Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the written procedure to be launched by the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) for the adoption of modifications to the Uniform Technical Prescriptions UTP GEN-B and UTP TAF - Main contents

Document date	16-11-2018
Publication date	17-11-2018
Reference	13299/18 ADD 1
From	General Secretariat of the Council
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Council of the European Union Brussels, 16 November 2018 (OR. en)

13299/18

Interinstitutional File: ADD 1

2018/0352(NLE) i

TRANS 460

NOTE

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Delegations

No. Cion doc.: ST 13156/18 TRANS 449 ADD 1

Subject: Council Decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the written procedure to be launched by the Committee of

Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International

Carriage by Rail (OTIF) for the adoption of modifications to the Uniform

Technical Prescriptions UTP GEN-B and UTP TAF

Attachment to the above-mentioned Council Decision.

ATTACHMENT

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.