The draft Law on Railways (amended) supplements and amends many regulations on the responsibility of maintaining and evaluating the safety management system, facilitating transportation.
The Ministry of Transport said that the 2017 Railway Law has regulations on safety management systems such as: Urban railways and high-speed railways newly built or upgraded must be assessed and certified for system safety before being put into operation.
Urban railway and high-speed railway business enterprises must build and maintain a safety management system.
The draft Law on Railways (amended) supplements and adjusts regulations on safety management systems to facilitate transportation (Photo: illustration).
For urban railways, the Minister of Transport shall prescribe the implementation of system safety assessment and certification for urban railways and the issuance of Certificates of assessment of urban railway system safety records and periodic certificates of urban railway operation safety management systems.
However, the implementation of these regulations is still difficult. In particular, the authority to evaluate and grant certificates for urban railways is assigned to the Minister of Transport, but urban railway construction investment projects are under the authority of the provincial People's Committees.
Therefore, in the Draft Law on Railways (amended), a provision has been added to assign responsibility to the railway management and operation organization to regulate and maintain a safety management system to improve railway transport activities, especially for railway projects with high technical requirements that are about to be implemented in the near future.
On the other hand, such regulations are similar to the regulations of railway laws of countries around the world, in which China is a country with direct railway connections with our country. Thereby, ensuring convenience for international intermodal transportation.
The draft Law also amends and supplements regulations on assessment and certification of railway system safety on the basis of inheriting and amending current Railway Law regulations to conform with international practices.
At the same time, regulations on administrative procedures for appraisal and issuance of Certificates of appraisal of system safety records and periodic certificates of urban railway operation management systems will be abolished. Thereby, removing difficulties and obstacles for investors and enterprises when investing in construction, management and exploitation of urban railway lines.
The assessment and certification of system safety will be carried out by an independent safety certification organization (selected by the project investor).
Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/phan-dinh-ro-trach-nhiem-danh-gia-he-thong-quan-ly-an-toan-duong-sat-192250228194920998.htm
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