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Article 1

Railway Safety Directive
DIRECTIVE 2004/49/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive) · European Union

The purpose of this Directive is to ensure the development and improvement of safety on the Community's railways and improved access to the market for rail transport services by: harmonising the regulatory structure in the Member States; defining responsibilities between the actors; developing common safety targets and common safety methods with a view to greater harmonisation of national rules; requiring the establishment, in every Member State, of a safety authority and an accident and incident investigating body; defining common principles for the management, regulation and supervision of railway safety.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.