The scope of the study is to assess the impacts of the different policy options identified in view of choosing the most cost-effective policy option that ensures a high level of health and safety. The geographic scope of this study was the 2019 composition of the European Union (i.e. including t...
Harmonisation of the road safety requirements for mobile machinery in the EU has been an important topic among policymakers and other stakeholders for several decades. The study commissioned by EASME in 2016 confirmed that a lack of harmonised rules for the road circulation of mobile machinery c...
The objective of this study is to analyse the performance of the Outdoor Noise Emission Directive 2000/14/EC through its evaluation and impact assessment and to examine to what extent it has met its strategic objectives. The study builds on a significant existing evidence base, as well as primar...
The objective of this study is to analyse the performance of the Outdoor Noise Emission Directive 2000/14/EC through its evaluation and impact assessment and to examine to what extent it has met its strategic objectives. The Impact Assessment found that maintaining the legislation in its current...
The purpose of this study is to provide the Commission with the information necessary for the assessment of the economic, social, and environmental impacts of a possible extension of the scope of the EU product safety legislation (ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU, Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/E...
The main objective of this study is to compare these different options for the NRMM directive revision in order to support the EU decision making process. Therefore it compares the impacts of the different options. Nine equipment types are under review and for each of these equipment types, one ...
This report aims to evaluate the current framework and policy options for a possible Commission initiative to legislate on noise from equipment used outdoors. Previously, the EU has regulated noise from equipment through two different directives: the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC (MD) and the N...
Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM) covers a large variety of engine installations in machines used for purposes other than for passenger or goods transport. Examples include diesel and spark emission engines installed in excavators, bulldozers, front loaders, back loaders, compressors, etc. These ...
