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Risk & Policy Analysts
Overall, stakeholders appear keen on further clarification in this area. Table 4.6
indicates that the majority of respondents would appreciate introducing and/or
applying a non-exhaustive list of safety components in the Directive.
Table 4.4: Have you experienced problems arising from lack of clarity as to the difference
between subsystems and infrastructure?
National Authorities
Notified Bodies
No. of Responses % of Responses No. of Responses % of Responses
Yes 5 22% 2 40%
No 18 78% 3 60%
TOTAL 23 100% 5 100%
Table 4.5: Have you experienced problems arising from lack of clarity as to the difference
between safety components and subsystems?
National Authorities
Notified Bodies
No. of Responses % of Responses No. of Responses % of Responses
Yes 10 45% 4 80%
No 12 55% 1 20%
TOTAL 22 100% 5 100%
Table 4.6: Do you think it is necessary to introduce a non-exhaustive list of safety components
in the Directive, in order to clarify the differences between safety components and subsystems?
National Authorities
Notified Bodies
No. of Responses % of Responses No. of Responses % of Responses
Yes 15 68% 3 60%
No 7 32% 2 40%
TOTAL 22 100% 5 100%
Considering that significant proportions of respondents have experienced problems
linked to the definition of safety components, subsystems and infrastructure and that
the majority of respondents would welcome the introduction of a non-exhaustive list
of safety components in the Directive, these issues are further examined in Section 5
of this report.
Conformity Assessment Modules
As shown in Table 4.7, the majority (11 of 20) of national authorities and of notified
bodies (3 of 5) believe that there could be particular benefits from introducing a
specific conformity assessment module for subsystems.
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