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EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 17.5.2018 SWD(2018) EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 17.5.2018 SWD(2018) 189 final PART 2/3 COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 {COM(2018) 296 final} - {SEC(2018) 234 final} - {SWD(2018) 188 final} EN EN ANNEXES OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE REVIEW OF THE TYRE LABELLING REGULATION (EC) No 1222/2009/EC Table of Content ANNEX 1: PROCEDURAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 3 ANNEX 2: STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ..................................................................................... 6 1. OVERVIEW OF THE RESPONDENTS TO THE OPC ....................................................... 6 2. OVERALL RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 8 3. DETAILED RESULTS ............................................................................................................. 9 3.1. EVALUATION OF EXISTING TYRE LABEL ........................................................................ 9 3.2. POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS ................................................................. 14 4. IN EXTENSO COMMENTS FROM ALL RESPONDENTS .............................................. 34 ANNEX 3: WHO IS AFFECTED AND HOW? ....................................................................................... 56 1. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE INITIATIVE ..................................................... 56 2. SUMMARY OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ........................................................................... 57 3. ESTIMATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ................................................................ 58 ANNEX 4: ANALYTICAL METHODS ................................................................................................... 64 1. GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS .................................................................................................. 64 2. INFORMATION EFFECT ..................................................................................................... 65 3. STOCK MODEL ASSUMPTION .......................................................................................... 65 4. BAU SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS ....................................................................................... 66 5. POLICY OPTION 2 SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................ 70 6. POLICY OPTION 3 SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................ 70 7. POLICY OPTION 4 SCENARIO ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................ 72 8. EFFECT OF ROLLING RESISTANCE ON FUEL CONSUMPTION ............................. 72 9. EFFECT OF WET GRIP ON SAFETY ................................................................................ 74 10. SOCIETAL COSTS ................................................................................................................ 78 11. ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT ...................................................................................... 78 12. LABEL RE-ADJUSTMENT .................................................................................................. 81 12.1 Wet Grip ....................................................................................................... 81 12.2 Rolling Resistance / Fuel Efficiency ........................................................... 82 12.3 Rolling resistance / Wet grip cross distributions ...................................... 84 12.4 Noise (dB) ..................................................................................................... 85 12.5 Noise (Classes).............................................................................................. 86 13. PROPOSAL TO NEW LABEL INTERVALS ...................................................................... 87 13.1 Scenario 1 ...................................................................................................... 87 13.2 Scenario 2 ...................................................................................................... 92 1 ANNEX 5: EVALUATION ........................................................................................................................ 96 1. INTRODUCTION - PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION .......................... 98 2. BACKGROUND TO THE INTERVENTION ...................................................................... 99 2.1. DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION AND ITS OBJECTIVES ......................... 99 2.2. BASELINE AND POINTS OF COMPARISON (BAU) ........................................... 102 3. IMPLEMENTATION / STATE OF PLAY ......................................................................... 104 4. METHOD ............................................................................................................................... 105 4.1. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGY ..................................................... 105 4.2. INTERVIEWS AND END-USER SURVEY ............................................................ 107 4.3. LIMITATIONS AND ROBUSTNESS OF FINDINGS .............................................. 108 5. ANALYSIS AND ANSWERS TO THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS .......................... 108 5.1. EFFECTIVENESS .............................................................................................. 108 5.2. EFFICIENCY ..................................................................................................... 116 5.3. RELEVANCE..................................................................................................... 123 5.4. COHERENCE .................................................................................................... 128 5.5. EU ADDED VALUE ........................................................................................... 132 6. CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................... 134 6.1. WHAT IS/IS NOT WORKING AND WHY? .......................................................... 134 6.2. THE LESSONS LEARNT .................................................................................... 135 6.3. ACTUAL PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO EXPECTATIONS ............................. 135 6.4. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN ................................................................................... 136 APPENDIX 1: STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ................................................................. 137 APPENDIX 2: METHODS AND ANALYTICAL MODELS ..................................................... 179 ANNEX 6: RESULTS ............................................................................................................................... 193 1. LIST OF POLICY OPTIONS, INCLUDING MODIFIED POLICY OPTION .............. 193 2. END USER EXPENDITURE ............................................................................................... 193 3. ECONOMY: BUSINESS TURNOVER............................................................................... 197 4. SAFETY AND SAFETY COSTS ......................................................................................... 200 5. ENERGY AND GHG EMISSIONS ..................................................................................... 204 ANNEX 7: GLOSSARY ........................................................................................................................... 206 2 Annex 1: Procedural information 1. Lead DG, Decide Planning/CWP references: Lead DG: Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER). The initiative is included in the Commission Work Programme 2018 as agenda planning item: 2016/ENER/040 2. Organisation and timing: The Inter Service Steering Group met three times: 29 January, 21 February and 6 March 2018. The Inter Service Steering Group included representatives of DGs Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW), Mobility and Transport (MOVE), Justice and Consumers (JUST), Environment (ENV), Climate Action (CLIMA), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Secretariat General (SG). 3. Consultation of the RSB: The Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) delivered a positive opinion with reservations on a draft of the Impact Assessment on 23 March 2018 after the meeting on 21 March. The following table gives an overview of its main comments and how they have been addressed in the report. RSB Opinion 23.03.2018 : Main comments Where and how the comments have been taken into account The report does not adequately present the An explanation of the Energy Labelling context of the Tyre Labelling Regulation Regulation and the Market Surveillance (TLR), e.g. how it works together with the Regulation, and their relevance, has been General Safety Regulation (GSR), Energy added to Section 1.2 on page 4. Labelling Directive and market surveillance The actual contribution of the TLR has been frameworks. It does not present the actual and added to the problem definition on page 7. potential contribution of the labelling scheme to the efficiency and safety of tyres, beyond the requirements put in place by the GSR. The presentation of policy options is not The table at the beginning of section 5 (page sufficiently clear, nor does it appear to cover 15) now presents the all the options, and the the full range of policy issues addressed in the
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