Directive 2004/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

2. Safety documentation

2.1. The Tunnel Manager shall compile safety documentation for each tunnel and keep it permanently up-to-date. He shall provide a copy of the safety documentation to the Safety Officer.

2.2. The safety documentation shall describe the preventive and safeguard measures needed to ensure the safety of users, taking into account people with reduced mobility and disabled people, the nature of the route, the configuration of the structure, its surroundings, the nature of the traffic and the scope for action by the emergency services defined in Article 2 of the Directive.

2.3. In particular, the safety documentation for a tunnel at the design stage shall include:

• a description of the planned structure and access to it, together with the plans necessary for understanding its design and anticipated operating arrangements,

• a traffic forecast study specifying and justifying the conditions expected for the transport of dangerous goods, together with the risk analysis requested by point 3.7 of Annex I,

• a specific hazard investigation describing possible accidents which clearly affect safety of road users in tunnels which might occur during the operating stage and the nature and magnitude of their possible consequences; this investigation must specify and substantiate measures for reducing the likelihood of accidents and their consequences,

• an opinion on safety from an expert or organisation specialising in this field, which could be the Inspection Entity.

2.4. The safety mentation for a tunnel which is at the commissioning stage shall includein addtion to the documentation required at the design stage:

• a description of the organisation, human and material resources and instructions specified by the Tunnel Manager to ensure operation and maintenance of the tunnel,

• an emergency response plan drawn up jointly with the emergency services which also takes into account people with reduced mobility and disabled people,

• a description of the system of permanent feedback of experience through which significant incidents and accidents can be recorded and analysed.

2.5. The safety documentation for a tunnel which is in operation shall include in addtion to the documentation required at the commissioning stage:

• a report and analysis on significant incidents and accidents, which have taken place since the entry into force of this Directive,

• a list of the safety exercises carried out and an analysis of the lessons learned from them.