# Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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:
(a) harmonising the regulatory structure in the Member States;
(b) defining responsibilities between the actors in the Union rail system;
(c) developing common safety targets (‘CSTs’) and common safety methods (‘CSMs’) with a view to gradually removing the need for national rules;
(d) setting out the principles for issuing, renewing, amending and restricting or revoking safety certificates and authorisations;
(e) requiring the establishment, for each Member State, of a national safety authority and an accident and incident investigating body; and
(f) defining common principles for the management, regulation and supervision of railway safety.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2016/798/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-798/article-1
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