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Ares(2017)4349602 - 06/09/2017 Evaluation of the Aerosols Dispensers Directive 75/324/EC Final report, 24 March 2017 ENTR/172/PP/2012/FC – Lot 4 Jacek Walendowski Judith Vermeer Paresa Markianidou Nora Schiemann Pierre Pouppez de Kettenis March – 2017 Final report – Evaluation of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMES DIRECTORATE C — INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION AND ADVANCED VALUE CHAINS UNIT C.3 — ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS E-MAIL: [email protected] European Commission B-1049 Brussels Final report – Evaluation of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive Evaluation of the Aerosols Dispensers Directive 75/324/EC Final report, 24 March 2017 ENTR/172/PP/2012/FC – Lot 4 EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs Aerosol Dispensers Directive (75/324/EC) 2017 Final report – Evaluation of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union. 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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 6 1.1. The Aerosol Dispensers Directive ......................................................................................... 6 1.2. Objectives and approach to this evaluation ............................................................................ 6 1.3. Main findings and conclusions .............................................................................................. 6 2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 11 2.1. Purpose of the evaluation ................................................................................................. 11 2.2. Scope of the evaluation .................................................................................................... 12 3. BACKGROUND TO THE INITIATIVE ................................................................................... 12 3.1. Description of the initiative and its objectives ...................................................................... 12 3.2. Baseline ......................................................................................................................... 16 3.3. Market analysis ............................................................................................................... 16 3.4. Competitiveness – preliminary insights ............................................................................... 33 4. EVALUATION QUESTIONS ................................................................................................ 38 4.1. Evaluation criteria and questions ....................................................................................... 38 5. METHOD/PROCESS FOLLOWED ........................................................................................ 40 5.1. Studies used ................................................................................................................... 40 5.2. Sources of information/data .............................................................................................. 40 5.3. Steering group ................................................................................................................ 41 5.4. Overall approach ............................................................................................................. 41 5.5. Stakeholders consultation ................................................................................................. 42 5.6. Costs and Benefits ........................................................................................................... 44 5.7. Limitations – robustness of findings ................................................................................... 46 6. State of play of the implementation (Results) .................................................................. 49 6.1. Implementation ............................................................................................................... 49 6.2. State of play ................................................................................................................... 49 6.3. Unexpected results .......................................................................................................... 49 7. ANSWERS TO THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS ................................................................... 50 7.1. Context .......................................................................................................................... 50 7.2. Relevance ....................................................................................................................... 59 7.3. Effectiveness ................................................................................................................... 63 7.4. Efficiency ........................................................................................................................ 84 7.5. Coherence ...................................................................................................................... 89 7.6. EU Added Value ............................................................................................................... 96 8. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................. 98 8.1. Background .................................................................................................................... 98 8.2. Relevance ....................................................................................................................... 98 8.3. Effectiveness ................................................................................................................... 99 8.4. Efficiency ...................................................................................................................... 100 8.5. Coherence .................................................................................................................... 102 8.6. EU Added Value ............................................................................................................. 104 8.7. Other ........................................................................................................................... 105 9. ANNEXES ....................................................................................................................... 106 ANNEX 1 – Study contract - terms of reference ........................................................................ 107 ANNEX 2 – Bibliography ........................................................................................................... 116 ANNEX 3 – Challenges related to the quality of spray and the performance of the dispenser during its use ........................................................................................................................... 118 ANNEX 4 – FEA standards and guidance documents ................................................................. 119 ANNEX 5 - Market analysis complementary information ........................................................... 120 Annex 6 – Evaluation grids ....................................................................................................... 127 Annex 7 – Interview guidelines ................................................................................................ 137 Annex 8 - Targeted online survey ............................................................................................. 149 Annex 9 – Public consultation .................................................................................................. 159 Annex 10 – Costs grids ............................................................................................................. 169 Annex 11 – Overview of consultation with stakeholders .......................................................... 176 Annex 12 – Cost assessment .................................................................................................... 182 Final report – Evaluation of the Aerosol Dispensers Directive FIGURES Figure 1 Aerosol dispensing system .............................................................................................. 13 Figure 2 Intervention logic of the Aerosols Dispenser Directive ......................................................... 15 Figure 3 Product group breakdown ..............................................................................................