Feedback and technical progress
Article 18
1. Each infrastructure manager and each railway undertaking shall, in its annual safety report referred to in Article 9(4) of Directive 2004/49/EC, report briefly on its experience with the application of this Regulation. The report shall also include a synthesis of the decisions on the level of significance of the changes. 2. Each national safety authority shall, in its annual safety report referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2004/49/EC, report on the experience of the proposers with the application of this Regulation, and, where appropriate, its own experience. 3. The annual maintenance report of entities in charge of maintenance of freight wagons referred to in point I(7)(4)(k) in Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 445/2011, shall include information about the experience of entities in charge of maintenance in applying this Regulation. The Agency shall gather this information in coordination with the respective certification bodies. 4. The other entities in charge of maintenance that do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 445/2011 shall also share their experience with the Agency on the application of this Regulation. The Agency shall coordinate the sharing of experience with these entities in charge of maintenance and with the national safety authorities. 5. The Agency shall collect all information on the experience of the application of this Regulation and shall, when necessary, make recommendations to the Commission with a view to improving this Regulation. 6. Before 21 May 2018 the Agency shall submit to the Commission a report containing: (a) an analysis of the experience with the application of this Regulation, including cases where the CSM has been applied by proposers on a voluntary basis before the relevant date of application provided for in Article 20; (b) an analysis of the experience of proposers concerning decisions on the level of significance of changes; (c) an analysis of the cases where codes of practice have been used as set out in point 2.3.8 of Annex I; (d) an analysis of the experience with the accreditation and recognition of assessment bodies; (e) an analysis of the overall effectiveness of this Regulation. The national safety authorities shall support the Agency in collecting such information.