2012/226/EU: 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
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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.
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.
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.
Repeal
Decision 2010/409/EU is repealed.
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX 1. National Reference Values (NRVs) 1.1. NRVs for risk to passengers (NRV 1.1 and NRV 1.2) Member State NRV 1.1 (× 10 –9 ) ( *1 ) NRV 1.2 (× 10 –9 ) ( *2 ) Belgium (BE) 37,30 0,318 Bulgaria (BG) 170,00 1,65 Czech Republic (CZ) 46,50 0,817 Denmark (DK) 9,04 0,11 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 0,27 France (FR) 22,50 0,11 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 1,65 Netherlands (NL) 7,43 0,0889 Austria (AT) 26,30 0,292 Poland (PL) 116,10 0,849 Portugal (PT) 41,80 0,309 Romania (RO) 170,00 1,65 Slovenia (SI) 25,30 0,362 Slovakia (SK) 35,80 0,513 Finland (FI) 9,04 0,11 Sweden (SE) 3,54 0,0329 United Kingdom (UK) 2,73 0,0276 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 (× 10 –9 ) ( *3 ) Belgium (BE) 24,60 Bulgaria (BG) 21,20 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 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) 21,2 Slovenia (SI) 40,90 Slovakia (SK) 1,36 Finland (FI) 9,21 Sweden (SE) 2,86 United Kingdom (UK) 5,17 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 (× 10 –9 ) ( *4 ) NRV 3.2 ( *5 ) Belgium (BE) 138,0 n/a Bulgaria (BG) 341,0 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 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) 341,0 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 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 (× 10 –9 ) ( *6 ) Belgium (BE) 2,86 Bulgaria (BG) 4,51 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 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) 4,51 Slovenia (SI) 14,50 Slovakia (SK) 2,41 Finland (FI) 14,20 Sweden (SE) 14,20 United Kingdom (UK) 7,00 FWSIs here are as defined in point d of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC. 1.5. NRVs for risk to unauthorised persons on railway premises (NRV 5) Member State NRV 5 (× 10 –9 ) ( *7 ) Belgium (BE) 72,6 Bulgaria (BG) 829,0 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 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) 829,0 Slovenia (SI) 236,0 Slovakia (SK) 779,0 Finland (FI) 249,0 Sweden (SE) 94,8 United Kingdom (UK) 84,5 FWSIs here are as defined in point d of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC. 1.6. NRVs for societal risk (NRV 6) Member State NRV 6 (× 10 –9 ) ( *8 ) Belgium (BE) 275,0 Bulgaria (BG) 1 240,0 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 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) 1 240,0 Slovenia (SI) 698,0 Slovakia (SK) 1 130,0 Finland (FI) 417,0 Sweden (SE) 169,0 United Kingdom (UK) 120,0 The total number of FWSIs here is the sum of all the FWSIs considered for calculating all the other NRVs. 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 ( *9 ) 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 ) 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. ( *3 ) NRV 2 expressed as: Number of employee FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year. ( *4 ) NRV3.1 expressed as: Number of level crossing user FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year. ( *5 ) 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). ( *6 ) 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. ( *7 ) 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. ( *8 ) NRV 6 expressed as: Total number of FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year. ( *9 ) 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).
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