on entrepreneurs in 2016. By the end of 2015, 62 measures had
been implemented and the set objective had been achieved. In the course of 2016,
the central government bodies implemented further 23 measures. The Measurement
of the Administrative Burden on Entrepreneurs was also carried out in 2016. The results
showed that, as opposed to 2005 when the first measurement was made, the number
of information duties was cut by 675 and the administrative burden by 31.49%.
In 2017, the government bodies managed to complete 13 measures out of 28
measures planned for a several-years period. In addition to the 28 monitored
measures, 5 new measures were implemented. In total, 18 measures were completed.
In the upcoming period, the central government bodies will work on a total of 19
measures planned for implementation.
To achieve the goal of reducing the burden through 40 measures by 2020, it remains
to implement 22 measures.
As 2 measures are not implemented, they will be removed from the monitoring from 2018
(Measure no. 4.16, and Measure no. 53).
In the next period, the central government bodies are recommended to focus their
attention on implementing measures concerning:
 computerisation of public administration (Measure no. 20),
 eliminating duplicities of data for the statistical and tax authorities (Measure no. 26),
 duplicate reports on waste production and management (Measure no. 43),
 public contributions to social security, premiums on pension savings and premiums
on health insurance and administration of the income tax of natural persons reviewing
the project of setting up a single collection point (Measure no. 31).
For more details including the implementers of the measures see the annexes.
All government bodies are recommended to carefully consider the frequent
amendments to legislation. The study of constantly changing regulations creates
a significant financial and time burden on entrepreneurs and mainly an unpredictable
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business environment. An important role is played here by setting a sufficiently long
preparation period before the legislation takes effect.
The administrative burden on entrepreneurs needs to be calculated for all regulations
under preparation. In the cases where the calculation cannot be made, to provide
justification and at least a qualified description.
It is also recommended to consult the proposed measures with entrepreneurs and business
associations as far as possible, also using the Expert Group on reducing the administrative
burden for businesses.
Despite the already implemented measures over the last years, the administrative burden
placed on entrepreneurs by government bodies is still perceived as high. Especially in the
areas of duplicate reports on waste, providing duplicate data for the statistical and the tax
authority, the payment of taxes, execution and insolvency proceedings or the insufficiently
fast computerisation of public administration and mutual interconnectedness. In particular,
the tax area, which affects all entrepreneurs, has been seen over the last years as very
burdensome and expanding.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade will continue monitoring the reduction of the
administrative burden on entrepreneurs and will annually provide the Czech
government with a report on the progress in reducing the administrative burden
on entrepreneurs.
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List of abbreviations
ABC classification – determining the origin of the information obligation (Methodology form
determining the size and origin of the administrative burden on entrepreneurs, MI,
2007)
API – Agency for Enterprise and Innovation
ABE – administrative burden on entrepreneurs
CzT – CzechTourism agency
CWMA – Czech Waste Management Association
CMA – Czech Mining Authority
CEI – Czech Environmental Inspectorate
CMA JEP – Czech Medical Association of J.E. Purkyně
CSSA – Czech Social Security Administration
CSO – Czech Statistical Office
CTO – Czech Telecommunication Office
COSMC – Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre
EC – European Commission
EQF – European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning
ERO – Energy Regulatory Office
EG – Expert Group on reducing the administrative burden for businesses
GTD – General Tax Directorate
IISST – Integrated Information System of State Treasury
IO – information obligation
IOP – Integrated Operational Programme
IRO – irritating obligation (the most burdensome obligation – in subjective terms)
IRZ – Integrated Pollutant Register
ISPOP – Integrated System of Reporting Obligations
ISVZ – Public Procurement Information System
IS ZR – Information system of the basic registers
SIP – single collection point
MT – Ministry of Transport
MF – Ministry of Finance
MC – Ministry of Culture
MoRD – Ministry of Regional Development
MD – Ministry of Defence
MIT – Ministry of Industry and Trade
MoLSA – Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
MJ – Ministry of Justice
MS2014+ - Monitoring system for the programming period 2014–2020
MEYS – Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
MI – Ministry of the Interior
MA – Ministry of Agriculture
MH – Ministry of Health
ME – Ministry of Environment
NSA – National Security Authority
NRQ – National Register of Qualifications
OKOM – Department for Compatibility, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
OPPI – Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation
OP EIC – Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness
ORP – Municipality with extended powers
QR code – Quick Response code – here in relation to school reports and digital data on
pupils
DSSA – District Social Security Administration
WC RIA – Working Commision of the Government Legislative Council for regulatory impact
assessment
REA – Register of External Addresses
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REFIT – Regulatory Fitness and Performance
RIA – Regulatory Impact Assessment
RÚIAN – Register of Territorial Identification, Addresses and Real Estate
ROS – Basic Register of Natural and Legal Persons
SKD – List of Certified Contractors
SCM – Standard Cost Model
SSCR – List of Systems of Certified Contractors
SSHR - Administration of State Material Reserves
SLIO – State Labour Inspection Office
SONS – State Office for Nuclear Safety
OPC – Office for the Protection of Competition
IPO – Industrial Property Office
OG CR – Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
IHIS – Institute of Health Information and Statistics
PPA – Public Procurement Act
ENV – Environment
Annexes available upon request.