Analysis of Regulatory Coherence in the TPP

TPP 협정의 규제일관성 내용 분석

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Partnership Agreement introduce "regulatory coherence." Regulatory coherence refers to "the use of good regulatory practices in the process of planning, designing, issuing, implementing and reviewing regulatory measures in order to facilitate achievement of domestic policy objectives, and in efforts across governments to enhance regulatory cooperation in order to further those objectives and promote international trade and investment, economic growth and employment." This paper traces ideas dealing with regulatory reform and regulatory transparency as discussed in OECD, APEC and selected WTO agreements, examines the text of the regulatory coherence chapter of TPP and TTIP, then examines the regulatory reform system of Korea to see whether Korea satisfies the conditions set forth in the regulatory coherence chapter of TPP. The paper concludes that the Korean regulatory reform system mostly satisfies the requirements of the TPP chapter on regulatory coherence, but some additional procedural reforms are needed for laws proposed by National Assemblymen, and regional laws proposed by regional governments. Finally, the paper notes that the Korean government has been mis-translating regulatory coherence as regulatory convergence, which is a separate idea, and the government should correct its error as soon as possible.

미국이 주도하는 TPP와 TTIP협정에서 「규제일관성(regulatory coherence)」의 개념이 도입되었다. 규제일관성이란 국내 정부기관들간, 그리고 여러 국가들의 정부간 규제관련 협력의 강화를 통해서 국내적 제도를 개선하고 국내 정책목표의 실현을 원활화하며, 국제무역과 투자 및 경제성장과 취업을 장려하도록 규제조치의 계획, 디자인, 발효, 집행 및 검토 절차에 좋은 규제 모범관행을 사용하는 것을 의미한다. 본 글은 규제일관성 개념의 발전과정과 TPP 협정문의 내용을 살펴보고 한국의 관점에서 TPP 등 국제협정에 포함되어 있는 규제일관성의 내용을 수용할 수 있을지를 검토해보고자 한다. 또한 정부는 보도자료에서 규제일관성을 규제수렴으로 번역하고 있는데, 이는 전혀 다른 개념이므로 정부는 이러한 번역관행을 수정해야 할 것이다.