“Regulatory Guillotine” – dangers and prospects for industrial enterprises

Abstract

The article analyzes the problems associated with the reform of control and supervisory activities to reduce the administrative burden on business entities. Special attention is paid to the mechanism of the "regulatory guillotine" in the Russian Federation, as a comprehensive update of mandatory requirements. This reform is especially relevant for organizations that produce high-tech products, since it is at these enterprises that the requirements corresponding to the current level of scientific and technological progress should be applied. As a research goal of the article, the authors analyzed the features of the introduction of the "regulatory guillotine" mechanism for industrial enterprises. As a result of the analysis, it is established that it is necessary to apply a process-oriented approach in the implementation of control and supervisory activities. It is determined that on the one hand, the mechanism of the "regulatory guillotine" for enterprises will reduce unnecessarily unjustified control and supervisory checks, form a system of regulation of control and supervisory activities, and minimize administrative pressure. The new regulatory and legislative framework (mandatory requirements) should be consistent and unambiguous, meeting the requirements of the time and technological development of enterprises, based on the most significant public risks. This will allow businesses to reduce costs and remove barriers to development. On the other hand, it is established that the implementation of the "regulatory guillotine" mechanism strongly depends on organizational and managerial aspects: the definition, justification and development of mandatory requirements that ensure a risk-based approach to control and supervisory activities is a difficult task for all participants of the reform, requiring them to be prompt and consistent. The implementation of the "regulatory guillotine" may take years and enterprises will have to work in the mode of uncertainty of the regulatory framework for several more years, and the establishment of a large number of uncontrolled exceptions contributes to the ambiguity of control and supervisory procedures. The article defines the difficulties of implementing the mechanism of the "regulatory guillotine" in industrial enterprises.