Railway Safety activities at the European Railway Agency

Railway Safety activities at the European Railway Agency Benoît Debusschere Coordinator NSA Network - Safety Unit 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 1

Directive 2004/49/EC The Railway Safety Directive complements market opening and technical legislation It deals with the existing railway system: • harmonising the regulatory structure in member states • defining responsibilities between actors • setting a framework for developing common safety targets and common safety methods • requiring the establishment of a safety authority and an investigation body in each member state • defining principles for management, regulation and supervision of safety 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 2

Framework for further development Some of the provisions of the directive are to be developed in detailed decisions: • Common safety targets and methods • Assessment of safety management systems • Safety certification provisions Annexes of the directive have to be updated following technical progress • In particular common safety indicators (Annex I) The European Railway Agency has been mandated to carry out the technical work 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 3

The Safety Unit 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 4

Achievement in regulatory fields (I) Common format for safety certificates and application documents (January 2006) Confirmed by Commission Regulation (EC) N° 653/2007 Recommendation to the Commission on the notification of national safety rules The Commission asked thereafter 7 Member States to clarify their notifications and 17 to renew notifications Common Safety Method on risk evaluation and assessment (1 st set of CSM, December 2007) Draft Commission Regulation to be adopted in summer 2009 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 5

Achievement in regulatory fields (II) Common Safety Methods for calculation, assessment and enforcement, to be used in the framework of the 1 st set of Common Safety Targets (April 2008) Commission Decision expected in 2009 Recommendation to adapt Annex I of Directive 2004/49 with common definitions and common methods to calculate accident costs (September 2008) Under discussion with Member States in the Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee (RISC) 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 6

Achievement in regulatory fields (III) Recommendation to the Commission on the model for drivers licence and certificate (December 2008) Commission Decision expected in 2009 Requirements for Part B (network related) safety certificate and common format for application guidance documents (December 2008) Under discussion with Member States in the Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee (RISC) 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 7

Achievements in other fields Networks of safety authorities and investigation bodies have been convened since 2005 and made progress in working together The safety authorities have agreed to carry out peer reviews among them with Agency support Five working groups with subgroups involving more than 120 experts are active from 2005 on Database of safety documents is available to the public since May 2007 First report on the development of railway safety was published in autumn 2008 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 8

Work in Progress 1 st set of Common Safety Targets (early summer 2009) CSM to assess conformity with requirements in safety certificates and safety authorisations (autumn 2009) CSM to monitor that subsystems are operated and maintained in accordance with essential requirements (2011 or 2012) 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 9

National Reference Values (I) Risk to passengers (NRV 1. 1) [FWSI/Passenger train-km] [weighted averages of Eurostat 4 -year time series of data (2004 -2007) – data extracted on the 06/03/09] 250 E-09 35, 6 E-09 55 E-09 5, 70 E-09 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 10

National Reference Values (II) Risk to passengers (NRV 1. 2) [FWSI/Passenger-km] [weighted averages of Eurostat 4 -year time series of data (2004 -2007) – data extracted on the 06/03/09] 2, 01 E-09 0, 298 E-09 0, 363 E-09 0, 055 E-09 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 11

Moving towards a common approach The Agency has given new impetus to the development of European-wide standards Safety measures will directly lead to harmonisation More important, the Agency represents a centre of competence bringing together the sector for: Exchange of experience and demonstration of good examples Conducting discussions based on facts Understanding of differences in safety culture Collecting and publishing information More on the website: www. era. europa. eu 25/05/2009 Visit BG NSA – Safety Unit Presentation 12

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