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Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the trans-European road network
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a description of the planned structure and access to it, together with the plans necessary for understanding its design and anticipated operating arrangements,
a traffic forecast study specifying and justifying the conditions expected for the transport of dangerous goods, together with the risk analysis requested by point 3.7 of Annex I,
a specific hazard investigation describing possible accidents which clearly affect safety of road users in tunnels which might occur during the operating stage and the nature and magnitude of their possible consequences; this investigation must specify and substantiate measures for reducing the likelihood of accidents and their consequences,
an opinion on safety from an expert or organisation specialising in this field, which could be the inspection entity.
a description of the organisation, human and material resources and instructions specified by the Tunnel Manager to ensure operation and maintenance of the tunnel,
an emergency response plan drawn up jointly with the emergency services which also takes into account people with reduced mobility and disabled people,
a description of the system of permanent feedback of experience through which significant incidents and accidents can be recorded and analysed.
a report and analysis on significant incidents and accidents, which have taken place since the entry into force of this Directive,
a list of the safety exercises carried out and an analysis of the lessons learned from them.
The Tunnel Manager and the emergency services shall, in cooperation with the Safety Officer, organise joint periodic exercises for tunnel staff and the emergency services.
Exercises:
should be as realistic as possible and should correspond to the defined incident scenarios,
should yield clear evaluation results,
should prevent any damage to the tunnel,
may also, in part, be conducted as table-top or computer simulation exercises for complementary results.
Full scale exercises under conditions that are as realistic as possible shall be conducted in each tunnel at least every four years. Tunnel closure will only be required if acceptable arrangements can be made for diverting traffic. Partial and/or simulation exercises shall be conducted every year in between. In areas where several tunnels are located in close proximity to each other, a full scale exercise must be conducted in at least one of those tunnels.
The Safety Officer and the emergency services shall evaluate jointly these exercises, draw up a report and make appropriate proposals.]
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