Mariette Lokin

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Experiences and lessons learned

• Mariette Lokin
• February 2009

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Index

• Objects
• Approach
• Experiences
• Lessons learned
• Beyond NTP

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Objects

• Reducing Administrative Burdens
• Annual accounts, Ministry of Justice (Civil Code)
• Using XBRL-FR

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Approach

• Co-operation with Ministry of Finance
• Sharing advantages tax and statistics
• Building a taxonomy
• Developing a process infrastructure
• Creating preconditions, not obligations

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Starting point
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Desired situation
Business records are the central source
Intermediary
Store once, report to many
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SOA
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Experiences

• Normalisation
• Harmonisation
• Optimization of the reporting chain
• Multiple regulatory reporting
• An authorized taxonomy
• Restoring the link between legislation and
  administration

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Experiences

• Common understanding, individual interests
• Agencies
• Market (intermediaries, software vendors)
• Representative bodies
• Creating momentum, recognizing different agendas
• Need for moderation covenant between government
  and market

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Lessons learned

• Semantic interoperability starts in legislation
• Legitimacy is undisputed, but success is
  dependant of adoption by agencies and market
• Support the reporting and compliance process of a
  business its not just another export-format.
• Actual fulfilment of preconditions market- and
  agency-sufficient, in time, protecting
  investments
• Create a critical mass by supporting early
  adopters
• You can only eat an elephant bite by bite

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Beyond NTP

• Substantial change in reporting chains
• Market dis-intermediation, shift from commodity
  to value added services, role in supervision
  (horizontal monitoring)
• Agencies multiple regulatory monitoring
• Applying the concept of standardization in data
  and processes in other chains Standard Business
  Reporting
• From reducing admin burdens to ensuring
  legislative quality

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Beyond NTP II

• Taxonomy management is crucial

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Beyond NTP III

• Towards generic metadata in legislation
• XML-based drafting guarding harmonization in the
  process
• Planning and control in view of versioning
• Automatic consolidation
• Facilitating the building of taxonomies
• LEGIS programme

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