1. ERA Seminar Cross Acceptance Ad hoc Summary
ERA Seminar, Lille,
Steffen Jank

2. Objectives of the Seminar
Learn about what’s going on
Debate issues
Look forward
ERA to understand concerns, needs and priorities

3. Competitive disadvantage for RAIL
today
Everybody had bad or even painful experience with vehicle authorization projects
ERA XA process report:
”The findings from the applicable legal base show that mutual recognition is widely established for road, air and maritime but is in its infancy for rail at EU level.”
Competitive disadvantage for RAIL

4. We are far away from “Certainty & simplicity”
News
Bad news
We are far away from “Certainty & simplicity”
Good news:
There is a strong self-motivation for every stakeholder: NSAs, manufacturers, IMs, RUs, lessors …

5. We’ve done a lot
There is a lot to be done
for everybody

6. ERA Reference Document ERA report on authorisation processes DV29
Current situation:
Numeruous XA MoUs
New ID Annex VII
ERA Reference Document
ERA report on authorisation processes
DV29

7. Provide a process flow chart
Needs and priorities 1/3
Provide a process flow chart
Understand and quickly implement RINF to support a process whereby the IMs customers can assess technical compatibility – stepwise?
Clarify correlation between TSI and CSM
Systematic use of TSI in place of NNTR, each time they cover the same parameter or hazard
Elimination of unnecessary NNTRs and reduction to specific cases  migration towards a single set of European Rules

8. Recommendation for platform authorization
Needs and priorities 2/3
Immediate extension of already delivered TEN authorization to the entire interoperable network
Recommendation for platform authorization
Current practice of conformity attestations from the NSA granting the 1st APS for category “A” rules to be reviewed
Simplify and speed up appeal procedures

9. Simplify and speed up appeal procedures
Needs and priorities 3/3
Simplify and speed up appeal procedures
Simplify operational and maintenance: safety certificate, energy billing, language, radio…
Simplify and harmonize legal requirements