The Impact of Covid-19 on Regulatory Reform: Challenges Facing the Polish Regulatory Policy System.

The major aim of the article is to identify the framework of regulatory policy in which Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is an effective tool supporting the process of making good law and used to reduce risks associated with drafting regulations, that, with relatively small benefits, cause a disproportionately large burden on public finances, often leading to a breach of budgetary constraint. Secondly, this article attempts to identify both strengths and weaknesses of the Polish regulatory system and includes recommendations toward the appropriate framework of regulatory policy. The methodology assumed in the article is based on the well-correlated reports of OECD and European Commission. The Polish Regulatory Policy System fails to meet the main OECD recommendations. It requires stronger legal mandate for the RIA and stronger central oversight unit tasked with quality control, upstream support and guidance but first of all it has to change the status quo in which the units responsible for analysing the impact of regulations are often practically identical to those that draft these regulations. It is suggested by OECD that governments should improve how they assess, communicate, and manage risks -- including by more systematically reviewing regulations to ensure they correspond to the latest evidence and science. These implications remain extremely justified in relation to the Polish system of regulatory policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]