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2013 impact assessment (IA) reports / IAB opinions
The impact assessment reports and the opinions of the Impact Assessment Board (IAB) are published after the Commission has adopted the corresponding proposal.
Note that the IAB opinions concern draft impact assessment reports which may differ from the ones adopted.
- Climate Action
- Communications Networks, Content and Technology
- Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- Energy
- Environment
- Fight against Fraud
- Health and Consumer Policy
- Health and Consumer Policy / Industry and Entrepreneurship
- Home Affairs
- Industry and Entrepreneurship
- Internal Market and Services
- Internal Market and Services / Health and Consumer Policy
- Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
- Maritime affairs and fisheries
- Mobility and Transport
- Trade
| Climate Action | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
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| 2013/04/16 | Communication - An EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change | COM(2013)216  [2 MB] | SWD(2013)132 [3 MB] + SWD(2013)131 [69 KB] | SEC(2013)220 [223 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [265 KB] |
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| Communications Networks, Content and Technology | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/03/26 | Proposal for a Regulation on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks | COM(2013)147 | SWD(2013)73 + SWD(2013)74 | SEC(2013)166 [303 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [274 KB] |
| 2013/02/07 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union | COM(2013)48 | SWD(2013)32 + SWD(2013)31 | SEC(2013)98 [679 KB] |
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| Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/04/26 | Proposal for a Directive on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers | COM(2013)236 | SWD(2013)149 + SWD(2013)148 | SEC(2013)229 [349 KB] |
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| Energy | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/01/29 | Report of the Commission on the voluntary ecodesign scheme for imaging equipment | COM(2013)23 | SWD(2013)15 + SWD(2013)14 | SEC(2013)74 [421 KB] |
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| Environment | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/04/09 | Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Building the Single Market for Green Products: Facilitating better information on the environmental performance of products and organisations | COM(2013)196 | SWD(2013)111 + SWD(2013)112 | SEC(2013)201 [266 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [309 KB] |
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| Fight against Fraud | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/02/05 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the euro and other currencies against counterfeiting by criminal law measures and replacing Council Framework Decision 2000/383/JHA | COM(2013)42 [116 KB] | SWD(2013)19 [2 MB] + SWD(2013)20 [78 KB] | SEC(2013)78 [352 KB] |
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| Health and Consumer Policy | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/03/11 | Communication on the animal testing and marketing ban and on the state of play in relation to alternative methods in the field of cosmetics | COM(2013)135 | SWD(2013)66 [549 KB] + SWD(2013)67 [66 KB] | SEC(2013)153 [424 KB] |
| -- | Revision of Regulation 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and laying down procedures in matters of food safety on the establishment of fees for EFSA | Initiative abandoned | SWD(2013)45 1/2 [2 MB] + SWD(2013)45/3 [124 KB] | IAB Final opinion [389 KB] |
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| Health and Consumer Policy / Industry and Entrepreneurship | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/02/13 | Proposal for a Regulation on Consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC | COM(2013)78 [203 KB] | SWD(2013)33 [3 MB] + SWD(2013)34 [93 KB] | SEC(2013)99 [354 KB] |
| 2013/02/13 | Proposal for a Regulation on market surveillance of products and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC, and Directives of the European Parliament and of the Council 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 99/5/EC, 2000/9/EC, 2000/14/EC, 2001/95/EC, 2004/108/EC, 2006/42/EC, 2006/95/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2008/57/EC, 2009/48/EC, 2009/105/EC, 2009/142/EC and 2011/65/UE, as well as Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) No 305/2011, (EC) No 764/2008 and (EC)No 765/2008 | COM(2013)75 [254 KB] | SWD(2013)33 [3 MB] + SWD(2013)34 [93 KB] | SEC(2013)99 [354 KB] |
| 2013/02/13 | Report from the Commission on the implementation of Regulation (EC) 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) 339/93 | COM(2013)77 [110 KB] | SWD(2013)33 [3 MB] + SWD(2013)34 [93 KB] | SEC(2013)99 [354 KB] |
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| Home Affairs | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/03/25 | Proposal for a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training , voluntary service and au pairing (Recast) | COM(2013)151 | SWD(2013)77 + SWD(2013)78 | SEC(2013)167 [247 KB] + IAB Opinion 2nd IA [336 KB] +IAB Opinion 1st IA [395 KB] |
| 2013/03/27 | Proposal for a Regulation on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation and Training (Europol) and repealing Decisions 2009/371/JHA and 2005/681/JHA | COM(2013)173 [433 KB] | SWD(2013)98 [4 MB] + SWD(2013)99 [360 KB] | SEC(2013)186 [224 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [449 KB] |
| 2013/03/25 | Proposal for a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training , voluntary service and au pairing (Recast) | COM(2013)151 [298 KB] | SWD(2013)77 [490 KB] + SWD(2013)78 [93 KB] | SEC(2013)167 [247 KB] + IAB Opinion 2nd IA [336 KB] +IAB Opinion 1st IA [395 KB] |
| 2013/02/28 | Proposal for a Regulation establishing a Registered Traveller Programme | COM(2013)97 | SWD(2013)50 + SWD(2013)51 | SEC(2013)120 [284 KB] |
| 2013/02/28 | Proposal for a Regulation establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union | COM(2013)95 | SWD(2013)47 + SWD(2013)48 | SEC(2013)121 [237 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [356 KB] |
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| Industry and Entrepreneurship | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/02/28 | Proposal for a Decision establishing a space surveillance and tracking support programme | COM(2013)107 | SWD(2013)55 + SWD(2013)54 | SEC(2013)130 [275 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [264 KB] |
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| Internal Market and Services | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/04/16 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups | COM(2013)207 [164 KB] | SWD(2013)127 [554 KB] + SWD(2013)128 [112 KB] | SEC(2013)219 [349 KB] |
| 2013/03/27 | Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark | COM(2013)161 [230 KB] | SWD(2013)95 [764 KB] + SWD(2013)96 [75 KB] | SEC(2013)177 [260 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [430 KB] |
| 2013/03/27 | Proposal for a Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) | COM(2013)162 [234 KB] | SWD(2013)95 [764 KB] + SWD(2013)96 [75 KB] | SEC(2013)177 [260 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [430 KB] |
| 2013/02/05 | Proposal for a Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing | COM(2013)45 [224 KB] | SWD(2013)21 [867 KB] + SWD(2013)22 [103 KB] | SEC(2013)79 [199 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [318 KB] |
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| Internal Market and Services / Health and Consumer Policy | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/05/08 | Proposal for a Directive on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features | COM(2013)266 [158 KB] | SWD(2013)164 [2 MB] + SWD(2013)165 [121 KB] | SEC(2013)250 [218 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [383 KB] |
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| Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/04/24 | Proposal for a Regulation on promoting the free movement of citizens and businesses by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 | COM(2013)228 [488 KB] | SWD(2013)144 [654 KB] + SWD(2013)145 [68 KB] | SEC(2013)227 [176 KB] |
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| Maritime affairs and fisheries | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/03/12 | Proposal for a Directive establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management | COM(2013)133 | SWD(2013)65 [3 MB] + SWD(2013)64 [64 KB] | SEC(2013)151 [231 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [366 KB] |
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| Mobility and Transport | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/04/15 | Proposal for a Directive amending Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic | COM(2013)195 | SWD(2013)108 + SWD(2013)109 | SEC(2013)200 [39 KB] |
| 2013/03/13 | Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air | COM(2013)130 | SWD(2013)62 [983 KB] + SWD(2013)63 [78 KB] | SEC(2013)150 [442 KB] |
| 2013/01/30 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail safety (recast) | COM(2013)31 [328 KB] | SWD(2013)8 [2 MB] + SWD(2013)9 [88 KB] | SEC(2013)71 [345 KB] |
| 2013/01/30 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure | COM(2013)29 [104 KB] | SWD(2013)12 [2 MB] + SWD(2013)13 [203 KB] | SEC(2013)72 [233 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [281 KB] |
| 2013/01/30 | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail | COM(2013)28 [89 KB] | SWD(2013)10 [8 MB] + SWD(2013)11 [530 KB] | SEC(2013)75 [246 KB] + IAB Opinion 2nd IA [287 KB] +IAB Opinion 1st IA [296 KB] |
| 2013/01/24 | Proposal for a Directive on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure | COM(2013)18 [182 KB] | SWD(2013)5 [5 MB] + SWD(2013)6 [78 KB] | SEC(2013)58 [225 KB] + IAB Opinion 1st IA [384 KB] |
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| Trade | ||||
| Adoption date | Commission proposal | Proposal reference | IA report + summary | IAB Opinion |
| 2013/04/10 | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community and Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community | COM(2013)192 [137 KB] | SWD(2013)105 [2 MB] + SWD(2013)106 [58 KB] | SEC(2013)199 [251 KB] |
| 2013/03/12 | Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations on a comprehensive trade and investment agreement, called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, between the European Union and the United States of America | COM(2013)136 Restricted | SWD(2013)68 + SWD(2013)69 Restricted | SEC(2013)154 Restricted |
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