EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 8.7.2014 SWD(2014) 225 final COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Better situational awareness by enhanced cooperation across maritime surveillance authorities: next steps within the Common Information Sharing Environment for the EU maritime domain {COM(2014) 451 final} {SWD(2014) 224 final} EN EN COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Better situational awareness by enhanced cooperation across maritime surveillance authorities: next steps within the Common Information Sharing Environment for the EU maritime domain Table of contents 1. Executive Summary Sheet ........................................................................................... 6 2. Introduction and scene setter........................................................................................ 9 3. Procedural issues and consultation of interested parties............................................ 12 3.1. Identification .............................................................................................................. 12 3.2. Impact assessment steering group.............................................................................. 12 3.3. Consultation and expertise ......................................................................................... 12 3.3.1. Public consultation..................................................................................................... 12 3.3.2. Other consultations.................................................................................................... 13 3.3.3. Dialogues and consultations with other Institutions, other Services and Member States .......................................................................................................................... 13 3.3.4. Consultancy studies.................................................................................................... 15 4. Problem definition...................................................................................................... 17 4.1. The problem............................................................................................................... 17 4.2. What is causing this problem? ................................................................................... 20 4.3. Who is affected by the problems and what are the consequences for them?............. 24 4.4. The baseline scenario ................................................................................................. 25 4.4.1. Evolution of the baseline scenario ............................................................................. 27 4.5. EU right to act, added value, proportionality and subsidiarity .................................. 29 4.5.1. The right to act – treaty basis ..................................................................................... 29 4.5.2. Added value of EU action.......................................................................................... 29 4.5.3. Subsidiarity and Proportionality................................................................................ 30 4.5.4. Coherence with existing policies and initiatives........................................................ 30 5. Objectives................................................................................................................... 32 2 5.1. General objectives...................................................................................................... 32 5.2. Specific objectives..................................................................................................... 34 6. Policy options............................................................................................................. 36 6.1. Selecting the policy options ....................................................................................... 36 6.2. Discarded options....................................................................................................... 36 6.3. Retained policy options.............................................................................................. 37 6.3.1. Option 1- No further EU action ................................................................................. 37 6.3.2. Option 2 -Voluntary measures ................................................................................... 38 6.3.3. Option 3 -Binding measures ...................................................................................... 40 6.3.4. Combination of policy options................................................................................... 41 7. Assessment of options................................................................................................ 41 7.1. Qualitative assessment of options.............................................................................. 42 7.1.1. Option 1 – No EU action (baseline scenario) ............................................................ 42 7.1.2. Option 2 – Voluntary measures ................................................................................. 43 7.1.3. Option 3 – Binding measures..................................................................................... 46 7.2. Quantitative assessment ............................................................................................. 47 7.2.1. Economic, social and environmental impacts of implementing the CISE project..... 47 7.2.2. Economic, social and environmental impacts of each Policy option......................... 49 7.3. Assessment of impacts on fundamental rights........................................................... 53 7.4. Assessment of Cost and administrative burden ......................................................... 53 7.4.1. Costs of the policy options......................................................................................... 53 7.4.2. Cost at EU level versus costs at Member States level ............................................... 55 8. comparing the options................................................................................................ 56 8.1. Effectiveness in obtaining the objectives................................................................... 56 8.2. Benefits ...................................................................................................................... 57 8.3. Cost ............................................................................................................................ 58 8.4. Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 58 9. Monitoring and evaluation......................................................................................... 59 10. Annex 1: Summary of public consultation ................................................................ 61 11. Annex 2: Summary of the Member States survey ..................................................... 78 1.1 Cost of current maritime surveillance........................................................................ 78 1.2 Limitations to information sharing ............................................................................ 79 1.3 Benefits from CISE.................................................................................................... 80 1.4 Impacts ....................................................................................................................... 81 12. Annex 3: maritime surveillance authorities in EU Member States............................ 83 3 11. Annex 4: Connection with other EU policies related to eGovernment.................... 100 The Malmö Declaration....................................................................................................... 100 The Granada Declaration.................................................................................................... 100 Europe 2020 .......................................................................................................................... 100 Digital Agenda for Europe .................................................................................................. 101 European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 ............................................................... 102 The ISA programme ............................................................................................................ 103 4 Table of Figures and Tables Table 1- Overview of the quantitative assessment (source: COWI study) 50 Table 2 - Cost of the policy options (source: Gartner study) 53 Table 3 - Comparison of the options 54 Figure 1- Limitations in access to information (source: Member States survey) 17 Figure 2 - Overview of data gap assessment (source: TAG work) 24 Figure 3 - European Interoperability Framework (source: Commission) 30 Figure 4- Benefits in terms of surveillance tasks (source: Member States survey) 32 Figure 5 - Central cost versus Member States cost (source: Gartner study) 53 5 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SHEET Impact assessment in support of a Communication on a Common information sharing environment for the EU maritime domain A. Need for action Why? What is the problem being addressed? The current information exchange between maritime surveillance authorities in the EU is suboptimal and leads to efficiency