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Directive 2004/49/EC of the european parliament and of the council (repealed)Show full title

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and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1. Purpose

    2. Article 2. Scope

    3. Article 3. Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF SAFETY

    1. Article 4. Development and improvement of railway safety

    2. Article 5. Common safety indicators

    3. Article 6. Common safety methods

    4. Article 7. Common safety targets

    5. Article 8. National safety rules

    6. Article 9. Safety management systems

  4. CHAPTER III SAFETY CERTIFICATION AND AUTHORISATION

    1. Article 10. Safety certificates

    2. Article 11. Safety authorisation of infrastructure managers

    3. Article 12. Application requirements relating to safety certification and safety authorisation

    4. Article 13. Access to training facilities

    5. Article 14. Placing in service of in-use rolling stock

    6. Article 14a. Maintenance of vehicles

    7. Article 15. Harmonisation of safety certificates

  5. CHAPTER IV SAFETY AUTHORITY

    1. Article 16. Tasks

    2. Article 17. Decision-making principles

    3. Article 18. Annual report

  6. CHAPTER V ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATION

    1. Article 19. Obligation to investigate

    2. Article 20. Status of investigation

    3. Article 21. Investigating body

    4. Article 22. Investigation procedure

    5. Article 23. Reports

    6. Article 24. Information to be sent to the Agency

    7. Article 25. Safety recommendations

  7. CHAPTER VI IMPLEMENTING POWERS

    1. Article 26. Adaptation of the Annexes

    2. Article 27. Committee procedure

    3. Article 28. Implementing measures

  8. CHAPTER VII GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 29. Amendments to Directive 95/18/EC

    2. Article 30. Amendments to Directive 2001/14/EC

    3. Article 31. Report and further Community action

    4. Article 32. Penalties

    5. Article 33. Implementation

    6. Article 34. Entry into force

    7. Article 35. Addressees

    1. ANNEX I

      COMMON SAFETY INDICATORS

      1. Common safety indicators shall be reported annually by the safety...

      2. Indicators relating to activities referred to in Article 2(2), (a)...

      3. If new facts or errors are discovered after the submission...

      4. For indicators relating to accidents under heading 1, Regulation (EC)...

      5. 1. Indicators relating to accidents

        1. 1.1. Total and relative (to train-kilometres) number of significant accidents and...

        2. 1.2. Total and relative (to train-kilometres) number of persons seriously injured...

      6. 2. Indicators relating to dangerous goods

      7. 3. Indicators relating to suicides

      8. 4. Indicators relating to precursors of accidents

      9. 5. Indicators to calculate the economic impact of accidents

      10. 6. Indicators relating to technical safety of infrastructure and its implementation...

        1. 6.1. Percentage of tracks with Automatic Train Protection (ATP) in operation,...

        2. 6.2. Number of level crossings (total, per line kilometre and track...

      11. 7. Indicators relating to the management of safety

      12. 8. Definitions

      13. Appendix

        1. Common definitions for the CSIs and methods to calculate the...

          1. 1. Indicators relating to accidents

            1. 1.1. ‘ significant accident ’ means any accident involving at least...

            2. 1.2. ‘ significant damage to stock, track, other installations or environment...

            3. 1.3. ‘ extensive disruptions to traffic ’ means that train services...

            4. 1.4. ‘ train ’ means one or more railway vehicles hauled...

            5. 1.5. ‘ collision of trains, including collisions with obstacles within the...

            6. 1.6. ‘ train derailment ’ means any case in which at...

            7. 1.7. ‘ level crossing accidents ’ means accidents at level crossings...

            8. 1.8. ‘ accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in motion...

            9. 1.9. ‘ fires in rolling stock ’ means fires and explosions...

            10. 1.10. ‘ other types of accidents ’ means all accidents other...

            11. 1.11. ‘ passenger ’ means any person, excluding members of the...

            12. 1.12. ‘ employees (staff of contractors and self-employed contractors are included)...

            13. 1.13. ‘ level crossing users ’ means all persons using a...

            14. 1.14. ‘ unauthorised persons on railway premises ’ means any person...

            15. 1.15. ‘ others (third parties) ’ means all persons not defined...

            16. 1.16. ‘ deaths (killed person) ’ means any person killed immediately...

            17. 1.17. ‘ injuries (seriously injured person) ’ means any person injured...

          2. 2. Indicators relating to dangerous goods

            1. 2.1. ‘ accident involving the transport of dangerous goods ’ means...

            2. 2.2. ‘ dangerous goods ’ means those substances and articles the...

          3. 3. Indicators relating to suicides

            1. 3.1. ‘ suicide ’ means an act to deliberately injure oneself...

          4. 4. Indicators relating to precursors of accidents

            1. 4.1. ‘ broken rails ’ means any rail which is separated...

            2. 4.2. ‘ track buckles ’ means faults related to the continuum...

            3. 4.3. ‘ wrong side signalling failure ’ means any failure of...

            4. 4.4. ‘ Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) ’ means any occasion...

            5. 4.5. ‘ broken wheels and broken axles ’ means a break...

          5. 5. Common methodologies to calculate the economic impact of accidents

            1. 5.1. The Value of Preventing a Casualty (VPC) is composed of:...

            2. 5.2. Common principles to appraise the value of safety per se...

            3. 5.3. ‘ Cost of damage to environment ’ means costs that...

            4. 5.4. ‘ Cost of material damage to rolling stock or infrastructure...

            5. 5.5. ‘ Cost of delays as a consequence of accidents ’...

            6. Scope of the model

          6. 6. Indicators relating to technical safety of infrastructure and its implementation...

            1. 6.1. ‘ Automatic Train Protection (ATP) ’ means a system that...

            2. 6.2. ‘ level crossing ’ means any level intersection between the...

            3. 6.3. ‘ passage ’ means any public or private road, street...

            4. 6.4. ‘ active level crossing ’ means a level crossing where...

            5. 6.5. ‘ Passive level crossing ’ means a level crossing without...

          7. 7. Indicators relating to the management of safety

            1. 7.1. ‘ audit ’ means a systematic, independent and documented process...

          8. 8. Definitions of the scaling bases

            1. 8.1. ‘ train-km ’ means the unit of measure representing the...

            2. 8.2. ‘ passenger-km ’ means the unit of measure representing the...

            3. 8.3. ‘ line km ’ means the length measured in kilometres...

            4. 8.4. ‘ track km ’ means the length measured in kilometres...

    2. ANNEX II

      NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL SAFETY RULES

      1. National safety rules that are to be notified to the...

      2. rules concerning existing national safety targets and safety methods; rules...

    3. ANNEX III

      SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

      1. 1. Requirements on the safety management system

      2. 2. Basic elements of the safety management system

    4. ANNEX IV

      DECLARATIONS FOR NETWORK SPECIFIC PART OF SAFETY CERTIFICATE

      1. The following documents must be submitted to enable the safety...

      2. documentation from the railway undertaking on the TSIs or parts...

      3. To avoid duplication of work and to reduce the amount...

    5. ANNEX V

      PRINCIPAL CONTENT OF ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT

      1. 1. Summary

      2. 2. Immediate facts of the occurrence

      3. 3. Record of investigations and inquiries

      4. 4. Analysis and conclusions

      5. 5. Measures that have been taken

      6. 6. Recommendations

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