Table of annexes annex I: Glossary 4
Step for the calculation of administrative costs
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- 2.General assumptions for administrative cost calculation
- 3.Comparison of policy measures concerning approval systems
- 3.1.Presentation of the baseline scenario
1.Step for the calculation of administrative costsFor the purpose of this study, in order to assess all the administrative costs, a specific evaluation approach was adopted consisting in the following main steps:
Error! Objects cannot be created from editing field codes. The average cost per action is estimated by multiplying a tariff (based on the average labour cost per hour including prorated overheads) by the time required per action. 2.General assumptions for administrative cost calculationIf an administrative action is required by law (directive, regulation, etc.) but corresponds to what an entity normally does in the absence of any legal obligation, it has not been regarded as administrative action and thus as administrative cost. For the assessment of net administrative costs only additional/new costs imposed by a legislative framework in relation to the base line scenario (action/measures) have been considered; One-off/recurrent administrative costs: *one-off administrative costs, defined as start up-cost or costs incurred when re-designing the way administrative obligation or specific action are met; *recurrent administrative costs, defined as annual costs (for instance) related to a specific reporting or auditing/controlling programme;
For all the measures, specific levels of Full Time Equivalent (man-days) have been defined according to detailed assumptions and hypothesis developed measure-by-measure; The following categories of cost parameters have been considered: *cost parameters for actions developed by the targeted entity itself: number of hours spent to develop the specific action, multiplied by the hourly pay plus the overheads; *cost parameters for the “outsourced activities”(administrative actions eventually outsourced to external providers): the service provider charges per activity could be calculated considering an “overall service provider” charge per action or by multiplying the hourly fee charged (the service providers “external” tariff) by number of hours spent on the specific actions. 3.Comparison of policy measures concerning approval systemsThe policy measures are the following:
These 2 measures are to be compared with the baseline scenario. 3.1.Presentation of the baseline scenario:There has been no change so far (at the knowledge of the Commission) concerning the approval systems of each Member State. The baseline is therefore the current situation for approvals, which is reflected below for Member States for which this information is available:
Source: Member States replies to EC questionnaire, end 2010 (for *: SDG report 2010, p.85-86) From an administrative cost point of view, it can be seen that the situation is different between Member States. No models emerging amongst the Member States (information required are different and the frequency of the requests varies). It is therefore very difficult to calculate the "absolute" administrative costs borne by Member States and companies for the policy measures, for all the countries (it would additionally require to know the number of companies per countries and per airports, for each Member State, as well as the average number of approvals and stations for each company, in each Member States). However, the objective being to compare the administrative costs between the policy measures, it is proposed to calculate in a simplified manner the administrative costs for the baseline and the policy measures to allow for a comparison between these options, as follows: 1. The number of approvals and authorisations requested/delivered in Europe will be estimated for the 3 cases. 2. The average cost of an approval (respectively an authorisation) for the businesses (groundhandling companies, airport operators in charge of delivering authorisations) and for public authorities (independent authority in charge of delivering approvals) will be calculated with the AB calculator (http://adminburden.sg.cec.eu.int/default.aspx).
* 75% of Member States have an approval system, representing administrative costs for the Member States and the business entities (groundhandling companies), under the form of required information and inspections by the authorities. There is rarely additional information required by the airport operators, it is considered negligible in the baseline scenario. *For the 25% of remaining Member States, there is no approval system but administrative costs for the business entities (groundhandling companies and airport operators) under the form of information requested by the local airport operators and associated inspections. *It is considered when detailed information is unknown that airports are generally equally spread between approval and non-approval countries. *It is assumed that 1 approval is valid for one State and one airport authorisation for 1 airport. * In average, a groundhandling company operates in 3 Member States (2 Member States where an approval is needed and 1 Member State where an approval is not necessary) and more precisely at 4 airports (3 airports in 2 Member States where an approval is needed and 1 airport in a Member State where an approval is not necessary- but an airport authorisation is needed). *For the policy measure about mutual recognition of approvals between Member States, the approval system is extended to all Member States, and approvals are mutually recognised. It is nevertheless assumed that 80% of information requested is mutually recognised, but that 20% of the information will remain State-related (i.e. checked as if was a national approval). In addition, we assume that 20% of airports previously requesting authorisations will continue to request information from the groundhandling companies, even if it is verified in the approval or by Member States. *For the policy measure about setting up an approval delivery system at EU level, it is assumed that although the approvals are delivered in a centralised manner, 20% of the information will remain State-related. In addition, we assume that 20% of airports previously requesting authorisations will continue to request information from the groundhandling companies, even if it is verified in the approval or by Member States. Estimate of the number of approvals and authorisations for each scenario The number of approvals and authorisations delivered are the same for the policy measure consisting in setting up a mutual recognition of approvals between Member States and for the policy measure consisting in setting up an EU approval (except that in the first case, the approval is delivered by a Member State, while in the latter one, it is delivered by the Commission). Only the first case is therefore presented in the following table:
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