Drafting EU law? Take ICT aspects into account and use ICT Impact Assessment Guidelines

Are you a policy officer drafting EU legislation, which may entail information and communication technology aspects? Or you work in the IT or Impact Assessment capability of your Directorate-General and you would like to support your policy colleagues to assess the ICT impacts of their policy proposal?

Then have a look at the updated ICT Impact Assessment Guidelines, which provide a systematic way of assessing the digital aspects of proposed legislative initiatives. The guidelines are fully aligned with and complement the Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox of the European Commission. Following its methodological steps, you can assess the various IT scenarios which may support the implementation of your policy, and select the most suitable and cost-efficient one.

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Benefits of conducting an ICT impact assessment

• Assessing ICT impacts at an early stage increases the chances of an efficient, effective and timely implementation of the proposed legislation and assures higher quality.
• The ICT impact assessment may also help you to identify existing solutions and building blocks for reuse. In general, through this process, you can better plan the needed resources and the implementation schedule.
• Also, through this process, you can reach out to partners, such as IT experts and IT governance, who can help you in creating legislation.

As a next step, DG Informatics is working under the ISA² Programme to build up a comprehensive support offer around the updated ICT Impact Assessment Guidelines.

Your feedback matters

Please let us know how we could help you better address the ICT impacts of your legislation.

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Interested? Read the ICT Impact Assessment Guidelines leaflet and have a look at our page dedicated to activities around legal interoperability, which include ICT Impact Assessment support.