Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/762 of 8 March 2018 establishing common safety methods on safety management system requirements pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 1158/2010 and (EU) No 1169/2010 (Text with EEA relevance. )

1 This Regulation establishes common safety methods (‘CSMs’) on safety management system requirements related to railway undertakings and infrastructure managers, as referred to in point (f) of Article 6(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/798.

2 This Regulation shall apply in respect of single safety certificates and safety authorisations issued pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798.

For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘safety certification body’ means the body responsible for issuing a single safety certificate, either the Agency or a national safety authority.

Railway undertakings shall establish their safety management systems in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex I. Those safety management system requirements shall apply to the single safety certificates referred to in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/798, for the purposes of the assessment of applications and of supervision.

Infrastructure managers shall establish their safety management systems in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex II. Those safety management system requirements shall apply to the safety authorisations referred to in Article 12 of Directive (EU) 2016/798, for the purposes of the assessment of applications and of supervision.

Regulations (EU) No 1158/2010 and (EU) No 1169/2010 are repealed with effect from 16 June 2025.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 16 June 2019 in the Member States that have not notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 33(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/798. It shall apply in all Member States from 16 June 2020.