Editorial Information
X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) (Official Journal of the European Union L 164 of 30 April 2004).
Textual Amendments
Total in euro and relative (to train-kilometres):
number of deaths and serious injuries multiplied by the Value of Preventing a Casualty (VPC),
cost of damages to environment,
cost of material damages to rolling stock or infrastructure,
cost of delays as a consequence of accidents.
Safety authorities shall report either the economic impact of all accidents, or the economic impact of significant accidents only. This choice shall be clearly indicated in the annual report referred to in Article 18.
The VPC is the value society attributes to the prevention of a casualty and as such shall not form a reference for compensation between parties involved in accidents.] ]