Cableways Impact Assessment Study - Final Report - saferail.nl

Risk & Policy Analysts
Public Authorities
No significant impacts on public authorities are expected, although the German
authorities expect increased administrative burden from Options D2 and D3,
associated with providing advice.
Innovation and Research
No significant impacts on innovation and research are expected.
Consumers and Households
No impacts on consumers and households have been identified.
Specific Regions and Sectors
These Options would have larger impacts in countries where the current legal
requirements may be interpreted as requiring on-site inspections, while in countries
where no such requirement appears to be in force (e.g. in France) the impacts would
be comparatively smaller.
Public Health and Safety
The Belgian competent authority identified potential benefits but as no specific
problems have been identified, it is not expected that these benefits would be
significant.
Conclusion
The consultation conducted for this study has confirmed problems with lack of clarity
as regards existing requirements. However, it has been suggested that notified bodies
which account for 90% of the notification market already use assessment modules,
suggesting that the impacts of Options D2 and D3 would likely be limited. Inspections
may be required by legislation as subsystems are already assessed by means of
conformity assessment modules some of which do not require on-site inspections.
Therefore, the main impact of the proposed Options would arise in relation to
eliminating disparities in legal interpretation and the lack of legal clarity. In this
respect, however, Option D2 is not seen as effective in reducing legal uncertainty and
Option D3 is seen as preferable.
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