Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/763Show full title

Article 3 U.K. Responsibilities of the Agency and the national safety authorities

1. In addition to the issuing of single safety certificates, the safety certification body shall be responsible for the following tasks:

(a) the planning, implementation and monitoring of the assessment work it carries out;

(b) the setting up of coordination arrangements between the relevant parties.

2. The safety certification body and the national safety authorities concerned with the intended area of operation shall accept pre-engagement at the request of the applicant and shall provide any clarifications requested by the applicant in the context of the pre-engagement.

3. For the purposes of issuing single safety certificates, the safety certification body and the national safety authorities concerned with the intended area of operation shall, each for their own part, compile the following information:

(a) all relevant information concerning the different stages of the assessment, including the reasons for the decisions taken during the assessment and the identification of any restriction or condition of use to be included in the single safety certificate;

(b) the outcome of the assessment, including summary conclusions and where appropriate, an opinion concerning the issuing of the single safety certificate.

4. Where the Agency acts as the safety certification body, it shall compile the information referred to in point (b) of paragraph 3 in the final outcome of the assessment.

5. The Agency shall monitor the expiry dates of all valid single safety certificates with an area of operation in more than one Member State and share that information with the relevant national safety authorities.

6. National safety authorities shall share with the Agency and other national safety authorities concerned with the intended area of operation all relevant information that may have an impact on the safety assessment process.

7. The Agency shall publish and keep up to date an application guide, free of charge, in all the official languages of the Union, describing and where necessary explaining the requirements set out in this Regulation. The application guide shall also include model templates developed by the Agency in cooperation with the national safety authorities.

8. The national safety authorities shall publish and keep up to date an application guide, free of charge, describing and where necessary explaining the national rules that apply in respect of the intended area of operation and the applicable national procedural rules.

9. The Agency and the national safety authority shall establish internal arrangements or procedures for managing the safety assessment process. Those arrangements or procedures shall take into account the agreements referred to in Article 11 of Directive (EU) 2016/798.

10. Each single safety certificate shall be given a unique European Identification Number (EIN). The Agency shall define the structure and content of EINs and make them available on its website.

11. Where the applicant indicates in its application that it intends to operate to stations in neighbouring Member States with similar network characteristics and similar operating rules, when those stations are close to the border, the single safety certificate shall also be valid to such stations without requesting an extension of the area of operation, following consultation of the national safety authorities of the neighbouring Member States by the safety certification body. The national safety authorities of the Member States concerned shall confirm to the safety certification body that the relevant notified national rules and the obligations pertaining to the relevant cross-border agreements are met before it issues the single safety certificate.

12. For the purposes of the assessment of applications, the safety certification body shall accept the authorisations, recognitions or certificates of products or services provided by railway undertakings or their contractors, partners or suppliers, granted in accordance with relevant Union law, as proof of the ability of railway undertakings to fulfil the corresponding requirements defined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/762(1).

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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/762 of 8 March 2018 establishing common safety methods on safety management system requirements pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 1158/2010 and (EU) No 1169/2010 (see page 26 of this Official Journal).