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ARCH.023 Identify relevant safety legislation and regulation

SM-2761 - Populate Confluence page for activity definition: ARCH.023 Identify safety-related legal requirements from interested parties Finished

GoalGain an understanding of the complete set of legislation and regulations that must be complied with i.e. all the sources of legislative and regulatory requirements.
Requirements met by this process stepCSM-SMS guidance 1.1 d)
Inputs

Expert knowledge

European railway legislation as maintained by the European Railway Agency

National railway legislation (e.g. German railway legislation)

Regulatory framework (e.g. DB regulatory framework)

A list of input documents, including the version numbers (to be developed outside ARCH and maintained when changes occur)

Outputs

AMOD-128 Safety compliance strategy

AMOD-129 Relevant safety legislation/regulations

Methodology

There are multiple possible sources of definitions for safety-related accidents, safety targets, hazards, and other safety-related items needed for a consistent analysis.

This task is to arbitrate between any conflicting rules and arrive at a single decision for each type of safety rule and source of information, ensuring that the single source of truth is sufficient to meet all requirements from all relevant original sources.

For example, if accidents are defined differently in several places, this task includes the decision on a preferred source for the accident set, or concludes that a new definition is needed that does not match any existing standards (in this case, an explanation should be noted, in case of queries by approval bodies).

The following sources, as a minimum, must be examined:

  • European legislation as hosted by the European Railway Agency
  • National legislation including AEG and EIGV
  • Guidance for homologation as defined by the Federal Office for the Railway (Eisenbahnbundesamt)
  • Railway safety standards EN 50126 and related standards from the same suite
Tools and non-human resources

Any preferred documentation tool

(suggestion: document first in a Confluence page)

CardinalityOne-off with revisions allowed
Completion criteria

All relevant legislation and regulations have been identified

The safety compliance strategy for System of interest specifies one consistent approach to safety that satisfies all relevant legislation and regulations.

Definition of safety related terms completed.

A list of generic accidents and a list of generic hazards is generated. 

Design reviewSpecial check by Design Authority
Step done by (Responsible)System RAMS manager
Provides input to/assists (Contributes)

Homologation manager

DB legal department

Uses outputs (Informed)None identified