Cableways Impact Assessment Study - Final Report - saferail.nl

IA Study Concerning the Revision of the Cableways Directive
Operating Costs and Conduct of Business/SMEs
No companies that would be impacted have been identified and as such no costs
would arise.
Administrative Burdens on Businesses
It is not considered that Options A2 and A3 would affect the existing administrative
burden on businesses.
Public Authorities
One-off costs
Should Option A3 be implemented, EU Member States would incur costs arising from
the need to transpose the relevant changes into national legislation. In practice, the
exact costs would depend on the specific changes agreed in the final version of the
Directive and the regulatory model used in each country to implement the Directive
(i.e. the number of departments involved in transposition or implementing the
Directive). These costs are therefore likely to vary significantly between Member
States (for example, Sweden is obliged to carry out an impact assessment on new EU
legislation; it is expected that this may not be the case in some Member States).
Specific data on the costs of transposition of EU legislation by Member States and
their relevant departments/ministries are not readily available. As noted in RPA
(2012) 32 , one UK impact assessment states that “the costs of amending current
regulations to implement a Directive are thought to be around £700,000” (around
€800,000). Although no details are given on the basis for this calculation, it is
expected that these costs relate to a rather substantial legislative change and would
include those costs of making (e.g. preparing an impact assessment, preparing a
transposition note and presenting the legislation before parliament), printing and
publishing the legislation. This estimate is significantly higher than the cost estimated
in UK Department for Transport (2011) which notes that “a combination of legal and
technical resources as well as policy advisors are usually required to implement such
a change, costing approximately £15,687 per amendment” (approximately €18,000).
Considering the relatively limited nature of many of the proposed changes to the
Cableways Directive, it appears more likely that the costs of transposing these
changes would be closer to the low-end estimate.
Considering that the Cableways Directive needs to be aligned with the NLF, it can be
expected that transposition costs arising from Option A3 alone would be significantly
lower than this estimate.
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RPA (2012): Ex-Post Evaluation and Impact Assessment Study on Enhancing the Implementation of
the Internal Market Legislation Relating to Motor Vehicles,
http://www.rpaltd.co.uk/documents/J746_MotorVehicleLegislation_FinalReport_publ.pdf
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