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European Railway AgencyGuide <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>application</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CSM Regulation 4. HAZARD MANAGEMENT4.1. Hazard management process4.1.1. Hazard record(s) shall be created or updated (where <strong>the</strong>y already exist) by <strong>the</strong> proposerduring <strong>the</strong> design and <strong>the</strong> implementation and till <strong>the</strong> acceptance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> change or <strong>the</strong>delivery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> safety assessment report. The hazard record shall track <strong>the</strong> progress inmonitoring risks associated with <strong>the</strong> identified hazards. In accordance with point 2(g) <strong>of</strong>Annex III to Directive 2004/49/EC, once <strong>the</strong> system has been accepted and is operated,<strong>the</strong> hazard record shall be fur<strong>the</strong>r maintained by <strong>the</strong> infrastructure manager or <strong>the</strong>railway undertaking in charge with <strong>the</strong> operation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system under assessment asan integrated part <strong>of</strong> its safety management system.[G 1] The requirement in section 4.1.1 identifies two steps <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> hazard management process:(a) until <strong>the</strong> acceptance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system under assessment, <strong>the</strong> hazard record has to bemanaged by <strong>the</strong> proposer or o<strong>the</strong>r actors if so contractually arranged (refer to definition(8) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> actors in Article 3, as well as to point [G 2] in section 4.1.1;(b) once <strong>the</strong> system has been accepted, <strong>the</strong> hazard record has to be maintained andmanaged fur<strong>the</strong>r by <strong>the</strong> infrastructure manager or <strong>the</strong> railway undertaking in charge with<strong>the</strong> operation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system under assessment. As explained below, <strong>the</strong> IM and RUhazard management process will be an integrated part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir safety managementsystem.[G 2] According to Article 5 (2), Article 5 (3) and <strong>the</strong> definition (11) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> proposer in Article 3,suppliers and service providers, including <strong>the</strong>ir subcontractors, could also ensure hazardrecord management if so required by contractual arrangements between <strong>the</strong>m and <strong>the</strong>proposer. In that case, those actors will have and will manage <strong>the</strong>ir own hazard record <strong>for</strong><strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system under assessment that is under <strong>the</strong>ir responsibility. Independently onwhe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>y or <strong>the</strong> proposer are managing <strong>the</strong> hazard record, <strong>the</strong> responsibility <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>correctness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation to be registered in <strong>the</strong> hazard record rests with <strong>the</strong> actorcontrolling <strong>the</strong> considered hazard.[G 3] The basic element in Annex III(2)(g) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Railway <strong>Safety</strong> Directive {Ref. 1} requires that <strong>the</strong>RU and IM safety management system contains "procedures and <strong>for</strong>mats <strong>for</strong> how safetyin<strong>for</strong>mation is to be documented and designation <strong>of</strong> procedure <strong>for</strong> configuration control <strong>of</strong>vital safety in<strong>for</strong>mation". The assessment criteria produced by <strong>the</strong> <strong>ERA</strong> <strong>Safety</strong> Cert team inrelation to this matter are set out below (extracted from {Ref. 4}):ABSTRACT/DESCRIPTIONg.0 Organisations must define document and data control procedures, based on existingmanagement systems; documents and records must be readily available <strong>for</strong> consultationand/or verification.Measures to control vital safety in<strong>for</strong>mation are important to maintain and improve safetyper<strong>for</strong>mance within an organisation and also to allow <strong>for</strong> corrective actions to be takenpromptly and efficiently.RUs and IM, operating on a same network system, should have arrangements in place toensure <strong>the</strong> correct exchange, duly documented, <strong>of</strong> all relevant safety in<strong>for</strong>mation. They shoulddevelop and support <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> standardised protocols <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong>mal communications concerningoperation (train logs, traffic/operating restrictions etc.) as a useful means <strong>of</strong> harmonisation. Reference: <strong>ERA</strong>/GUI/01-2008/SAF Version: 1.1 Page 48 <strong>of</strong> 54File Name: Guide_<strong>for</strong>_Application_<strong>of</strong>_CSM_V1.1.docEuropean Railway Agency ● Boulevard Harpignies, 160 ● BP 20392 ● F-59307 Valenciennes Cedex ● France ● Tel. +33 (0)3 27 09 65 00 ● Fax +33 (0)3 27 33 40 65 ● http://www.era.europa.eu