Safety Objectives of European Railway Agency Raigo Uukkivi Estonian Railway Inspectorate DAGOB Final Conference , Tallinn

Slide 2 Topics What is European Railway Agency? What does European Railway Agency do for safety?

Slide 3 European Railway Agency 2nd railway package and set up by EC Regulation 881/2004 Competitive European railway area through interoperability and safety (no authority for dangerous goods) Economically viable common technical standards and approaches to safety No decisive authority operates strictly under the mandate of EC

Slide 4 European Railway Agency (2) Staff of 100 of 20 different nationalities Permanent and ad hoc working groups NSA representatives by definiton representatives of major railway organisations (CER, EIM, UNIFE, ETF…) by invitation

Slide 5 What does ERA do for safety? Common approach to safety: CSM, CSI and CST Common format for safety certificate and Safety Management System Cooperation between National Safety Authorities Cooperation between Investigation Bodies

Slide 6 What does ERA do for safety? Evaluation of National Safety Rules Public databases Monitoring of safety level Technical support to National Safety Authorities

Slide 7 Safety Certificate Safety Directive EC/2004/49 Responsibility for safety and assessment of respective risks lies within companies Prerequisite for passenger/freight operations and infrastructure management Standard format by ERA

Slide 8 Safety Certificate (2) Part A: company has established and maintains an adequate Safety Management System Valid throughout EU Part B: company demonstrates ability to operate under certain circumstances Valid in a particular member state; section of infrastructure etc.

Slide 9 Safety Certificate (3) Valid for 5 years Subject to modification should the content or the scope of activities change Subject to removal in case of non- compliance with requirements

Slide 10 Common approach to safety ERA develops: Common Safety Targets (CST) Common Safety Methods (CSM) Common Safety Indicators (CSI)

Slide 11 Common Safety Targets Safety levels and safety performance at least to be achieved by the railway system as whole CSTs constitute the minimum level of safety Expressed in risk acceptance criteria Mostly to maintain the current level of safety

Slide 12 Common Safety Methods How safety levels, achievement of safety targets and coherence with other safety requirements are assessed in different Member States Action plans based on the surveys on MS approaches Common Methods for risk assessment in 2008 Common methods for evaluating SMS in 2010

Slide 13 Common Safety Indicators Parametres to evaluate the achievement of CSTs and measure the level of safety CSI list set by the Safety Directive (Annex I) Additional position (definitions, common method for accident cost calculation) in 2009

Thank you for attention! Raigo Uukkivi Estonian Railway Inspectorate