General Meeting Florence Secretary General report on Items 5 of the agenda Imrich KORPANEC

authorisation and cross-acceptance of OTM based on EFRTC position paper and joint meeting held in Paris on ERA seminar on cross acceptance in Lille on some other issues related EFRTC potential participation in the ERA WP for revision of TSI and EC research Secretary General report EFRTC GM, Florence,

EFRTC position paper on OTM authorisation and cross-acceptance EFRTC GM, Florence, Brief on current situation Relevance of EC, ERA, CEN and other stakeholders documents and procedures to OTM and EFRTC Major issues from GM in Paris with participation of ERA and industry Some case examples of problems encountered Summary – basic requirements for facilitating OTM authorisation and x-acceptance Actions taken so far and way forward

high cost of OTM authorisation/ homologation/ certification – up to 20 % of product long time of OTM authorisation for placing into service - up to one year or even more with some exception – no cross – acceptance of authorisation even for the same type of machine and many more details… Current situation EFRTC GM, Florence,

Interoperability Directive 2008/57 ­ OTM within scope but application is not mandatory NA are free to apply their specific rules Safety Directive 2004/49 ­ No obligations for contractors to implement SMS ­ Safety is a matter of contract between IM/RU and contractor ­ Compliance with ERTMS but only for new vehicles ERA regulatory framework - Non existing for OTM as specific category CEN and CENELEC standards ­ Voluntary domain only mandatory if included in national standards or as EC/TSI core parameters OTM relevance EFRTC GM, Florence,

already presented in in general at last GM in Paris by EFRTC President but here documented by specific examples as delivered by contractors and industry see appendices to the paper more examples and quantifications are still expected to be gathered ERA is asking for quantification of the size of the OTM market in relation to the costs encountered for taking actions in regulatory framework Some examples of problems encountered EFRTC GM, Florence,

OTM - small numbers dedicated to work and not run on the network, so not in the same category as locomotives or wagons OTM – mobile factory/plant and not vehicle, so either outside EC Directive or as specific case in the Directive application of TSI – no cost increase but simplifications, cost and time reduction transparency of authorisation and clarity of assessment criteria in all EC regulatory framework and national reference documents Summary – basic requirements (1) EFRTC GM, Florence,

type certification against TSI by manufacturer to be Europe-wide acknowledged – re-checking strictly limited specific national requirements to be declared and known in advance in national reference documents to be accepted by ERA exception for X-acceptance – only unique, complex and specific track machines tailored to customer Review of current EN should be a starting point for OTM authorisation and x-acceptance Summary – basic requirements (2) EFRTC GM, Florence,

EFRTC position paper was drafted as asked by Board and completed taking into account the outcome of the joint meeting of EFRTC Committees and industry GM is now asked to agree that it should serve as a basis for future actions towards NSA and other stakeholders subject GM approval EFRTC Board shall call for the meeting with NSA of major European countries (F, G, I, UK) Actions taken and way forward EFRTC GM, Florence,

Objective to exchange information on mutual recognition and the way railway vehicles are authorised in Europe to understand ERA recommendation DV 29 on the authorisation for placing into service structural subsystem and vehicles under the Directive 2008/57/EC before its approval and publishing by EC Participants ERA - Executive Director, Dept. Directors and staff concerned, senior administrators from government and NSA, UNIFE, CER, EIM, ERFA and also EFRTC ERA seminar on cross acceptance (1) EFRTC GM, Florence,

Presentations ERA - ED, Economic evaluation vehicle authorisation, DV29, Reference document database, Roadmaps Governments and NSAs – UK DoT, NL MoT, NRA -Norway and EPSF France Stakeholders associations – CER, EIM/RFF, ERFA and UNIFE All available in public domain at Register/Pages/XAcc_seminar_17_Nov_2010.aspxhttp:// Register/Pages/XAcc_seminar_17_Nov_2010.aspx ERA seminar on cross acceptance (2) EFRTC GM, Florence,

Recommended for EFRTC to look at ERA presentations on Economic evaluation and DV 29 Examples of costs for vehicle authorisation, way forward to simplification of procedures UK DoT presentation Complexity in passing the TSI implementation through government and national institutions Cost first, when benefit of X-acceptance? EPSF France Starting with bilateral agreements dictated by needs and market, examples of procedures EFRTC established contacts with NSAs from France, Germany, UK and Italy for starting dialog on OTM ERA seminar on cross acceptance (3) EFRTC GM, Florence,

Technology TSI revision – EFRTC invited to participate at kick off meeting organised by ERA on proposal to ERA for setting up a specific task force for OTM composed of the experts from contractors, OTM supply industry and IMs (and probably later also from NSAs). TF OTM would then deliver recommendations for TSI WPs and other relevant bodies outside of Directive ERRAC and EC research Auto – Main project approved for EC funding Efficient railway infrastructure call and proposal Other issues EFRTC GM, Florence,

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