(1) Directive 2004/ 49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways requires infrastructure managers and railway undertakings to establish their safety management systems in such a way that the railway system is at least able to achieve the common safety targets and comply with the national safety rules and safety requirements defined in the technical specifications for interoperability ("TSIs") and that the relevant parts of the common safety methods are applied.

(1) Directive 2004/ 49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways requires infrastructure managers and railway undertakings to establish their safety management systems in such a way that the railway system is at least able to achieve the common safety targets and comply with the national safety rules and safety requirements defined in the technical specifications for interoperability ("TSIs") and that the relevant parts of the common safety methods are applied.

1. Infrastructure managers and railway undertakings shall establish their safety management systems to ensure that the railway system can achieve at least the CSTs, is in conformity with the national safety rules described in Article 8 and Annex II and with safety requirements laid down in the TSIs, and that the relevant parts of CSMs are applied.

It will support demonstration projects applying the Community guidelines with regard to infrastructure safety, in particular in the context of the Sixth Research Framework Programme and, in due course, in areas such as safety audits, urban safety management and safety impact assessment, will make funding for all infrastructure projects financed by the EU, including the trans-European road network, subject to the application of these guidelines.

The proposal for a directive on railway safety requires infrastructure managers and railway undertakings to develop their safety management system in such a way that the railway system can at least attain the Common Safety Objectives, comply with national safety rules and with the safety requirements specified in the TSIs, and that the relevant elements of the Common Safety Methods are applied.

(1) Directive 2004/xxx/EC of .of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety [17] requires infrastructure managers and railway undertakings to establish their safety management system in such a way that the railway system is at least able to achieve the common safety objectives and comply with the national safety regulations and safety requirements defined in the Technical Specifications for Interoperability and that the relevant parts of the Joint Safety Methods are applied.