Actualidad Regulatoria. Boletín Informativo. A. Noboa (anoboa@npa.com.do)
30 de
agosto 2012, Sto. Dgo., R.D., Año III, volumen LV
Este breve comentario, se ofrece en opinión al
modo en que fue redactado el proyecto de Reglamento de Aplicación de la Ley
General de Defensa a la Competencia, actualmente sometido a consulta pública.
Llama la atención su formato, pues recorre la numeración de toda la Ley No. 42-08, para indicar, sobre cada
artículo, si será sujeto a reglamentación o no. Esta técnica de redacción se
aparte del modo que estila la Administración Publica dominicana, al dictar
reglamentos de esta índole, que por demás recomendamos en este caso.
La sola lectura de ley, indica para cuales
disposiciones el legislador, reservó remisión
normativa y para cuales no es indispensable. No es labor de Pro-Competencia acotar hasta donde
llega su propia facultad. Tal labor fue de exclusiva atribución del Congreso
Nacional al dictar la Ley No. 42-08. Además,
resulta poco práctico, en tanto hay importantes temas de orden reglamentario,
que requieren ampliación numérica de artículos para su debido tratamiento, más
allá del índice numeral de la ley. A
modo de ejemplo, la reglamentación de las audiencias públicas o del voto
disidente, requieren de muchos artículos, cuando en la ley, aparecen
mencionados en una y otra disposición.
30 de agosto de 2012.
On the drafting style used to draw up the Draft Implementing Regulations of the General Law on Competition
Regulatory Briefing. Newsletter. . A. Noboa(anoboa@npa.com.do)
August
30, 2012, Sto. Dgo., R.D., Año III, volumen LV
This brief commentary is provided to comment on the drafting style used to draw up the Draft Implementing Regulations of the General Law for the Defense of Competition, currently under public consultation. The style used calls to our attention because it goes through each article of Law No. 42-08, to indicate, for each item, whether it will be subject to regulation or not. This drafting technique departs from the customary style of the Dominican Public Administration used for such regulations, which we recommend in this case.
The current
style of the draft regulations is not advisable or necessary. It could generate
unnecessary confusion among the articles of the law and of the implementing
regulations, which have been numerically matched. Less advisable is to
stipulate that an article will not be regulated. The use of regulatory
reference, a regulatory power rule widely known in Administrative Law which
will be explained in a subsequent newsletter, makes it unnecessary.
The mere
reading of law serves to indicate the provisions for which the legislator
reserved regulatory reference and those for which is not indispensable.
It is not Pro-Competencia’s job to limit the extent of their own power. It was
Congress’ exclusive attribution in enacting Law No. 42-08. Moreover, it is
impractical, since there are important regulatory issues which will require a
numerical expansion of its articles in order to be appropriately regulated,
beyond numerical index of the law. For example, the regulation of public
hearings or dissenting votes requires many articles, whereas in the law, they
are merely mentioned in single article provisions.
In short,
with respect to the drafting style of the draft implementing regulations, we
suggest Pro-Competencia take as guide other implementing regulations adopted by
the Executive Branch, and follow that drafting technique, which is standard
throughout the Public Administration. A good example is the Implementing
Regulations of Law No. 200-04, on Free Access to Public Information, which
we have mentioned in previous newsletters, regarding this subject. However,
there are many good examples of implementing regulations issued by other
institutions, which can be obtained from the Office of the Legal Adviser to the
Executive Branch, body that can be of great support to Pro-Competencia, a
nascent institution, in preparing the final draft of the legal piece at hand.
August 30,
2012.