Cumulative cost assessment (CCA) of the EU glass industry : key findings and executive summary

A Cumulative Cost Assessment (CCA) aims to identify, assess and, where possible, quantify the cumulative cost generated by selected areas of EU legislation on a given industrial sector. It is retrospective and strictly centred on EU rules. The CCA is all about regulatory costs. Hence, it does not include the benefit side of rules, nor does it assess the cost-benefit balance of the legislation. Against this background, the CCA of the EU glass industry has measured regulatory costs borne by EU manufacturers of packaging glass, glass tableware and flat glass (limited to the basic float glass segment) and linked to EU legislation in the following areas: i) Internal Market; ii) energy; iii) climate; iv) environment; v) workers' and workplace safety; and vi) consumers and health legislation. While regulatory costs have been assessed over the period 2006-15, this document shows key findings for 2015, which allows for capturing the most recent impact of EU legislation on the EU glass industry.