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27.4.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
115/27
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)
(2012/226/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Commission Decision 2010/409/EU of 19 July 2010 on
Common Safety Targets as referred to in Article 7 of
Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
of the Council ( 3 ).
Union,
Having regard to Directive 2004/49/EC of the European
(4) Directive
2004/49/EC
provides
for
a
second
set
of
CSTs,
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on
which are to be based on the experience gained from the
the Community’s railways and amending Council Directive
first set of common safety targets and their implemen
95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and
tation. It should reflect any priority areas where safety
Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure
needs to be further improved. The values for the second
capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infra
set of CSTs have been calculated on the basis of the data
structure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) ( 1 ),
from 2004 to 2009, which have been supplied to
and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 7(3)
Eurostat by Member States in accordance with Regulation
thereof,
(EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport stat
istics ( 4 ). They have been calculated using the
Whereas:
methodology set out in points 2.1.1 and 2.3.1 of the
Annex to Decision 2009/460/EC.
(1) The
Commission
issued
a
mandate
to
the
European
Railway Agency (‘the Agency’) in accordance with
Directive 2004/49/EC to draw up draft common safety
(5)
Since the first set of CSTs was published in July 2010,
targets (‘CSTs’) and the related draft common safety
there has not been enough time to gain sufficient
methods for the period from 2011 to 2015. The
experience to change the risk categories. The risk
Agency submitted its recommendation on the second
categories remain therefore the same as for the first set
set of draft CSTs to the Commission. This Decision is
of CSTs. However, based on the number of accidents and
based on the recommendation by the Agency.
fatalities in rail traffic, the two main risk categories are
unauthorised persons on railway premises (60 % of fatal
ities) and level crossing users (29 % of fatalities).
(2) According to the methodology established by
Commission Decision 2009/460/EC of 5 June 2009 on
the adoption of a common safety method for assessment
(6) The
values
for
the
second
set
of
CSTs
cover
the
Union
of achievement of safety targets, as referred to in
rail system as a whole. There are no data available for
Article 6 of Directive 2004/49/EC of the European
calculating CSTs for the different parts of the rail system
Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ), and in order to
as laid down in point (e) of Article 3 of Directive
establish the first and second set of CSTs in accordance
2004/49/EC. That provision defines CSTs as the safety
with Directive 2004/49/EC, it is necessary to quanti
levels that must at least be reached by different parts of
tatively identify the current safety performance of
the rail system (such as the conventional rail system, the
railway systems in Member States by means of national
high speed rail system, long railway tunnels or lines
reference values (‘NRVs’). Decision 2009/460/EC defines
solely used for freight transport) and by the system as
NRV as a reference measure indicating, for the Member
a whole, expressed in risk acceptance criteria. The devel
State concerned, the maximum tolerable level for a
opment of CSTs for those parts of the rail system is at
railway risk category. However, if the NRV is higher
the moment not feasible due to the lack of harmonised
than the corresponding CST calculated on the basis of
and reliable data on safety performance of parts of rail
the methodology, the maximum tolerable level of risk for
systems which are in operation in the Member States.
a Member State is the corresponding CST derived from
However, it is appropriate to adopt the second set of
the NRVs, in accordance with the methodology set out in
CSTs.
Section 2.2 of the Annex to Decision 2009/460/EC.
(3)
The values for the first set of CSTs, calculated on the
(7) Decision
2010/409/EU
should
therefore
be
replaced
by
basis of data from 2004 to 2007, were set out in
this Decision.
( 1 ) OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 44.
( 3 ) OJ L 189, 22.7.2010, p. 19.
( 2 ) OJ L 150, 13.6.2009, p. 11.
( 4 ) OJ L 14, 21.1.2003, p. 1.

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(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
Article 3
accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred
to in Article 27(1) of Directive 2004/49/EC,
Common safety targets
The values, which cover the rail system as a whole, of the
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
second set of common safety targets for the different risk
categories are set out in Part 2 of the Annex.
Article 1
Article 4
Subject matter and definitions
Repeal
This Decision establishes the second set of common safety
Decision 2010/409/EU is repealed.
targets for the rail system in accordance with Directive
2004/49/EC and Decision 2009/460/EC.
Article 5
Addressees
For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions of Directive
2004/49/EC, Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 and Decision
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
2009/460/EC apply.
Article 2
Done at Brussels, 23 April 2012.
National reference values
For the Commission
The national reference values for the Member States and for the
different risk categories used to calculate the common safety
Siim KALLAS
targets are set out in Part 1 of the Annex.
Vice-President

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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 ) (*) NRV
1.2
(×
10 –9 ) (**)
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
(*) 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.
(**) NRV1.2 expressed as: Number of passenger FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of passenger-km per year.
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 ) (*)
Belgium (BE) 24,60
Bulgaria (BG) 21,20
Czech Republic (CZ) 16,50

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Member State NRV
2
(×
10 –9 ) (*)
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
(*) NRV 2 expressed as: Number of employee FWSIs 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.
1.3. NRVs for risk to level crossing users (NRV 3.1 and NRV 3.2)
Member State NRV
3.1
(×
10 –9 ) (*) NRV
3.2
(**)
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

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Member State NRV
3.1
(×
10 –9 ) (*) NRV
3.2
(**)
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
(*) NRV3.1 expressed as: Number of level crossing user FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per
year.
(**) 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).
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 ) (*)
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

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Member State NRV
4
(×
10 –9 ) (*)
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
(*) 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.
1.5. NRVs for risk to unauthorised persons on railway premises (NRV 5)
Member State NRV
5
(×
10 –9 ) (*)
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

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Member State NRV
5
(×
10 –9 ) (*)
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
(*) 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.
1.6. NRVs for societal risk (NRV 6)
Member State NRV
6
(×
10 –9 ) (*)
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

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Member State NRV
6
(×
10 –9 ) (*)
Sweden (SE) 169,0
United Kingdom (UK) 120,0
(*) NRV 6 expressed as: Total number of FWSIs per year arising from significant accidents/Number of train-km per year.
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
(*) 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 CST 5 2,05 Number
of
FWSIs
to
unauthorised
persons
on
railway
on railway premises
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
(*) 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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