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Fourth Railway PackageTechnical Pillar
Hearing at the European Parliament, Brussels7 May 2013
José GORTAZARChief Technical Officer, CAF
Today’s situation in vehicle authorisation
Fourth Railway Package is needed by the European rail industry and is fully
supported by UNIFE!
Old solutions have failed: cross acceptance
What the industry needs: a single European authorisation
Today’s system …
TODAY
Procedures vary from Member State to
Member State
… and how it could work
TOMORROW – ERA as One-Stop-Shop to overcome today‘s obstacles
How the cooperation could work in details during a transition period
NSA xEndorsement of the conformity assessment x
NSA x+1Endorsement of the conformity assessment x+1
N.B.:TSI conformity assessment to be endorsed by either ERA or one of the NSAs involved
Final target: ERA fully acting as one-stop-shop issuing the vehicle authorisation
Coverage of the vehicle authorisation
AR
EA
OF
US
E
The vehicle authorisation includes the compatibility between the vehicle and network or groups of networks
ERA and NSAs could share their tasks
Vehicle authorisation in more than
(>) 1 Member State
Vehicle authorisation in 1 Member State
Vehicle Authorisation ERA NSA or ERA*(choice of the applicant)
Use of Vehicles RU RU
Supervision NSA NSA
Final target: ERA fully acting as one-stop-shop issuing the vehicle authorisation
Transition
*NSA or ERA will apply all the same procedure and the same rules
Elimination of unnecessary national technical rules
Technical Specifications for Interoperability
National technical Rules
Member State x+1
National technical Rules
Member State x
National technical Rules
Member State 1
Today
Technical Specifications for Interoperability
National technical Rules Member State x+1
National technical Rules Member State x
National technical Rules Member State 1
Tomorrow
How it could work
Important elements of a new European authorisation system
The current Commission proposal is compatible
will all th
e above points and the priorities of th
e
sector!
The industry supports it!
Conclusion
Thank you for your attention!
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