Annexes to COM(2018)684 - EU position in Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) on adopting modifications to the Uniform Technical Prescriptions UTP GEN-B and UTP TAF

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dossier COM(2018)684 - EU position in Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) on adopting modifications to the ...
document COM(2018)684 EN
date November 26, 2018
Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail on the Accession of the European Union to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999 (OJ L 51, 23.2.2013, p. 1).

(2) Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44).


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Proposed amendments for adoption in written procedure by the Committee of Technical Experts of OTIF

1.To vote positively on the CTE proposed amendments to points 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of the Uniform Technical Prescriptions UTP GEN B as found in the CTE Working Document TECH-18010-CTE11-5 and outlined below:

‘2.1.   Infrastructure

COTIF includes infrastructure only to the extent related to interfaces with the vehicles. Therefore, the infrastructure subsystem only includes the track and points.

2.2.   Energy

COTIF includes the energy system only to the extent related to interfaces with the vehicles. Therefore, the energy subsystem only includes the overhead lines (catenary) and the quality of the power supplied.

2.3.   Trackside control-command and signalling

COTIF includes the trackside control-command and signalling this only to the extent related to the interfaces with the vehicles.’

2.To vote positively on the CTE proposed amendments to UTP TAF, which involves the updating of the List of Technical Documents in UTP TAF with the corresponding new revived List in (Appendix I) of the TAF TSI.