With the new law, the ATR gains more tasks and responsibilities. For example, the advisory board will be involved earlier in new legislation that may have significant impacts on regulatory burden. This allows the ATR to think along and advise at an early stage about the possible effects of rules and help prevent unnecessary burdens.
Furthermore, the ATR can now also advise on new European regulations, support ministries with new policies, and assess private member bills and amendments at the request of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The ATR is standardly involved in legislation with significant consequences for regulatory burden.
The law aligns with the cabinets broader approach to reducing regulatory burden. The first 218 rules have been identified that are being eliminated or simplified, or have already been addressed. This is a first step towards the goal of tackling a total of 500 rules before the summer of 2026. With the strengthened role of the ATR, the cabinet aims to prevent unnecessary regulatory burden from arising again in the future.