Supervision

Supervision also includes the actions of the Railway Administration Executive Agency towards railway undertakings or railway infrastructure manager which have been issued with Part A and Part B safety certificates until their expiry date, a single safety certificate or a safety authorization to carry out specific tasks as defined in DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/761 laying down common safety methods relating to the supervision by national safety authorities following the issue of a single safety certificate or a safety authorization in accordance with DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety.

- Conducting interviews with people at different levels in the organization;

- Checks and inspections on-side, including observations of processes and activities carried out by audited organizations, measurements against approved procedures, and other control activities;

- Examination of documentation and archives relating to SMS, and applicant files and documents in the framework of authorization procedures for placing in service - in relation to the supervision of the conformity of interoperability constituents with the essential requirements;

- Examinations of the performance of the SMS identified during inspections or related activities. In this case, one of the key issues is how to proceed with a new railway undertaking for which there is no previous information or data from previous audits. The RAEA has adopted the principle that each new entrant undergoes a comprehensive assessment of the SMS it has put in place, and the certificate issued for the first time is for a shorter period rather than the maximum five-year period.

- Establishment of checklists for comparisons between regulatory requirements and what has been found during the review of the performance of the SMS and/or what has been found during inspections, measurements / of component parameters / or related activities.

Organization of supervision activities in EA "Railway Administration" as the National Safety Authority of the Republic of Bulgaria in accordance with Art. 65 para. 2 of Ordinance No. 59 on safety management in railway transport

RAILWAY TRANSPORT ACT

ORDINANCE No. 59 from 5.12.2006 on safety management in railway transport

REGULATION (EU) No 1158/2010 on a common safety method for the assessment of conformity with the requirements for obtaining a railway transport safety certificate

REGULATION (EU) No 1169/2010 OF THE COMMISSION on a common safety method for the assessment of conformity with the requirements for obtaining a railway safety authorization

DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway transport safety

DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/761 of the Commission from 16 February 2018 for establishing common safety methods relating to supervision by national safety authorities after the issuance of a single safety certificate or a safety authorization in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/798

DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/762 of the Commission for establishing common safety methods in connection with the requirements for the safety management system

DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/761 for establishing common safety methods relating to supervision by national safety authorities after the issuance of a single safety certificate or a safety authorization in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/798