Article 1

This Directive lays down provisions to ensure the development and improvement of the safety of the Union rail system and improved access to the market for rail transport services by: harmonising the regulatory structure in the Member States; defining responsibilities between the actors in the Union rail system; developing common safety targets (‘CSTs’) and common safety methods (‘CSMs’) with a view to gradually removing the need for national rules; setting out the principles for issuing, renewing, amending and restricting or revoking safety certificates and authorisations; requiring the establishment, for each Member State, of a national safety authority and an accident and incident investigating body; and defining common principles for the management, regulation and supervision of railway safety.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.