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The CSMs shall describe how the safety levels, the achievement of safety targets and compliance with other safety requirements are assessed, including, where appropriate, through an independent assessment body, by elaborating and defining: the risk evaluation and assessment methods; the methods for assessing conformity with requirements in safety certificates and safety authorisations issued in accordance with Articles 10 and 12; the methods for supervision to be applied by national safety authorities and the methods for monitoring to be applied by railway undertakings, infrastructure managers and entities in charge of maintenance; the methods for assessing the safety level and the safety performance of railway operators at national and Union level; the methods for assessing the achievement of safety targets at national and Union level; and any other methods covering a process of the safety management system which need to be harmonised at Union level.

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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.