Implementing Regulatory Impact Assessment at Peru’s National Superintendence of Sanitation Services
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Regulations play a fundamental role in achieving public policy objectives, including the protection of human health and the environment, the fight against monopolies, or the efficient provision of water and sanitation services. Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is an important tool for ensuring that regulations are of good quality. This report provides guidance for implementing RIA at the National Superintendence of Sanitation Services in Peru (Sunass). After assessing the agency’s process for issuing rules, the report provides recommendations for designing legal reforms needed to establish RIA as a permanent practice as well as training for the staff who will develop the RIAs. The report includes technical guidelines on undertaking public consultation, identifying public policy problems, and performing cost-benefit analysis.
Also available in: Spanish
Executive summary
The National Superintendence of Sanitation Services (Sunass) is the agency in charge of regulating, governing, and supervising the provision of sanitation services in Peru. Within its portfolio of functions, it regulates the tariffs that service provider companies (SPC) charge to their users and has a major role in setting access and quality standards for sanitation services. Sunass also carries out inspections, applies sanction, and resolves user claims and conflicts among service provider companies. In response to the 2016 OECD report Regulatory Policy in Peru. Assembling the Framework for Regulatory Quality, Sunass has begun to implement a system of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) to improve the quality of its regulations.
Also available in: Spanish
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