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The role of the European
Railway Agency
Anders Lundström
Head of Unit
Sofia, 23 May 2008
23/05/2008
EU transport policy – revitalising the railways
EU rail transport policy and legislation are based on:
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opening up rail transport and rail supply market to
competition
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technical harmonisation – interoperability
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ensuring and increasing the existing level of safety and
developing a common approach to safety
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transparency – publication of rules and regulation by
public bodies
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Core objectives and role of the Agency
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To contribute, on technical matters, to the
implementation of the EU legislation
(Article 1 of the Agency Regulation 881/2004)
and
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To oversee the processes related to safety and
interoperability and to provide greater impetus to the
processes
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Legal basis for the Agency’s work
The Agency’s tasks and, hence, its organisational structure are
based on mainly three components:
Regulation (EC) No 881/2004
(Agency Regulation)
European directives
(railway safety directive,
interoperability directives,…)
ERA
Work Programme
(annually adopted by the Administrative Board)
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Organisation chart of the Agency
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Organisation chart of the Safety Unit
SAFETY UNIT
SECRETARIAT
Head of Unit:
Anders Lundström
SAFETY REGULATION
Head of Sector:
Kurt Lentz
HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES
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SAFETY RULES DATABASE
TECHNICAL OPINIONS
NATIONAL SAFETY RULES
COOPERATION WITH EUROSTAT
BIENNIAL SAFETY REPORT
SAFETY DATABASE
COMMON SAFETY INDICATORS
NETWORK OF INVESTIGATION BODIES
STRATEGY TOWARDS A SINGLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY CERTIFICATE
REQUIREMENTS FOR PART B SAFETY
CERTIFICATION (CROSS ACCEPTANCE)
INDICATORS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS
DATABASE
SAFETY REPORTING
Head of Sector:
Jane Rajan
SAFETY CERTIFICATION
Head of Sector:
Corinna Salander-Ludwig
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
EUROPEAN STANDARDS
COMMON SAFETY METHODS
COMMON SAFETY TARGETS
SAFETY ASSESSMENT
Head of Sector:
Thierry Breyne
NETWORK OF SAFETY
AUTHORITIES
COORDINATION WITH
INTEROPERABILITY UNIT
COMMISSION (DG TREN)
PROJECT COORDINATION
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A view on main topics of the work programme 2008
Safety
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Organisation of the networks of the national safety authorities and the
national investigation bodies
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Keeping the public safety database
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Developing the structure, monitoring and analysis of accident
investigation reporting and the dissemination of recommendations and
issues at European level
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Revising Annex I of the Safety Directive (common safety indicators)
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Developing a guidance of use for the common safety methods on risk
assessment and evaluation
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Drafting a recommendation on methods describing the calculation and
assessment of the achievement of national reference values and
common safety targets
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Developing a recommendation on harmonised requirements for the
network related Part B safety certification
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Evaluating the publication of national safety rules and recommending
improvement of accessibility
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Organisation chart of the Interoperability Unit
INTEROPERABILITY UNIT
Head of Unit:
Jean-CharlesPichant
SECRETARIES
COORDINATION
SECTOR
Olivier Piron
TSI INTERFACES
DG TREN
OPERATION
VOCATIONAL COMPETENCES
Reg. 881, Art 17
INEROPERABILITY OF TEN
Reg. 881/2004, Art 15
WORKSHOPS CERTIFICATION
Reg. 881, Art 16
MONITORING INTEROP.
Reg. 881/2004, Art 14
DATABASE
Reg. 881, Art 19
WAGONS
TELEMATIC APPLICATIONS
PASSENGER CARRIAGES
ENERGY
TRACTION UNITS
INFRASTRUCTURE
NoBo’s
Reg. 881/2004, Art 13
1520 SYSTEM
OPERATIONAL SECTOR
Kai Brandstack
REGISTRATION OF ROLLING STOCK
Reg. 881, Art 18
TSI SECTOR
Andrzej Harassek
COMMITTEE 21
NSA
STANDARDS BODIES
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A view on main topics of the work programme 2008
Interoperability
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Drafting the conventional rail TSIs for infrastructure, energy,
locomotives and traction units, passenger carriages and telematics
applications for passengers
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Revising the conventional rail TSIs for wagons and operation and
traffic management
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Developing the public interoperability database (technically based on
the safety solution)
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Evaluating the notification of national technical rules
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Revising the “Guide for the application of the high speed TSIs” and
drafting the guide related to the CR TSIs
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Drafting a report on the analysis of the relationship between the
1435mm and the 1524/1520mm railway systems
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Developing uniform criteria for accreditation of training centres for
drivers
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Recommending a European system for certification of maintenance
workshops for rolling stock
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A view on main topics of the work programme 2008
ERTMS and Economic Evaluation
ERTMS
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ERTMS system authority for specifications on ETCS and GSM-R
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Process for handling, assessment and incorporation of changes
(change management) for the reference set of ERTMS specifications
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Ensuring the configuration control of the reference baselines and the
quality and completeness of the ERTMS specifications, considering
the safety-critical characteristics of a number of core ERTMS
technologies
Economic Evaluation
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Assessment of infrastructure projects
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Participation in ERTMS corridor working groups
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Impact assessments of the Agency’s recommendations ex ante and
ex post, including a revision of the Agency’s Economic Evaluation
Methodology Guidelines, based on the experiences with these impact
assessments
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Governance and control
The Agency is controlled by an
Administrative Board and has some
binding principles for its work
The Administrative Board:
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1 representative per Member State
4 Commission representatives
6 representatives of sector organisations (railway undertakings,
infrastructure managers, railway industry, trade unions,
passengers, freight customers) – no voting rights
Norway and Iceland – no voting rights
The working principles:
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Budgetary and financial control with regular evaluation of all work
Transparency and public access to documents
Neutrality and impartiality
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Staff of the Agency
Technical staff come mainly from railway sector
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The origin of the Agency’s Staff
Project Officers staff divided by railway sector
origin
Railway Undertaking
23%
29%
Infrastructure Manager
18%
Safety Authority / Investigation Body / Ministry
9%
21%
Manufacturer
Others
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The process to decisions
No decision power for the Agency, the
Agency gives recommendations to the
Commission and technical opinions
upon specific request!
Decision
Comitology
(Article 21
Committee)
Commission
Agency
Working party …
NSA Network …
Social partners
Internal reconcilement …
Passengers / customers
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Working according to the mandates
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The Commission adopts a mandate, after a positive opinion of the
Article 21 Committee, and issued as an annex to a Commission
Decision requesting a recommendation from the Agency
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The mandates define
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the scope of work and
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the principles when developing the recommendation like
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taking into account current processes in Member States, documents
from the sector, EU-funded studies, relevant EN standards
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drafting a work programme and annual progress reports
The mandates contain obligations to
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ensure coherence with other Agency recommendations and
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carry out impact assessments on economic, social and environmental
consequences
The Agency reports to the A21C on the progress of work
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Involvement of the sector
Article 3 of the Agency Regulation obliges the Agency to set up working
groups according to the tasks given by this regulation and by the Work
Programme.
The Sector Associations are asked to send
Agency
experts to participate and contribute.
Sector organisations acting
at European level*:
experts
Working Party
UNIFE, CER, EIM, UITP,
UIP, UIRR, ERFA, ETF, ALE
National Safety Authorities’
experts
Working Party
Network of National
Safety Authorities
Working Party
Network of National
Investigation Bodies
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* List established by Article 21 Committee on 22 February 2005
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Involvement of the national authorities
The National Safety Authorities may appoint experts to the
Agency’s working groups
Directors of the
National Safety
Authorities
Agency
Working Group
Network of National
Safety Authorities
...
NSA Network
Task Forces
Experts of the
National Safety
Authorities
...
Working Group
Task Forces
Directors of the
National Investigation
Bodies
…
Network of National
Investigation Bodies
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Co-operation with the Member States
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Direct participation in the Agency’s Administrative Board, NSA/NIB
networks and working groups
Providing the requested documents to the Agency’s public database
(Articles 11 and 19 of the ERA Regulation)
NSAs: Annual safety report by 30 September (Article 18 of RSD)
NIBs:
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Annual report by 30 September (Article 23 of RSD)
 Accident and incident investigation reports not later than 12
months after the date of the occurrence (Article 23 of RSD)
 Informing the Agency about opening an investigation (Article
24 of RSD)
Regulatory bodies: Request for technical opinion concerning the
safety-related aspects of matters drawn to their attention (Article 10 of
ERA Regulation)
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The Agency’s public database
Main objective is to ensure the greatest possible transparency
and equal access for all parties to relevant information
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Safety documents (Article 11 of ERA Regulation)
Licenses and safety certificates
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Accident investigation reports
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National safety rules
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Other information, e.g. safety indicators
The safety database is operational and open to public from May 2007
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Interoperability documents (Article 19 of ERA Regulation)
“EC” declarations of verification of subsystems
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“EC” declarations of conformity of constituents
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Authorisation for placing in service
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Registers of infrastructure and rolling stock
The interoperability database is expected to be operational by end 2008
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Thank you for your attention!
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