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Samfundsøkonomiske omkostningsvurderinger ved anvendelsesreguleringer på kemikalieområdet The cost assessmentThe purpose of the cost assessment is to provide a quantitative estimate of the costs for the Danish society of a given possible intervention in the field of chemicals. The analysis does not consider the environmental benefits from the intervention. Consequently, it is a cost-efficiency analysis. In a cost-efficiency analysis, the target is given beforehand (the intervention) and the analysis merely assesses the costs of achieving the already established target. The guide is an instruction in the elaboration of economic cost assessments. This means effects on all groups of society (economic actors) who will be more or less affected by the intervention in question. The actors considered are thus the suppliers of the chemical substance in question and of the alternative product to use instead of the chemical substance in question (producers, suppliers and wholesalers), the users of the chemical substance in question (industry, trade and private households), and the public sector (state, counties and municipalities). The analytical approach thus diverts from a traditional budget economic analysis where costs to one group are calculated without account being taken of the possible derived effects on other groups. |