Guidelines for Impact Assessment in Law Drafting
Valtioneuvosto
08.05.2023
Julkaisusarja:
Publications of the Finnish Government 2023:53Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-383-660-0Tiivistelmä
These guidelines replace the Guidelines for Impact Assessment in Law Drafting issued by the Government in 2007. The purpose of the revised guidelines is to improve the quality of impact assessments and thus the acts to be drafted. The guidelines help law drafters plan impact assessments, identify and assess different types of impacts and, where necessary, seek further information.
The first part of the guidelines lays down general principles for impact assessments. This part deals with starting points for an impact assessment, the stages of the impact assessment as part of the law drafting process, the special features of impact assessments in projects concerning EU legislation and treaties, and information collection, methods and documentation in connection with impact assessments.
The second part of the guidelines provides instructions on special questions related to the assessment of different types of impacts. The guidelines describe what the different types of impacts mean, how they can be assessed, and what information sources are available for this purpose. The impacts to be assessed are divided into economic impacts, environmental impacts and other human and societal impacts.
In addition, the guidelines contain a checklist for the impact assessment process, a checklist for the identification of impacts and a list of further instructions and information sources referred to in the guidelines.
The first part of the guidelines lays down general principles for impact assessments. This part deals with starting points for an impact assessment, the stages of the impact assessment as part of the law drafting process, the special features of impact assessments in projects concerning EU legislation and treaties, and information collection, methods and documentation in connection with impact assessments.
The second part of the guidelines provides instructions on special questions related to the assessment of different types of impacts. The guidelines describe what the different types of impacts mean, how they can be assessed, and what information sources are available for this purpose. The impacts to be assessed are divided into economic impacts, environmental impacts and other human and societal impacts.
In addition, the guidelines contain a checklist for the impact assessment process, a checklist for the identification of impacts and a list of further instructions and information sources referred to in the guidelines.