DECISION n°290 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways amending annex 1 of MB Decision n° 195 adopting the amended Agency’s Impact Assessment Methodology

Following a review of the Impact Assessment practice and changes to the TSI transition framework, the amendment of the Agency’s Impact Assessment procedure (MB Decision n° 195) needed updating.

The 2 goals for updating the IA procedure (annex 1) are:

1. Set principles on the type of impact assessment that can be expected for different TSI changes. By doing so, the procedure will be aligned with the new transition framework for TSI changes as developed for rolling stock and CCS TSIs.
2. Simplify the procedure so that a proportionate amount of resources can be invested on an impact assessment based on the type of change that is scrutinised. For this the ‘impact note’ output type is introduced, which can be used as an alternative to a light or full IA in clearly defined cases.

This decision was adopted in meeting 59 on 16 March 2022.