News item | 17-12-2025 | 10:45
The Advisory Board for Assessment of Regulatory Burden (ATR) Establishment Act will come into effect on January 1, 2026. With this law, the government is taking an important step in reducing unnecessary regulatory burden. The ATR will have a permanent place in the legislative process as an independent advisory body and will play a greater role in drafting new legislation and regulations. The goal is clear: less unnecessary regulatory burden and more workable rules for entrepreneurs, citizens and professionals.
The new law gives the ATR more tasks and responsibilities. For example, the advisory board is more likely to be involved in new legislation that can have major consequences for the regulatory burden. In this way, the ATR can think about and advise at an early stage about the possible consequences of rules and help to prevent unnecessary burdens.
In addition, the ATR can now also advise on new European rules, support ministries with new policies and assess initiative laws and amendments at the request of the House of Representatives and Senate. The ATR is involved as standard in legislation and regulations with major consequences for the regulatory burden.
The law is in line with the government’s broader approach to reducing regulatory burden. The first 218 rules have now been identified that will be deleted or simplified, or have already been addressed. This is a first step towards the goal of addressing a total of 500 rules by the summer of 2026. With the strengthened role of the ATR, the government wants to prevent unnecessary regulatory pressure from arising again in the future.