Legal provisions of COM(2021)178 - EU position at the 13th meeting of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) for the adoption of modifications to UTP locomotives and passenger rolling stock, UTP rolling stock - freight wagons, UTP concerning accessibility of the rail system for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, the adoption of the UTP applicable to train composition and route compatibility checks and the UTP applicable to the subsystem infrastructure, the upgrade of the references to the Technical Documents of TAF TSI listed in Appendix I of UTP TAF, and for the revision of ATMF with regard to Entities in Charge of Maintenance (ECM)

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dossier COM(2021)178 - EU position at the 13th meeting of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for ...
document COM(2021)178 EN
date June  3, 2021


Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 13th session of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail of 9 May 1980 as regards the adoption of amendments to the uniform technical prescriptions concerning locomotives and passengers rolling stock, freight wagons, accessibility of the rail system for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, as regards the adoption of the uniform technical prescriptions applicable to train composition and route compatibility checks and applicable to the subsystem infrastructure, as regards the update of references to the technical documents of technical specification for interoperability relating to the telematic applications for freight listed in Appendix I of the uniform technical prescription concerning the telematic applications for freight, and on the revision of ATMF with regard to entities in charge of maintenance shall be the following:

(1)to vote in favour of the CTE proposed amendments to UTP concerning locomotives and passenger rolling stock, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-20041-CTE13-UTP LOC PAS annex and TECH-20041 LOC PAS decision;

(2)to vote in favour of the CTE proposed amendments to UTP concerning rolling stock – freight wagons, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-20042-CTE13 WAG draft amendments and TECH-20042 WAG decision;

(3)to vote in favour of the CTE proposed amendments to UTP concerning accessibility of the rail system for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-20043-CTE UTP PRM draft amendments and TECH-20043 PRM decision;

(4)to vote in favour of the CTE proposed adoption of the UTP applicable to train composition and route compatibility checks, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-20039 UTP TCRC and TECH-20039 TCRC decision;

(5)to vote in favour of the CTE proposed adoption of the UTP applicable to the subsystem infrastructure, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-20040-UTP INF draft and TECH-20040 INF decision;

(6)to vote in favour of the CTE proposal to update the references to the technical documents of TAF TSI listed in Appendix I of UTP TAF, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-21009-CTE UTP TAF decision;

(7)to vote in favour of the revision of ATMF with regard to entities in charge of maintenance, as set out in the CTE Working Document TECH-20045 ATMF Decision.

Article 2

Once adopted, the decisions of the CTE shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, indicating the date of their entry into force.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.