Legislation against Black Economy as Reflected by the Parlamenti Napló

Abstract

The topic of black economy had its heyday in the period between 1995 and 1996. In my paper I wish to present the disputes and the struggles of definition, accompanying legislative work wishing to push the phenomenon back. An emphasis is put on the parliamentary decision-making mechanism. I have investigated legislative work, aiming at pushing back black economy, on the basis of the minutes of the committees and plenary sessions of Parliament between 1994 and 1998. 1 have particularly focused on the presentation of those steps of legislation which resulted in the activation of economic interest groups so that interest asserting behaviour, characteristic of the individual actors, may be identified. In the first part of the paper important steps of law-making targeted to pushing black economy back are presented, to be followed by the decision-making mechanism and the characteristic features of the individual interest groups.