Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 00, 2012 | VNIIZhT1 | JSC Railway Research Institute (VNIIZhT) Methods of Harmonising Standards in Railway Transport in View of the Russian Legislation on Technical Regulation Speaker: Lidiya Ivanovna Kopchugova Head of the Centre for Standardisation and Methodology of Technical Regulation, JSC VNIIZhT

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT2 | The Russian Federation is a Member of the World Trade Organisation ACHIEVING THE AIMS OF THE WTO AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE Create conditions ensuring that technical regulations and standards, including requirements on packaging, marking and labelling, as well as procedures for assessing compliance with the technical regulations and standards, do not create unnecessary barriers to international trade

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT3 | SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL NORMS AND REGULATIONS IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT Constitution of the Russian Federation LAWS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 184-FZ On technical regulation17-FZ On railway transport in the Russian Federation Technical regulations of the Customs Union Interstate standards National standards of the Russian Federation Rules and regulations Standards of JSC RZD 18-FZ Charter of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation Norms and regulations subject to registration with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation Rules for safe operation (operational, signalling, traffic, etc.) Shipping rules Norms and regulations of the federal executive branch

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT4 | Technical Regulations of the Customs Union Approved by the Customs Union Committee National interests Technical regulations of the CU for railway transport On the safety of railway rolling stock On the safety of the railway infrastructure On the safety of high-speed railway transport Essential (minimum) requirements on subjects of technical regulation Interstate standards Regional rules and regulations Specific requirements on the subjects of technical regulation Body of evidence regarding compliance with the technical regulations

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT5 | Draft technical regulations in railway transportation within the “1520 area” Interests of CIS member states Draft technical regulations within the “1520 area” On the safety of railway rolling stock On the safety of the railway infrastructure Interstate standards Regional rules and regulations Body of evidence regarding compliance with the technical regulations

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT6 | APPLYING INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL (EUROPEAN) STANDARDS AS NATIONAL AND INTERSTATE STANDARDS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT7 | RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL / INTERSTATE STANDARDS AND THE CORRESPONDING INTERNATIONAL / REGIONAL (EUROPEAN) STANDARDS Three degrees of national and interstate standard conformity with the international (regional) standard Identical (IDT): an identical standard must not contain changes to the structure, technical contents or presentation. Editing corrections to the technical contents of an identical standard are allowed. Modified (MOD): a modified standard contains changes to the technical contents and/or structural changes, where the reasons for such changes are provided. May contain editing corrections allowed in identical standards. Non-equivalent (NEQ): a non-equivalent standard contains an insignificant portion of an international standard’s provisions

Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT8 | DIRECT APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL STANDARDS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL Federal law On Technical Regulation (art. 44, clauses 3–8) GOST R (annex B) DIRECT APPLICATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WITHOUT EXECUTING A GOST R CONDITIONSTECHNOLOGY Availability of a Russian version of the international standard The international standard is discussed publicly in Russia The Federal Information Collection contains official Russian versions of the cited international standards Findings of a specialist technical committee on standardisation Rosstandart decision on registering the international standard Rosstandart’s decree on adopting the international standard as a national standard (GOST R) Information on adoption is published The international standard is rolled out and directly applied in Russia

European normative documents European Committee for Standardization (CEN) European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) European Parliament CEN Standards for products, services, processes, test methods, quality assurance systems, accreditation CENELEC Standards for electrical engineering and electronics products, electromagnetic compatibility, metrological assurance ETSI Standards equipment compatibility, harmonization of standards in the telecommunications field, television broadcasting EC Directive Law of EU Member States, defines objectives for life and health of people and product safety Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) Mandatory requirements to ensure conditions for interoperability during the design, manufacturing, construction, modernization and operation of infrastructure and rolling stock European Railway Agency (ERA) Harmonization of requirements in joint documents European Commission 9 |Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

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