A qu
ick
chec
k to
ass
ess
the
impa
cts
of E
urop
ean
polic
ies
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RR
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RIA
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PAC
T A
SS
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EN
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eren
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N T
IA T
ool U
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pro
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ecto
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n th
e ot
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and,
the
corr
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emen
tatio
n of
the
CV
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as e
stim
ated
to c
ontri
bute
to in
crea
se th
e ov
eral
l qua
lity
of g
over
nmen
t pro
cure
men
t pro
cedu
res,
cre
atin
g “c
atch
ing
up”
eff e
cts
in
espe
cial
ly
East
ern
Euro
pean
(P
olan
d,
Rom
ania
, Bu
lgar
ia) a
nd S
outh
ern
Euro
pean
(Ita
ly, G
reec
e, S
pain
) reg
ions
.
No
spec
ifi c
exem
ptio
ns o
r re
gion
ally
tar
gete
d ac
tions
on
the
polic
y le
vel w
ere
prop
osed
. H
owev
er w
ith p
rocu
rem
ent
bein
g st
rong
ly n
atio
nally
and
reg
iona
lly d
eter
min
ed,
expe
rts c
on-
clud
-ed
that
sup
port
poin
ts fo
r aut
horit
ies
on a
pply
ing
proc
ure-
men
t pro
cedu
res
wer
e ne
cess
ary.
Fur
ther
mor
e, s
peci
al c
onsi
d-er
a-tio
ns s
houl
d be
giv
en t
o is
land
reg
ions
as
the
lack
ing
conn
ec-ti
on to
the
mai
nlan
d po
wer
grid
cou
ld c
reat
e pr
oble
ms
with
ele
ctric
veh
icle
s.
The
“Wor
k Li
fe B
alan
ce D
irect
ive”
Wor
k-Li
fe-B
alan
ce a
s a
part
of f
air
wor
king
con
ditio
ns b
eing
de
man
ded
by t
he E
urop
ean
Pilla
r of
Soc
ial
Rig
hts,
the
Com
-m
issi
on in
trodu
ced
a pr
opos
al fo
r a c
orre
spon
ding
dire
ctiv
e. M
ain
actio
ns p
ut f
orw
ard
are
right
s to
pat
erni
ty l
eave
, m
ore fl e
xibl
e pa
rent
al l
eave
tim
e, e
ntitl
emen
t to
red
uced
wor
king
hou
rs a
nd
days
to c
are
for i
ll rel
ativ
es a
s w
ell a
s pr
ovis
ions
for r
emun
erat
ion.
Prov
idin
g in
put t
o th
e co
nsul
tatio
ns in
the
ordi
nary
legi
slat
ive
pro-
cedu
re, t
he C
oR c
onsi
dere
d it
nece
ssar
y to
con
duct
a T
IA to
pro
-vi
de e
vide
nce
on th
e te
rrito
rial d
istri
butio
n of
impa
cts.
The
exp
ert
grou
p w
as c
ompr
ised
of 1
6 re
pres
enta
tives
of a
num
ber o
f ass
oci-
atio
ns, s
ocia
l par
tner
s an
d lo
cal a
nd re
gion
al a
utho
ritie
s.
The
expe
rts a
gree
d th
at in
prin
cipl
e al
l reg
ions
are
aff e
cted
by
the
polic
y an
d th
us n
o sp
ecifi
c ty
pes
shou
ld b
e in
the
focu
s. F
ollo
win
g th
e cr
eatio
n of
the
syst
emic
pic
ture
on
polic
y ef
-fect
s, th
ey s
elec
ted
9 in
dica
tors
to d
epic
t tho
se eff e
cts.
One
of t
hose
Indi
cato
rs w
as
“Fle
xibl
e W
orki
ng” d
epic
ting
the
avai
la-b
ility
of fl
exib
le s
ched
ules
to
em
ploy
ees.
Exp
erts
det
erm
ined
the
polic
y to
infl u
ence
this
indi
-ca
tor s
trong
ly a
dvan
tage
ous,
with
the
resu
lting
map
sho
win
g hi
gh
and
very
hig
h im
pact
s fo
r la
rge
parts
of
east
ern,
sou
ther
n an
d ce
ntra
l Eur
ope.
In th
e Ba
ltic
and
Scan
dina
vian
cou
ntrie
s as
wel
l as
Aust
ria, I
rela
nd a
nd th
e C
zech
Rep
ublic
impa
cts
are
low
er d
ue to
th
e al
read
y hi
gh a
vaila
bilit
y of
fl ex
ible
sch
edul
es.
Ove
rall
the
dire
ctiv
e w
as a
sses
sed
to h
ave
mai
nly
posi
tive
impa
cts
also
incl
udin
g a
cohe
sive
eff e
ct.
Econ
omic
ben
efi ts
ar
e lik
ely
conc
entra
ted
in u
rban
are
as, w
hile
cul
tura
l ben
efi ts
(e
.g. r
elat
ing
to a
shi
ft in
trad
ition
al g
ende
r rol
es) a
re li
kely
to
be c
once
ntra
ted
in ru
ral a
reas
. The
exp
erts
con
clud
ed, t
hat n
o ne
ed
for
terr
itoria
l ex
empt
ions
or
sp
ecifi
c pr
ovis
ions
ar
e ne
c-es
sary
in th
e di
rect
ive,
how
ever
they
iden
tifi e
d a
num
ber
of a
ccom
pany
ing
mea
sure
s in
ord
er to
ens
ure
an eff e
ctiv
e an
d eq
ually
fair
impl
emen
tatio
n.
Figu
re 6
: Map
exa
mpl
e W
LB
Con
clus
ion
The
ESPO
N T
IA T
ool a
nd t
he u
nder
lyin
g Q
uick
Che
ck m
eth-
od-o
logy
has
pro
ven
its v
alue
in a
sses
sing
EU
pol
icie
s fo
r a
long
tim
e. It
is a
ppre
ciat
ed b
y m
ultip
le in
stitu
tions
and
inte
rest
gr
oups
as
a w
ay o
f gat
herin
g in
form
atio
n on
terr
itoria
l im
pact
s in
a c
onve
nien
t and
qui
ck m
anne
r. W
ith th
e co
ntin
uous
upg
rade
of
the
web
tool
s ca
pabi
litie
s, a
ddin
g m
ore
anal
ytic
al f
unct
ions
an
d m
odul
es in
ord
er to
ena
ble
a be
tter t
ailo
ring
of th
e as
-ses
-sm
ent,
it is
sui
ted
for a
wid
e ra
nge
of p
olic
ies.
It is
how
ever
not
a m
etho
d fo
r in-
dept
h as
sess
men
t but
rath
er a
w
ay o
f fac
ilita
ting
expe
rt di
scus
sion
s, g
ettin
g a fi r
st g
lanc
e of
te
rrito
rial i
mpa
ct d
istri
butio
ns a
nd id
entif
ying
nee
ds fo
r fu
rther
re
sear
ch. M
ore
deta
iled
guid
ance
doc
umen
ts a
s w
ell a
s ex
ten-
sive
inf
orm
atio
n on
the
met
hodo
logi
cal
back
grou
nd c
an b
e fo
und
on th
e pr
ojec
t web
site
sta
ted
belo
w.
Impa
ct a
sses
smen
ts a
re a
sta
ndar
d el
emen
t of t
he le
gisl
ativ
e pr
oces
s fo
r eve
ry m
ajor
EU
-leve
l ini
tiativ
e (i.
e.
dire
ctiv
e or
regu
latio
n). T
hey
aim
to p
rodu
ce a
n ex
-ant
e pi
ctur
e of
how
the
polic
y w
ill ac
t, w
ho w
ill be
infl u
ence
d by
it a
nd h
ow. W
hile
trad
ition
ally,
env
ironm
enta
l, so
cial
and
eco
nom
ic im
pact
ass
essm
ents
are
the
man
dato
ry
parts
of t
he E
U le
gisl
ativ
e pr
oces
s, th
e re
leva
nce
of s
uch
impa
cts
on th
e te
rrito
ries
them
selv
es is
incr
easi
ngly
re
cogn
ised
with
in th
e EU
.
Terr
itoria
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent (
TIA)
is a
way
of i
dent
ifyin
g th
e te
rrito
rial d
istri
butio
n of
impa
cts
– in
tend
ed o
r un
inte
nded
– lin
ked
to a
spe
cifi c
pol
icy.
App
lied
early
in th
e le
gisl
ativ
e pr
oces
s, T
IA c
an a
id in
sha
ping
a p
olic
y,
redu
cing
the
unev
en d
istri
butio
n of
neg
ativ
e an
d po
sitiv
e im
pact
s. D
ue to
the
ofte
ntim
es a
bstra
ct n
atur
e of
po
licie
s an
d diffi
culti
es in
tran
slat
ing
EU-le
vel p
olic
ies
into
pot
entia
l im
pact
s on
a lo
w re
gion
al s
cale
, the
re is
de
man
d fo
r an
acce
ssib
le a
nd e
asy
to a
p-pl
y m
etho
dolo
gy p
rodu
cing
evi
denc
e ba
sed
resu
lts.
For t
his
purp
ose,
ESP
ON
has
bee
n en
gage
d in
the
deve
lopm
ent a
nd o
pera
tiona
lisat
ion
of a
qui
ck a
nd e
asy
to u
se a
sses
smen
t met
hod
for t
errit
oria
l im
pact
s. T
his
has
led
to th
e in
trodu
ctio
n of
the
“ESP
ON
TIA
Qui
ck
Che
ck” m
etho
dolo
gy th
at h
as b
een
succ
essf
ully
app
lied
to s
ever
al E
U-r
egul
atio
ns a
nd c
ontin
uous
ly d
evel
oped
ov
er th
e ye
ars.
The
met
hodo
logy
is e
mbe
dded
in a
wor
ksho
p se
tting
led
by tw
o m
oder
ator
s an
d is
ass
iste
d by
th
e TI
A w
ebto
ol a
pplic
atio
n in
ord
er to
ste
er a
n ex
pert
disc
ussi
on o
n te
rrito
rial eff e
cts
of p
olic
ies.
How
the
ESPO
N T
IA Q
uick
Che
ck w
orks
The
met
hodo
logi
cal b
ackg
roun
d be
hind
the
TIA
Qui
ck C
heck
is
the
vuln
erab
ility
con
cept
dev
elop
ed b
y th
e IP
CC
. In
gen
eral
, th
is m
eans
the
com
bina
tion
of th
e se
nsiti
vity
of a
ny g
iven
ent
ity
tow
ards
a s
pecifi c
mec
hani
sm w
ith th
e ex
posu
re to
that
mec
ha-
nism
. In
the
cont
ext o
f Ter
ritor
ial I
mpa
ct A
sses
smen
t, th
e “e
xpo-
sure
” re
late
s to
the
eff e
cts
of th
e sp
ecifi
c po
licy
(e.g
. red
ucin
g C
O2
emis
sion
s),
the
unde
rlyin
g m
echa
nism
s as
sum
ed t
o be
eq
ual f
or a
ll re
gion
s in
the
sco
pe o
f the
impa
ct a
sses
s-m
ent.
The
sens
itivi
ty o
n th
e ot
her h
and
rela
tes
to th
e ch
arac
ter-i
stic
s of
the
spec
ifi c
regi
on (
e.g.
soc
io-e
cono
mic
feat
ures
) an
d th
us
varie
s ac
ross
the
terr
itory
. The
exp
osur
e th
us is
spe
cifi c
to th
e po
licy
(i.e.
it is
equ
al fo
r all
regi
ons,
but
cha
nges
with
the
polic
y in
que
stio
n) a
nd d
eter
min
ed q
ualit
ativ
ely
whi
le th
e se
nsi-t
ivity
is
spec
ifi c
to th
e re
gion
(i.e
. it c
hang
es fo
r eac
h re
gion
, but
is in
de-
pend
ent o
f the
pol
icy)
and
det
erm
ined
by
quan
tita-
tive
data
.
The
com
bina
tion
of e
xpos
ure
and
sens
itivi
ty t
hen
crea
tes
the
info
rmat
ion
on t
he r
esul
ting
impa
ct o
n a
regi
on.
Figu
re 1
de
-pic
ts t
he m
etho
dolo
gica
l sch
eme
of t
he v
ulne
rabi
lity
con-
cept
in th
e ci
rcum
stan
ces
of th
e TI
A Q
uick
Che
ck.
The
vuln
erab
ility
con
cept
How
to a
pply
the
ESPO
N T
IA Q
uick
Che
ck
The
back
bone
of t
he T
IA Q
uick
Che
ck b
eing
the
com
bina
tion
of e
xper
t kno
wle
dge
and
expe
rt ju
dgem
ent o
n th
e “e
xpos
ure”
to
war
ds a
pol
icy
with
the
quan
titat
ive
data
on
“reg
iona
l sen
si-
tiv-it
y”, t
he a
pplic
atio
n of
the
met
hodo
logy
has
to b
e em
bed-
ded
in a
wor
ksho
p se
tting
. With
in s
uch
a w
orks
hop,
a tr
aine
d
ESPO
N T
OO
LS //
GU
IDA
NC
E SH
EET
//
Terr
itoria
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent T
ool
A qu
ick
chec
k to
ass
ess
the
impa
cts
of E
urop
ean
polic
ies
Oct
ober
201
9
A qu
ick
chec
k to
ass
ess
the
impa
cts
of E
urop
ean
polic
ies
// TE
RR
ITO
RIA
L IM
PAC
T A
SS
ES
SM
EN
T TO
OL
// E
SP
ON
2/4
erat
or. A
s qu
antit
ativ
e da
ta b
acki
ng fo
r tha
t is
nece
ssar
y, s
uf-
fi cie
nt ti
me
has
to b
e se
t asi
de fo
r re
sear
ch o
f dat
a an
d in
te-
grat
ion
into
the
web
tool
.
Step
2: R
egio
ns &
Exp
osur
eTh
is
step
m
arks
th
e ac
tual
sta
rt of
the
wor
k-sh
op p
art.
With
hel
p an
d gu
idan
ce b
y th
e m
oder
a-to
rs,
the
expe
rts
trans
-la
te t
he p
olic
y pr
opos
al
into
a s
yste
mic
pic
ture
of
the
polic
ies
impa
cts.
O
rient
ing
them
selv
es
alon
g th
e fo
ur
dim
en-
sion
s of
im
pact
s,
Econ
omy,
S
ocie
ty,
Envi
ronm
ent a
nd G
over
n an
ce,
caus
e-eff
ect
rel
a-tio
ns h
ave
to b
e id
enti-
fi ed
by t
he p
artic
ipan
ts.
Thro
ugh
thes
e ca
use
eff e
ct c
hain
s, t
he e
xpo-
sure
sid
e (i.
e. th
e eff
ect
s cr
eate
d by
th
e po
licy
prop
osal
) an
d th
e se
nsiti
vity
sid
e of
the
vuln
erab
ility
con
cept
(i.
e. th
e su
scep
tibili
ty o
f the
re-g
ions
) are
link
ed.
Furt
herm
ore,
the
exp
erts
hav
e to
det
erm
ine,
if
the
impa
ct
mec
hani
sm w
ill b
e diff e
rent
for
diff e
rent
type
s of
reg
ions
, i.e
. th
e ex
posu
re w
ill v
ary.
Typ
es o
f reg
ions
to b
e co
nsid
ered
can
be
e.g
. rur
al re
gion
s, is
land
regi
ons,
indu
stria
l reg
ions
etc
., fo
r w
hich
the
tool
off e
rs a
num
ber
of p
redefi n
ed t
ypol
ogie
s. It
is
also
pos
sibl
e to
cre
ate
cust
om t
ypol
ogie
s re
late
d to
the
sp
ecif-
ic n
eeds
for a
sses
sing
a p
olic
y pr
opos
al.
Figu
re 3
: sys
tem
ic p
ictu
re
Fina
lly, t
he c
reat
ed s
yste
mic
pic
ture
has
to b
e tra
nsla
ted
into
a
set
of i
ndic
ator
s ab
le t
o be
com
pute
d by
the
web
tool
. Th
e ex
perts
sel
ect t
hose
indi
cato
rs v
ia g
roup
con
sens
us o
ut o
f the
st
anda
rd s
et o
f 80
indi
ctor
s as
wel
l as
any
addi
tiona
l ind
icat
ors
uplo
aded
by
the
mod
erat
ors
in s
tep
1. F
or e
ach
indi
cato
r an
d ea
ch ty
pe o
f reg
ion
a vo
ting
take
s pl
ace,
whe
re e
xper
ts d
eter
-m
ine
the
stre
ngth
(i.e
. st
rong
or
wea
k) a
nd t
he d
irect
ion
(i.e.
ad
vant
ageo
us o
r dis
adva
ntag
eous
) of i
mpa
cts.
Step
3: M
appi
ngBa
sed
on t
he s
elec
ted
indi
cato
rs a
nd g
athe
red
vote
s, t
he
web
tool
cal
cula
tes
an im
pact
val
ue fo
r eac
h si
ngle
indi
cato
r in
each
sin
gle
NU
TS 3
reg
ion.
The
se v
alue
s ar
e su
bseq
uent
ly
map
ped
out
by t
he t
ool
and
show
a d
iff er
entia
tion
betw
een
Figu
re 2
: fro
ntpa
ge o
f the
TIA
web
tool
mod
era-
tor
guid
es t
he e
xper
t di
scus
sion
fro
m i
dent
ifyin
g po
tent
ial i
mpa
ct m
echa
nism
s of
a p
olic
y th
roug
h id
entifi
cat
ion
of s
uita
-ble
indi
cato
rs to
the
crea
tion
of m
aps
on im
pact
pat
-te
rns
on a
ter
ritor
ial
leve
l w
ith t
he a
id o
f th
e TI
A w
ebto
ol.
Sub
sequ
ently
, the
exp
ert g
roup
is le
d th
roug
h th
e in
terp
reta
-tio
n of
thos
e pa
ttern
s as
w
ell
as d
educ
ting
rec-
omm
enda
tions
for p
olic
y de
sign
to
re
duce
or
el
imin
ate
unde
sira
ble
eff e
cts
and
to
fost
er
desi
rabl
e eff
ect
s.
In o
rder
to
ensu
re t
he
valid
ity a
nd r
elia
bilit
y of
re
sults
as
wel
l as
in o
rder
to
ass
ist t
he m
oder
ator
s in
pre
parin
g an
d im
ple-
men
ting
the
wor
ksho
p,
the
proc
ess
of a
TIA
fol-
low
ing
the
Qui
ck C
heck
m
etho
dolo
gy
is
stru
c-tu
red
alon
g 5
dist
inct
st
eps.
The
des
ign
of th
e w
ebto
ol
refl e
cts
thos
e an
d is
spe
cifi c
ally
cre
ated
to a
id m
oder
ator
s in
pre
parin
g an
d de
liver
ing
a Te
rrito
rial I
mpa
ct A
sses
smen
t.
Step
1: S
etup
TIA
The
prep
arat
ory
phas
e of
the
TIA
wor
ksho
p in
clud
es a
naly
sis
of
the
polic
y, d
evel
opm
ent o
f the
wor
ksho
p co
ncep
t and
gro
up c
om-
posi
tion
as w
ell a
s ta
ilorin
g of
indi
cato
rs to
like
ly p
olic
y eff
ect
s.
As
a st
artin
g po
int,
a pr
epar
ator
y an
alys
is o
f the
pol
icy
to b
e as
sess
ed h
as t
o be
con
duct
ed.
Mod
erat
ors
have
to
cons
ider
po
tent
ially
rele
vant
impa
ct m
echa
nism
s ba
sed
on th
e m
easu
res
set
by t
he p
olic
y. B
uild
ing
on t
hat
know
ledg
e of
the
pol
icy
a w
orks
hop
conc
ept c
an b
e de
velo
ped.
Fi
rstly
, the
dec
isio
n on
the
type
of T
IA w
ithin
the
web
tool
has
to
be m
ade.
Mod
erat
ors
have
4 o
ptio
ns a
vaila
ble:
• G
ener
al T
IA c
over
ing
all r
egio
ns w
ithin
the
EU re
spec
tivel
y th
e ES
PON
spa
ce (E
U +
NO
, CH
, IS,
LI)
• C
ross
-Bor
der T
IA c
over
ing
cros
s bo
rder
are
as a
nd p
rovi
ding
sp
ecia
l ind
icat
ors
for s
uch
regi
ons
• U
rban
TIA
cov
erin
g ur
ban
regi
ons
in p
artic
ular
• C
usto
m T
IA a
llow
ing
for
a nu
mbe
r of
adj
ustm
ents
suc
h as
lim
iting
the
regi
ons
cove
red
Furth
erm
ore
the
wor
ksho
p co
ncep
t inc
lude
s in
ter
alia
con
sid-
er-a
tions
on
polic
y op
tions
(i.e
. is
the
re o
ne c
oncr
ete
polic
y al
-rea
dy s
et, o
r doe
s th
e pr
opos
al off e
r diff
eren
t opt
ions
?), n
eed
for e
xter
nal i
nput
(i.e
. doe
s th
e re
spon
sibl
e au
thor
ity fo
r a p
olic
y ne
ed t
o ex
plai
n ba
ckgr
ound
s or
con
side
ratio
ns i
n de
tail?
Is
ther
e a
need
for
a th
emat
ic e
xper
t pre
sent
ing
an o
utsi
de v
iew
on
the
top
ic?)
, a
prio
ri te
rrito
rial
diff e
rent
iatio
ns (
e.g.
if
the
im-p
act
mec
hani
sms
diff e
r be
twee
n ty
pes
of r
egio
ns s
uch
as
urba
n an
d ru
ral r
egio
ns?)
. A
long
tho
se li
nes
parti
cipa
nts
and
spea
kers
can
be
sele
cted
and
invi
ted.
As
a fu
rthe
r pr
epar
ator
y st
ep,
mod
erat
ors
have
to
give
con
-si
d-er
atio
ns to
like
ly eff e
cts
of th
e po
licy
and
indi
cato
rs n
eede
d to
dep
ict
the
sens
itivi
ty t
owar
ds t
hose
eff e
cts
on a
ter
ritor
ial
leve
l. Th
e w
ebto
ol off e
rs a
roun
d 80
sta
ndar
d in
dica
tors
, whi
ch
can
be e
nric
hed
by a
dditi
onal
rele
vant
indi
cato
rs b
y th
e m
od-
ES
PO
N //
TE
RR
ITO
RIA
L IM
PAC
T A
SS
ES
SM
EN
T TO
OL
// A
quic
k ch
eck
to a
sses
s th
e im
pact
s of
Eur
opea
n po
licie
s3/
4
“min
or”,
“mod
erat
e”,
“hig
h” a
nd “
very
hig
h” im
pact
s bo
th in
a
nega
tive
or p
ositi
ve d
irect
ion
(fi gu
re 4
).
Figu
re 4
: Map
exa
mpl
e St
ep 3
On
the
basi
s of
the
resu
lting
map
s an
d w
ith th
e he
lp o
f a n
um-
ber
of fu
rthe
r an
alyt
ical
func
tiona
litie
s bu
ilt in
to th
e to
ol (
e.g.
di
strib
utio
n pl
ots
of im
pact
val
ues,
pie
cha
rts
depi
ctin
g ab
un-
danc
es o
f im
pact
cat
egor
ies,
com
paris
on o
f a re
gion
s im
pact
w
ith t
he a
vera
ge i
mpa
ct e
tc.),
exp
erts
ide
ntify
and
dis
cuss
te
rrito
rial p
atte
rns.
In th
e w
orks
hop
setti
ng, m
aps
are
prin
ted
out
in o
rder
to
allo
w f
or s
ide-
by-s
ide
com
paris
ons
aidi
ng i
n fi n
ding
suc
h pa
ttern
s. R
evis
iting
the
crea
ted
syst
emic
pic
ture
of
im-p
acts
, log
ical
link
s to
the
polic
ies
actio
ns a
nd th
us c
ausa
l re
latio
ns c
an th
en b
e de
bate
d.
Step
4: A
ggre
gatio
nTh
e to
ol off e
rs th
e po
ssib
ility
to c
alcu
late
an
aggr
egat
ed im
pact
ov
er a
ll in
dica
tors
, com
bini
ng im
pact
val
ues
for e
ach
regi
on fo
r ev
ery
sing
le in
dica
tor a
nd s
ubse
quen
tly m
appi
ng it
out
. Mea
n-in
gful
ness
and
esp
ecia
lly in
terp
reta
bilit
y of
suc
h a
map
how
-ev
-er
varie
s w
ith s
pecifi c
indi
cato
r set
s. A
ggre
gatio
n of
impa
cts
over
m
ultip
le
dim
ensi
ons
can
be
diffi
cult
and
som
etim
es
mis
-lead
ing,
as
stro
ng im
pact
s in
one
indi
cato
r ar
e av
erag
ed
out b
y w
eak
impa
cts
in o
ther
indi
cato
rs th
us c
reat
ing
a te
nden
cy
to h
omog
enou
s im
pact
s ra
ther
tha
n w
ell d
evel
oped
pat
tern
s.
Mod
erat
ors
and
expe
rts a
like
thus
hav
e to
app
roac
h th
e us
e of
ag
greg
ated
impa
ct m
aps
care
fully
.
Step
5: R
ecom
men
datio
nsTh
e re
sults
of t
he e
xper
t dis
cuss
ion
on th
e sy
stem
ic p
ictu
re o
f po
licy
actio
n, th
e re
late
d te
rrito
rial p
atte
rns
and
the
iden
tifi e
d ca
usal
rela
tions
to th
e po
licy fi n
ally
feed
into
the
deve
lopm
ent
of p
olic
y re
com
men
datio
ns. T
hose
rec
omm
enda
tions
can
be
base
d fo
r ex
ampl
e on
a d
ispr
opor
tiona
lly h
igh
impa
ct o
n ce
r-ta
in t
ypes
of
regi
ons,
par
ts o
f th
e EU
or
spec
ifi c
mem
ber
stat
es. O
n th
e op
posi
te s
ide
a la
ck o
f hig
h im
pact
s on
cer
tain
ar
eas
mig
ht c
reat
e a
need
for a
djus
ting
the
polic
y. S
tatin
g th
e id
entifi
ed
reas
ons
behi
nd s
uch
likel
y un
even
dis
tribu
tions
of
impa
cts,
the
exp
ert g
roup
can
for
exa
mpl
e su
gges
t prin
cipa
l ad
just
men
ts t
o th
e po
licy,
adj
ustm
ents
or
spec
ifi c
prov
isio
ns
for
cert
ain
regi
ons/
area
s or
mor
e ge
nera
lly e
xem
ptio
ns f
or
som
e pa
rts
of th
e EU
from
the
polic
y.Fo
llow
ing
the
wor
ksho
p, th
e m
oder
ator
s w
ill h
ave
to p
rovi
de a
co
ncis
e re
port
docu
men
ting
the
proc
ess,
the
use
of th
e to
ol,
the
resu
lts o
f th
e po
licy
disc
ussi
on a
nd fi
nal
ly t
he d
educ
ted
polic
y re
com
men
datio
ns.
Prac
tical
exa
mpl
es in
whi
ch th
e TI
A To
ol h
as
been
use
d re
cent
ly
Con
duct
ing
a te
rrito
rial i
mpa
ct a
sses
smen
t with
the
help
of t
he
ESPO
N T
IA T
ool i
s a
frequ
ent
exer
cise
. A
part
from
the
app
li-ca
-tion
on
beha
lf of
the
Com
mis
sion
(DG
REG
IO) i
n th
e or
dina
ry
EU le
gisl
ativ
e pr
oces
s, T
IAs
have
bee
n co
nduc
ted
e.g.
in s
uppo
rt of
the
wor
k of
the
Com
mitt
ee o
f Reg
ions
, IN
TER
ACT
and
in s
ev-
eral
stu
dies
on
beha
lf of
var
ying
EU
inst
itutio
ns a
sses
sing
pot
en-
tial i
mpa
cts
of p
ropo
sed
polic
ies.
Tw
o ex
am-p
les
of th
e pr
actic
al
appl
icat
ion
of th
e TI
A to
ol a
re d
escr
ibed
ens
uing
.
The
“Cle
an V
ehic
les
Dire
ctiv
e”Th
e ro
ad tr
ansp
ort s
ecto
r stil
l is
resp
onsi
ble
for a
con
side
rabl
e sh
are
of th
e EU
s em
issi
ons
and
the
Uni
on is
unl
ikel
y to
mee
t its
set
targ
ets
in th
at re
gard
. With
the
exis
ting
Cle
an V
ehic
les
Dire
ctiv
e sh
owin
g lit
tle eff e
cts,
the
Euro
pean
Com
mis
sion
pro
-po
sed
diff e
rent
sce
nario
s fo
r st
reng
then
ing
the
dire
ctiv
e an
d al
low
ing
for
a gr
eate
r in
crea
se in
upt
ake
of c
lean
roa
d tra
ns-
port
vehi
cles
.Th
e C
omm
issi
on c
onsi
derin
g th
e te
rrito
rial d
imen
sion
of r
ele-
vanc
e fo
r th
e di
rect
ive
fore
seei
ng a
like
ly u
neve
n di
strib
utio
n of
impa
cts,
a T
errit
oria
l Im
pact
Ass
essm
ent
with
the
hel
p of
th
e TI
A w
ebto
ol w
as c
ondu
cted
. The
bro
ad th
emat
ic n
atur
e of
ex
pect
ed im
pact
s cr
eate
d th
e ne
ed fo
r an
exp
ert g
roup
of 2
0 pe
ople
com
pris
ed o
f rep
rese
ntat
ives
of t
he a
utom
otiv
e se
ctor
, N
GO
s an
d en
viro
nmen
tal i
nstit
utio
ns, a
cade
mic
exp
erts
, loc
al
and
regi
onal
aut
horit
ies
and
num
erou
s Eu
rope
an in
stitu
tions
su
ch a
s S
EC G
EN
, DG
REG
IO, D
G M
OV
E, D
G E
NV,
CoR
and
ES
PO
N E
GTC
.
Figu
re 5
: Map
exa
mpl
e C
VD
The
expe
rts a
gree
d to
focu
s on
one
par
ticul
ar s
cena
rio o
f the
di
rect
ives
’ re
visi
on,
nam
ely
the
conc
rete
pro
visi
ons
for
pur-
chas
es o
f veh
icle
s by
pub
lic a
utho
ritie
s. T
hey
deci
ded
that
no
spec
ifi c
type
of r
egio
n is
rele
vant
but
the
asse
ssm
ent s
houl
d be
co
nduc
ted
for a
ll re
gion
s of
the
EU. F
ollo
win
g th
e cr
eatio
n of
the
syst
emic
pic
ture
of i
mpa
cts,
a to
tal o
f 8 in
dica
tors
, mos
tly in
the
dim
ensi
ons
of e
nviro
nmen
t and
eco
nom
y w
ere
sele
cted
.
Ove
rall,
mos
t im
pact
s id
entifi
ed
wer
e pr
edom
inan
tly p
ositi
ve
and
show
ed a
qui
te e
qual
dis
tribu
tion
acro
ss th
e EU
. Tw
o di
s-tin
ct p
atte
rns
how
ever
wer
e id
entifi
ed,
with
urb
an a
gglo
mer
a-tio
ns m
ainl
y ar
ound
the
capi
tal c
ities
profi t
ing
mor
e th
an o
ther
re
gion
s. T
his
eff e
ct h
owev
er is
lim
ited
mos
tly to
the
envi
ronm
en-