Article 8 Coordination among national safety authorities and cooperation with other authorities or bodies

National safety authorities involved in the supervision of an infrastructure manager with cross-border infrastructure(s) or of a railway undertaking operating in more than one Member State shall coordinate their approach to supervision in accordance with Article 17(7) and (9) of Directive (EU) 2016/798.

After the granting of the safety authorisation or single safety certificate, national safety authorities shall promptly decide which of them is to have a leading role for coordinating the supervision of the correct application and effectiveness of the safety management system, without prejudice to the obligations of the national safety authorities under points (d) and (j) of Article 16(2) and Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2016/798.

For the purposes of paragraph 1, the national safety authorities shall develop arrangements based on the framework for coordinated and joint supervision set out in Annex II.

National safety authorities shall also develop cooperation arrangements with the national investigation bodies, certification bodies for entities in charge of maintenance and other competent authorities or bodies.