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Annual report 2023
8) Makes recommendations and takes decisions within its jurisdiction provided
by legislation.
9) Ensures the confidentiality of information containing business and technical
details and personal data if legislation does not provide that it should be
published.
10) Performs the duties assigned by legislation as a chief or authorised processor
of the database of cases investigated.
11)Preserves and stores the items, equipment, assemblies, and details in its
possession that are relevant to ascertaining the causes of the occurrence for
the whole duration of the safety investigation.
12)Organises information days about safety and development activities. 13)Possesses, uses, and disposes of public property in its possession in cases
provided by and in accordance with legislation.
14)Advises individuals in matters relating to the Safety Investigation Bureau’s
areas of activity.
15)Performs other tasks assigned by legislation.
1.3 Organisation
The Safety Investigation Bureau is one of many structural units of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. Since the start of 2023 the ESIB is located in a separate building from the other structural units. The special status granted to the ESIB enables it to perform specific tasks. To ensure the special status in practice, the ESIB officials have their workplaces in offices, while other officials of the Ministry mostly work in an open office in the main building. Legally the ESIB’s special status has been guaranteed by relevant articles of the Aviation Act, Maritime Safety Act and Railways Act. The ESIB utilises other departments’ competencies and work in cooperation with them but maintains complete independence in decisions relating to the requirement of cooperation and the extent of utilising of their competencies. Other structural units of the Ministry have the role of providing ancillary services to the ESIB. The ESIB’s work schedule forms a part of the Ministry’s work schedule, and it reflects its main activities.
The Safety Investigation Bureau has its own logo, letterhead, website www.ojk.ee, and an independent budget that has been approved by the Parliament. All other departments use the Ministry’s relevant general attributes. An ESIB official has a certificate of employment. The certificate of employment enables its carrier to exercise the special rights granted to him by legislation while carrying out his official tasks. The certificate of employment can be used as a form of identification and includes a brief list of the sites which it grants access to in Estonian as well as
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