While Directive 2008/96/EC applies only to the TEN-T road network, evidence suggests that its application to nonTEN-T roads happens in the majority of Member States. The degree of compulsion is variable, although there appears in approximately half of Member States some of the RISM procedures are applied to non-TEN-T roads on a mandatory basis.
Importantly, it was found that Member States do not earmark funds to carry out the RISM procedures and costs for the latter are generally incorporated in the overall costs of the road project investments.