{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-763/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/763",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/763 of 9 April 2018 establishing practical arrangements for issuing single safety certificates to railway undertakings pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 653/2007 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-763",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Period of validity of single safety certificates",
  "text": "Single safety certificates shall be valid for a period of five years.\nHowever, if a shorter period is necessary to ensure the effective control of risks affecting the safety of railway operations, the safety certification body may decide, in coordination with the national safety authorities concerned with the intended area of operation, to grant the single safety certificate for a period of less than five years. In this case, the safety certification body shall include the reasons for its decision in the outcome of the assessment registered in accordance with Article 9.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/763/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:06.932654+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}