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Consolidated text: Commission Decision of 23 April 2012 on the second set of common safety targets as regards the rail system (notified under document C(2012) 2084) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/226/EU)

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 April 2012

on the second set of common safety targets as regards the rail system

(notified under document C(2012) 2084)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/226/EU)

(OJ L 115 27.4.2012, p. 27)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION  of 11 December 2013

  L 334

37

13.12.2013




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COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 April 2012

on the second set of common safety targets as regards the rail system

(notified under document C(2012) 2084)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/226/EU)



Article 1

Subject matter and definitions

This Decision establishes the second set of common safety targets for the rail system in accordance with Directive 2004/49/EC and Decision 2009/460/EC.

For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions of Directive 2004/49/EC, Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 and Decision 2009/460/EC apply.

Article 2

National reference values

The national reference values for the Member States and for the different risk categories used to calculate the common safety targets are set out in Part 1 of the Annex.

Article 3

Common safety targets

The values, which cover the rail system as a whole, of the second set of common safety targets for the different risk categories are set out in Part 2 of the Annex.

Article 4

Repeal

Decision 2010/409/EU is repealed.

Article 5

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




ANNEX

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1.    National Reference Values (NRVs)

1.1.    NRVs for risk to passengers (NRV 1.1 and NRV 1.2)



Member State

NRV 1.1 (× E-09) (1)

NRV 1.2 (× E-09) (2)

Belgium (BE)

37,30

0,318

Bulgaria (BG)

207,00

1,911

Czech Republic (CZ)

46,50

0,817

Denmark (DK)

9,04

0,110

Germany (DE)

8,13

0,081

Estonia (EE)

78,20

0,665

Ireland (IE)

2,74

0,0276

Greece (EL)

54,70

0,503

Spain (ES)

29,20

0,270

France (FR)

22,50

0,110

Croatia (HR)

176,9

1,135

Italy (IT)

38,10

0,257

Latvia (LV)

78,20

0,665

Lithuania (LT)

97,20

0,757

Luxembourg (LU)

23,80

0,176

Hungary (HU)

170,00

1,650

Netherlands (NL)

7,43

0,089

Austria (AT)

26,30

0,292

Poland (PL)

116,10

0,849

Portugal (PT)

41,80

0,309

Romania (RO)

57,40

0,607

Slovenia (SI)

25,30

0,362

Slovakia (SK)

62,10

0,883

Finland (FI)

9,04

0,110

Sweden (SE)

3,54

0,033

United Kingdom (UK)

2,73

0,028

(1)   

NRV1.1 expressed as: Number of passenger FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of passenger train-km per year. Passenger train-km here is the unit of traffic for passenger trains only.

(2)   

NRV1.2 expressed as: Number of passenger FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of passenger-km per year.

FWSIs in (*) and (**) are as defined in point (d) of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC.

1.2.    NRVs for risk to employees (NRV 2)



Member State

NRV 2 (× E-09) (1)

Belgium (BE)

24,60

Bulgaria (BG)

20,40

Czech Republic (CZ)

16,50

Denmark (DK)

9,10

Germany (DE)

12,60

Estonia (EE)

64,80

Ireland (IE)

5,22

Greece (EL)

77,90

Spain (ES)

8,81

France (FR)

6,06

Croatia (HR)

73,65

Italy (IT)

18,90

Latvia (LV)

64,80

Lithuania (LT)

41,00

Luxembourg (LU)

12,00

Hungary (HU)

9,31

Netherlands (NL)

5,97

Austria (AT)

20,30

Poland (PL)

17,20

Portugal (PT)

53,10

Romania (RO)

22,30

Slovenia (SI)

40,90

Slovakia (SK)

2,71

Finland (FI)

9,21

Sweden (SE)

2,86

United Kingdom (UK)

5,17

(1)   

NRV 2 expressed as: Number of employee FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year.

FWSIs here are as defined in point (d) of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC.

1.3.    NRVs for risk to level-crossing users (NRV 3.1 and NRV 3.2)



Member State

NRV 3.1 (× E-09) (1)

NRV 3.2 (2)

Belgium (BE)

138,0

n.a.

Bulgaria (BG)

141,6

n.a.

Czech Republic (CZ)

238,0

n.a.

Denmark (DK)

65,4

n.a.

Germany (DE)

67,8

n.a.

Estonia (EE)

400,0

n.a.

Ireland (IE)

23,6

n.a.

Greece (EL)

710,0

n.a.

Spain (ES)

109,0

n.a.

France (FR)

78,7

n.a.

Croatia (HR)

611,3

n.a.

Italy (IT)

42,9

n.a.

Latvia (LV)

239,0

n.a.

Lithuania (LT)

522,0

n.a.

Luxembourg (LU)

95,9

n.a.

Hungary (HU)

274,0

n.a.

Netherlands (NL)

127,0

n.a.

Austria (AT)

160,0

n.a.

Poland (PL)

277,0

n.a.

Portugal (PT)

461,0

n.a.

Romania (RO)

542,0

n.a.

Slovenia (SI)

364,0

n.a.

Slovakia (SK)

309,0

n.a.

Finland (FI)

164,0

n.a.

Sweden (SE)

64,0

n.a.

United Kingdom (UK)

23,5

n.a.

(1)   

NRV3.1 expressed as: Number of level-crossing user FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year.

(2)   

NRV3.2 expressed as: Number of level-crossing user FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/[(Number of Train-km per year × Number of level crossings)/Track-km]. Data on the number of level crossings and track-km were not sufficiently reliable at the time of data extraction (most of the Member States reported common data on line-km instead of track-km).

FWSIs in (*) and (**) are as defined in point (d) of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC.

1.4.    NRVs for risk to persons classified as ‘others’ (NRV 4)



Member State

NRV 4 (× E-09) (*1)

Belgium (BE)

2,86

Bulgaria (BG)

35,47

Czech Republic (CZ)

2,41

Denmark (DK)

14,20

Germany (DE)

3,05

Estonia (EE)

11,60

Ireland (IE)

7,00

Greece (EL)

4,51

Spain (ES)

5,54

France (FR)

7,71

Croatia (HR)

7,28  (*2)

Italy (IT)

6,70

Latvia (LV)

11,60

Lithuania (LT)

11,60

Luxembourg (LU)

5,47

Hungary (HU)

4,51

Netherlands (NL)

4,70

Austria (AT)

11,10

Poland (PL)

11,60

Portugal (PT)

5,54

Romania (RO)

2,83

Slovenia (SI)

14,50

Slovakia (SK)

2,41

Finland (FI)

14,20

Sweden (SE)

14,20

United Kingdom (UK)

7,00

(*1)   

NRV 4 expressed as: Yearly number of FWSIs to persons belonging to the category ‘others’ arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year. FWSIs here are as defined in point (d) of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC.

(*2)   

NRV calculated as average of NRV values of neighbouring countries (Hungary, Romania and Slovenia).

1.5.    NRVs for risk to unauthorised persons on railway premises (NRV 5)



Member State

NRV 5 (× E-09) (1)

Belgium (BE)

72,6

Bulgaria (BG)

900,2

Czech Republic (CZ)

301,0

Denmark (DK)

116,0

Germany (DE)

113,0

Estonia (EE)

1 550,0

Ireland (IE)

85,2

Greece (EL)

723,0

Spain (ES)

168,0

France (FR)

67,2

Croatia (HR)

676,3  (2)

Italy (IT)

119,0

Latvia (LV)

1 310,0

Lithuania (LT)

2 050,0

Luxembourg (LU)

79,9

Hungary (HU)

588,0

Netherlands (NL)

15,9

Austria (AT)

119,0

Poland (PL)

1 210,0

Portugal (PT)

834,0

Romania (RO)

1 388,2

Slovenia (SI)

236,0

Slovakia (SK)

1 758,0

Finland (FI)

249,0

Sweden (SE)

94,8

United Kingdom (UK)

84,5

(1)   

NRV 5 expressed as: Number of FWSIs to unauthorised persons on railway premises per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year. FWSIs here are as defined in point (d) of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC.

(2)   

NRV calculated as average of NRV values of neighbouring countries (Hungary, Romania and Slovenia).

1.6.    NRVs for societal risk (NRV 6)



Member State

NRV 6 (× E-09) (1)

Belgium (BE)

275,0

Bulgaria (BG)

1 440,0

Czech Republic (CZ)

519,0

Denmark (DK)

218,0

Germany (DE)

203,0

Estonia (EE)

2 110,0

Ireland (IE)

114,0

Greece (EL)

1 540,0

Spain (ES)

323,0

France (FR)

180,0

Croatia (HR)

1 467,0

Italy (IT)

231,0

Latvia (LV)

1 660,0

Lithuania (LT)

2 590,0

Luxembourg (LU)

210,0

Hungary (HU)

1 020,0

Netherlands (NL)

148,0

Austria (AT)

329,0

Poland (PL)

1 590,0

Portugal (PT)

1 360,0

Romania (RO)

1 704,4

Slovenia (SI)

698,0

Slovakia (SK)

1 130,0

Finland (FI)

417,0

Sweden (SE)

169,0

United Kingdom (UK)

120,0

(1)   

NRV 6 expressed as: Total number of FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year.

The total number of FWSIs here is the sum of all the FWSIs considered for calculating all the other NRVs.

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2.    Values assigned to the second set of common safety targets



Risk Category

CST Value (× 10–6)

Measurement units

Risk to passengers

CST 1.1

0,17

Number of passenger FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of passenger train-km per year

CST 1.2

0,00165

Number of passenger FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of passenger-km per year

Risk to employees

CST 2

0,0779

Number of employee FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year

Risk to level crossing users

CST 3.1

0,710

Number of level crossing user FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year

CST 3.2

n/a (*1)

Number of level crossing user FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/[(Number of Train-km per year × Number of level crossings)/Track-km]

Risk to ‘others’

CST 4

0,0145

Yearly number of FWSIs to persons belonging to the category ‘others’ arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year

Risk to unauthorised persons on railway premises

CST 5

2,05

Number of FWSIs to unauthorised persons on railway premises per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year

Risk to society as a whole

CST 6

2,59

Total number of FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year

(*1)   

Data on the number of level crossings and track-km, which are necessary to calculate this CST, were not sufficiently reliable at the time of data extraction (e.g. most Member States reported line-km instead of track-km).



( 1 )  OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 44.

( 2 )  OJ L 150, 13.6.2009, p. 11.

( 3 )  OJ L 189, 22.7.2010, p. 19.

( 4 )  OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 1.

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