Risk control management and audits
Article 17
1. The railway undertakings and infrastructure managers shall include audits of the application of this Regulation in their recurrent auditing scheme for the safety management system as referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2004/49/EC. 2. The entities in charge of maintenance shall include audits of the application of this Regulation in their recurrent auditing scheme for the system of maintenance as referred to in Article 14a(3) of Directive 2004/49/EC. 3. As part of the tasks defined in Article 16(2)(e) of Directive 2004/49/EC, the national safety authority shall supervise the application of this Regulation by railway undertakings, infrastructure managers and the entities in charge of maintenance that do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 445/2011 but are identified in its National Vehicle Register. 4. As part of the tasks defined in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 445/2011, the certification body of an entity in charge of maintenance of freight wagons shall perform surveillance of the application of this Regulation by the entity in charge of maintenance.