The Valencian Government chaired by Juanfran Pérez Llorca approved this Friday a second phase of the administrative simplification plan with a decree-law that eliminates or modifies 96 regulations and establishes the commitment that each new regulation results in the elimination of … regulatory redundancies. It affects, among other things, the deadlines for granting permits to build housing or the recognition of the degree of dependency.
Concretely, it is the decree-law of urgent measures against hyper-regulation, to rationalize procedures and guarantee market unity, which comes into force. in force on January 1 but must then be sent to the Valencian Cortes and aims to “respond to the need to combat excessive bureaucracy and modernize administrative functioning”. By adding the measures of the first administrative simplification decree-law, this would mean the modification or deletion of 149 regulations in total.
The provision is structured into 111 articles divided into nine titles, two additional provisions, two transitional provisions, one repealing provision and four final provisions. With this decree-law, 96 regulations will be modified or deleted, including 38 laws and 43 decrees; 750 articles which, together with those modified in the previous simplification law, total more than 1,300 articles modified or deleted with the aim of modernizing, rationalizing and simplifying the public administration of the Valencian Community.
The spokesperson for the Consell, Miguel Barrachina, explained during the press conference after the plenary session that the decree-law has a “multiple objective” and “affects all areas”. Thus, he argues that it “halves the deadlines for granting building permits in the housing sector”.
Barrachina highlighted that this new measure accelerates obtaining recognition of the degree of dependence and allows companies that have a license to work in any Spanish autonomous community to also do so in the Valencian Community without the need for a second license, he clarified.
The spokesperson also stressed that this avoids individuals having to provide their banking certificate when they interact with the Administration and establish themselves “automatic renewals of a series of requests, such as for example the automatic renewal of large family certification.
As the Consell explains, measures are included to reduce the density of the regulatory burden, eliminate duplication, strengthen legal certainty and establish innovative tools to guarantee interoperability, automation and the ethical use of public data.
Likewise, the objective is to “unblock strategic projects, eliminate unjustified obstacles and strengthen the capacity for public intervention”. “This standard also promotes simplification by design, aiming to avoid new administrative burdens, facilitate regulatory compliance and ensure a more agile, proactive and citizen-centric administration.”
AI to detect regulatory redundancy
The spokesperson highlighted that the Valencian Community becomes “the first Spanish autonomy to approve a rule against hyperregulation which represents the commitment that every time there is a new rule, at least one other will be repealed or removed.” “The inflation of standards which suffocates many, logically with the first simplification agreement and with this second, has ended,” he assured.
Chapter I regulates measures against “hyperregulation” and an integrated set of principles and tools is established that guides all regional regulatory activities towards criteria of rationality, necessity and proportionality. » Requirements for systematic assessment, regulatory mechanisms to control growth, as well as measures to simplify and purify the legal system are incorporated.
To this end, this decree-law articulates innovative measures that combine technical requirements and advanced technological resources, such as the use of artificial intelligence to detect regulatory redundancies, the creation of a dashboard on the regulatory burden or the establishment of a mailbox so that citizens and businesses can submit simplification proposals.
Likewise, progress is being made in the effective digitalization of administrative procedures aimed at natural persons who are not required to interact electronically with the Administration, thanks to the obligation for PROP offices, registration assistance offices (OAMR) and specialized attention offices (which have the status of OAMR) to provide assistance in identification and electronic signature, through authorized official personnel, for administrative procedures that have an electronic management application and volume high demand.
According to the Consell, this measure will significantly reduce the use of paper documents, minimize errors and shorten deadlines in the administrative process, while preserving the rights of those involved, thus justifying its immediate adoption through this standard.
Likewise, the unity of the market is regulated by the implementation of a specific legal regime aimed at guaranteeing the freedom of establishment and movement of economic operators in the Valencian Community.
Title II contains general and organizational measures concerning administrative simplification and regulates procedural and technological simplification measures, in matters of public service, archives, as well as simplification measures in the field of the General Inspection of Services.
For its part, Title III contains measures of a social nature, including modifications in social services, housing and other measures aimed at citizens, while Title IV contains regulatory modifications in matters of economy and finance.
Likewise, Title V includes changes in health matters; title VI variations in education, culture and sport; Title VII is devoted to modifications relating to the environment, town planning and agriculture; Title VIII includes measures targeting the industrial, energy and commercial sectors, and Title IX includes changes in tourism.
Parliamentary negotiation
Asked if he believes that this will happen like the previous simplification law that was treated as a bill as part of its negotiation with Vox, Barrachina indicated that “due to the length of the regulation, it is within the normal range that, although it comes into force from day one, it can be debated in the Valencian Cortes as a Invoice“.
There will be 30 days for its parliamentary debate and “it would be reasonable” for it to be treated as a bill due to “the contributions of Vox and the rest of the groups that can be made in such a necessary document”, he commented.
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