Article 1
Section 1 ‘National Reference Values (NRVs)’ in the Annex to Decision 2012/226/EU is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.
2013/753/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 11 December 2013 amending Decision 2012/226/EU on the second set of common safety targets for the rail system (notified under document C(2013) 8780) Text with EEA relevance
2013/753/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 11 December 2013 amending Decision 2012/226/EU on the second set of common safety targets for the rail system (notified under document C(2013) 8780) Text with EEA relevance
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Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
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 (× 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 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) ( *3 ) 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 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) ( *4 ) NRV 3.2 ( *5 ) 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. 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) ( *6 ) 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 ( *7 ) 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 1.5. NRVs for risk to unauthorised persons on railway premises (NRV 5) Member State NRV 5 (× E-09) ( *8 ) 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 ( *9 ) 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 1.6. NRVs for societal risk (NRV 6) Member State NRV 6 (× E-09) ( *10 ) 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 The total number of FWSIs here is the sum of all the FWSIs considered for calculating all the other NRVs.’ ( *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. FWSIs here are as defined in point (d) of Article 3 of Decision 2009/460/EC. ( *7 ) NRV calculated as average of NRV values of neighbouring countries (Hungary, Romania and Slovenia). ( *8 ) 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. ( *9 ) NRV calculated as average of NRV values of neighbouring countries (Hungary, Romania and Slovenia). ( *10 ) NRV 6 expressed as: Total number of FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year.
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