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IA Study Concerning the Revision of the Cableways Directive
5. IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF OPTIONS FOR REVISION OF THE
CURRENT FRAMEWORK (IA STEPS 3 TO 6)
5.1 Introduction
The aim of Part 2 of this study is to assess the impacts of the policy options identified
in the previous Section and summarised in Table 4.14.
The approach to the impact assessment elaborated by this study closely follows the
European Commission’s Impact Assessment Guidelines 21 . The key steps, therefore, in
carrying out the assessment are:
Impact Assessment (IA) Step 1: Identification of existing problems and
objectives of legislative intervention;
IA Step 2: Defining the policy options;
IA Step 3: Identification of impacts that are relevant and key stakeholders that
might be affected;
IA Step 4: Initial assessment of the importance of these impacts based on their
expected magnitude and on the likelihood of them occurring;
IA Step 5: In-depth analysis of the most significant impacts;
IA Step 6: Comparison of the policy options; and
IA Step 7: Identification of the preferred policy option.
The main problems with the current Directive and the associated objectives of
legislative intervention (Step 1) were identified in a report prepared by the
Commission in 2011 22 and further analysed in Section 4 of this report, which also sets
out the policy options for addressing these problems (Step 2). This section therefore
focuses on Steps 3 to 7. Step 3 is dealt with below for all problem areas and Steps 4
to 6 analysed subsequently as per each problem area.
The assessment presented in this Section is based on desk research by the consultants
and on consultation with stakeholders in the cableway sector. An overview of
companies and organisations contacted and of responses received is provided in
Annex I.
5.2 IA Step 3: Identification of Relevant Impacts and Key Stakeholders
The aim of Step 3 is to compile a list of impacts and stakeholders that are relevant to
the policy options under consideration. This is achieved by reviewing the
comprehensive checklist of potential economic, environmental and social impacts set
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European Commission (2009): Impact Assessment Guidelines, dated 15 January 2009 SEC(2009) 92
European Commission (2011): First report on the implementation of Directive 2000/9/EC relating
to cableway installations designed to carry persons, report from the Commission to the European
Parliament and the Council, COM(2011) 123 final dated 16.3.2011.
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