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Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) overview

• What is a Regulatory Impact Assessment?
• Who needs to do a Regulatory Impact Assessment?
• What are the benefits of a Regulatory Impact Assessment?
• When should I start a Regulatory Impact Assessment?
• The initial, partial and full/final Regulatory Impact Assessment
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What are the benefits of a Regulatory Impact Assessment?

The RIA process is an essential part of policy making. It will help you to:

• clarify the objectives of your proposal
• think through the full impact of your proposals
• identify and assess alternative options for achieving the policy goal
• ensure your consultation exercise is meaningful and reaches the widest possible range of stakeholders
• inform negotiations in the EU
• determine whether the benefits justify the costs
• determine whether particular groups may be disproportionately affected