Retained EU Law 2013 United Kingdom

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352/2009 (Text with EEA relevance)

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10 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.2

uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.2

  • Ensure risk management process includes quality assurance, competent staff and independent assessment
uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.4

uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.4

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Assessment body must not impose risk acceptance principle on proposer Statutory regulator
uri:annex/i/division/3

uri:annex/i/division/3

  • Demonstrate safety requirements compliance before safety acceptance and reassess if shortcomings found
uri:annex/i/division/5

uri:annex/i/division/5

  • Document risk management process and retain evidence
uri:annex/ii/division/2

uri:annex/ii/division/2

  • Obtain accreditation or recognition for railway safety competence areas
uri:annex/iii

uri:annex/iii

  • Include all required content in the safety assessment report
s.art006

Independent assessment

  • Appoint independent assessment body for rail risk management
s.art008

Acceptance of accreditation/recognition

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • National safety authority must accept cross-border accreditation as proof of assessment body ability Statutory regulator
s.art010

Validity of recognition

  • Display recognition statement on safety certificate and request recognition renewal with certificate update
s.art015

Safety assessment reports

  • Review safety assessment report and justify any disagreement
Browse 22 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.7

uri:annex/i/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.7

uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.6

uri:annex/i/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.6

uri:annex/ii/division/1

uri:annex/ii/division/1

s.annex iii para.1

The safety assessment report of the assessment body shall contain...

s.annex iii para.2

identification of the assessment body; the independent assessment plan; the...

s.art001

Subject matter

s.art002

Scope

s.art003

Definitions

s.art003

Designated standards

s.art004

Significant changes

s.art005

Risk management process

s.art007

Accreditation/recognition of the assessment body

s.art009

Types of recognition of the assessment body

s.art011

Surveillance by recognition body

s.art012

Relaxed criteria where a significant change is not to be mutually recognised

s.art013

Provision of information to the Agency

s.art014

Support from the Agency to accreditation or recognition of the assessment body

s.art016

Declaration by the proposer

s.art017

Risk control management and audits

s.art018

Feedback and technical progress

s.art019

Repeal

s.art020

Entry into force and application

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