The ANP board approved today (10/29) the new normative instruction (IN) that will regulate the Agency's decision-making process. The new IN replaces the previous one on the subject (IN No. 01/1999), in order to update the rules, adapting them to new procedures already implemented and to devices introduced by the legislation, in addition to making the process more transparent.

The new IN reinforces the collegiate character of the decisions of the ANP board and the need for transparency at all stages, as determined by the Agency Law (Law No. 13.848, of June 25, 2019).

Among the measures to increase transparency, are the determination of minimum deadlines for publication of the agendas and minutes of the board meetings, the mandatory transmission and availability of the recording of the meetings, and the need to indicate the factual and legal assumptions on which they are based the decisions.

In addition, the focus is on the administrative process, rather than on the action proposal presented by the technical area responsible to the board. Thus, all documents necessary for decision making will be included in the records of the electronic administrative process, which can be consulted through the Electronic Information System (SEI).

The Normative Instruction also contemplates procedures already adopted by the Agency, such as the Expository Circuit, and changes the deadline for urgent Deliberative Circuits from one to two working days, in order to allow a better analysis of the matters submitted to this approval rite.

The new NI was prepared in accordance with the new standard established by the ANP Document Standardization Guide, bringing a clearer and more objective structural model, which facilitates the understanding by the servers and collaborators and, consequently, the effectiveness of its Implementation.

The board also approved the conduct of internal studies on the possibility of oral arguments by the parties to the administrative processes that are the subject of resolution. These studies should include benchmarking with other federal regulatory agencies that have already adopted the practice and be presented to the board within 90 days.