Guidance for Use of CSM Recommendation - ERA - Europa

European Railway Agency
Collection of examples of risk assessments and of some possible tools
supporting the CSM Regulation
management process. The project specific contractual arrangements are outside the scope
of the CSM Regulation, as well as of the associated guide and of the present document.
0.2.2. Although outside the scope of this document, the arrangements that are agreed between the
relevant actors may be written down in the relevant contracts at the beginning of the project,
however without prejudice to the provisions of the CSM. This could cover for example:
(a) the costs inherent to the management of safety related risks at the interfaces between
the actors;
(b) the costs inherent to transfers of hazards and associated safety measures between the
actors not yet known at the beginning of the project;
(c) how to manage conflicts that could arise during the project;
(d) etc.
Should disagreements arise or a conflict occurs between the proposer and his subcontractors
during the project development, reference may be made to the relevant contracts
to help solving any conflict.
0.3. Principle for this document
0.3.1. Although this document may appear to be standalone for reading purposes, it does not
substitute the CSM Regulation {Ref. 3}. For ease of reference, each article of the CSM
Regulation is copied in this document. Where necessary, the relevant article is explained
beforehand in the guide for the application of the CSM Regulation {Ref. 4}. Additional
information is then provided in the following paragraphs to help understanding further the
CSM Regulation where this is considered necessary.
0.3.2. The articles and their underlying paragraphs from the CSM Regulation are copied in a
text box in the present document using the "Bookman Old Style" Italic Font, the same as
the present text. That formatting enables to easily distinguish the original text of the
CSM Regulation {Ref. 3} from the additional explanations provided in this document.
The text from the guide for the application of the CSM Regulation {Ref. 4} is not copied in
the present document.
0.3.3. The structure of this document is mapped on to the structure of the CSM Regulation and the
associated guide to help the reader.
0.4. Document description
0.4.1. The document is divided into the following parts:
(a) chapter 0. that defines the scope of the document and provides the list of reference
documents;
(b) Annex I and Annex II provide additional information for the corresponding sections of the
CSM Regulation {Ref. 3} and of the associated guide {Ref. 4};
(c) new appendices develop further some specific aspects and provide examples.
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