Introduction

The information and analysis contained within this summary document is developed to inform policy makers. Whilst the information analysed was supplied by representatives of National Governments, a number of assumptions, simplifications and transformations have been made in order to present information that is easily understood by policy makers, and to enable comparisons with other countries. Therefore, information should only be used as guidance in general policy it may not be sufficiently detailed nor robust for use in setting specific performance requirements. Details of information sources and assumption, simplification and transformations are contained within the document. Issue date: September 2014 *Represented by: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and the Netherlands and separately as Poland and Spain.