Chapter 1. General provisions



The scope of the law



section 1 of this Act applies



1. railway infrastructure and railway vehicles,



2. the design and organization of rail transport,



3. management of the railway infrastructure, and



4. the provision of services for rail transport.



The law does not apply to Metro and tram. Provisions on

the safety of such rail systems exist in the law

(1990:1157) om the safety of Metro and tram.

Law (2015:360).



1 (a), the provisions of section 6 and Chapter 7. does not apply to

activities at the



1. local and regional rail network that is independent and

exclusively for passenger services or Museum traffic, or



2. the railway network that are not managed by the State and that only

used by the owner, or the infrastructure manager, for

shipments of own goods. Law (2015:360).



1 b of the managing the railway infrastructure in the

facilities should the provisions of 6 and 7

Cape. applied only to Chapter 6. 23-23 c sections and Chapter 7. section 8.

Law (2015:360).



paragraph 1 (c) the supervisory authority may decide that a trustee of

such local rail infrastructure lacking strategic

importance of the rail market should be exempt from the

the provisions of Chapter 6 and 7. If infrastructure falls into

under the definition of railway infrastructure in annex I to

Directive EU of 21 December 2012 on the establishment of

a single European railway area, in the original

the wording, the European Commission's decision pursuant to article

2(4) of the directive must be sought directly. Law (2015:360).



section 2 special provisions governing the carriage of passengers is

in European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) no 1371/2007

of 23 October 2007 on the rights and obligations of

rail passengers. In addition, there are specific provisions on

the carriage of passengers and goods in rail transport law

(1985:192) and in law (2015:338) on international

railway traffic. Law (2015:339).



2 a section on jurisdiction for drivers of railway vehicles

provisions of the law (2011:725) if permission for train drivers.

Law (2011:726).



International rules that apply as Swedish law



2 b of That Swedish law shall apply to original texts of

the provisions set out in Appendix G of technical approval of

rolling stock used in international traffic in

Convention concerning international carriage by rail (COTIF) of 9

May 1980, as amended by the amending Protocol of 3

June 1999.



The first subparagraph shall not apply to the extent that the provisions

regulates the Contracting Parties ' obligations towards

each other or to the intergovernmental organisation for

international carriage by rail (OTIF).



If the original texts differ, the French

the text.



The French and the English original texts and a translation

of these to Swedish, see inmates as an annex to this

team. Law (2015:339).



section 2 c Of the Audit Committee of OTIF has decided on a

Sweden binding amendment to Appendix G, should the change be valid in

Sweden from the date on which the change comes into force

According to the Treaty. Law (2015:339).



Supervisory authority



section 3 of The Government authority determines

(supervisory authority) shall examine applications for authorisation and

exercise supervision according to this law and pursuant to the provisions

announced with the support of the law.



Definitions



section 4 of this Act and the regulations issued on the basis of

the law means



accredited bodies: conformity assessment

accredited for indication of the European Parliament

and Council Regulation (EC) no 765/2008 of 9 July 2008 concerning

requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the

marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) no

339/93,



facility services: land, tracks, installations,

buildings and equipment developed for it to

go to perform or provide the services referred to

in Chapter 6. 23 section or Chapter 6. section 23 c,



sub-systems: part of the railway system, which can be attributed to

one of the categories of the subsystems listed in annex

II to European Parliament and Council Directive 2008/57/EC of the

17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the

the rail system within the community,



EEA: European economic area,



keepers: the who, as owner or with

access rights long-term use or grants a

rail vehicles and is registered as the keeper of the

national vehicle register,



"vehicle type" means vehicles with identical technical design

registered in the European register of authorised

vehicle types,



Declaration of conformity: such an assurance that a

rail vehicle conforms to a vehicle type that has already been authorised

designed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU)

No. 201/2011 by March 1, 2011 on the formulation of the Declaration

of conformity with an approved type of railway vehicles,



infrastructure managers: managing

railway infrastructure and power plants that belong to the

infrastructure,



international transport: passenger services between various States

in the EEA and Switzerland by train whose carriages pass

at least one national border and whose primary purpose is to promote

passengers between stations in different States within the EEA and

Switzerland



rail vehicles: driving vehicles and other rolling stock

can be performed on railway track and which consists of one or

several subsystem or part of subsystem,



railway company: the one with the support of license or national

traffic safety licence provides traction and perform

rail traffic,



rail infrastructure: track, signal and

security installations intended for rail transport,

the traffic control installations, devices for power supply of

traffic and other fixed equipment that is needed for

holding stocks, operation or use,



rail: rail infrastructure managed by a and

same infrastructure managers,



rail systems: rail infrastructure and rail vehicles as well as

operation and management of infrastructure and vehicles,



regulatory body "means any body referred to in article 55 in

European Parliament and Council Directive EU of 21

November 2012, establishing a single European

railway area, in the original wording,



regional public transportation authority: the who regional

public transport authority under the Act (2010:1065) if

public transport,



service provider: any public or private entity that

responsible for the management of a facility for services

or for the provision of the services referred to in 6

Cape. 23 section or Chapter 6. section 23 c,



heavier maintenance: work not done routinely as a

part of the daily maintenance but require that the vehicle be

out of service,



train path "means the infrastructure capacity, as set out

in a working timetable, may be used to convey

railway vehicles, excluding vehicles, from a site to a

other for a certain period of time,



timetable: plan for the use of railway infrastructure in

a specified period,



maintenance responsible entity: the entity that is responsible for

maintenance of a railway vehicle and registered as

such a vehicle register in accordance with Chapter 8. 8 a of. Law (2015:360).



Authorization



section 5 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. what vehicles are work vehicles,



2. what vehicles the museum railway vehicles,



3. some installations should not be considered

railway infrastructure, and



4. the railway infrastructure that lacks strategic

significance of the railway market.



The Government may also provide for what in this

law and regulations issued by virtue of the law, of course,

with



1. the trans-European conventional rail system

train, and



2. the trans-European high-speed rail system.

Law (2015:360).



section 6 of the Government or the authority the Government may

provide for such a technical approval of

rolling stock referred to in the Appendix referred to in paragraph 2 (b).

Law (2015:339).



section 7 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for obligations for

infrastructure managers to keep records of their

railway applications and requirements for the content of such records.

Law (2015:360).



Chapter 2. Requirements for railway systems



Security



section 1 of the railway infrastructure, railway vehicles and other equipment in the

the railway system must be such that damage to the

as a result of activities carried out in the system are prevented.



section 2 of the infrastructure managers and railway business activities

shall be carried out so that damage caused by operations

are prevented.



Business must be organized so that it can be operated on

a safe way.



section 3 of The employed in the infrastructure manager, or

a railway undertaking must have good knowledge of the

conditions, rules and conditions that apply to

activities and which affect their duties.



Tasks relevant to safety may be carried out only

of which, because of their professional skills, health and

personal circumstances otherwise deemed appropriate.



section 4 of an infrastructure manager or a railway undertaking may

do not assign any tasks relevant to safety

but they have undergone a medical examination which shows that

There are no obstacles for health reasons.



The one who has the duties of significance to safety shall


regularly and, if necessary, undergo a medical examination.

Operator may suspend the person who fails to comply with a

obligation to undergo an examination from such duties.

Law (2011:726).



paragraph 5 of the infrastructure managers and railway business activities

shall be the subject of a safety management system.

The safety management system consists of the organisation

introduced and the procedures established to ensure the

safe operation.



For infrastructure managers and railway business activities

There shall be such other security provisions

necessary to ensure a safe operation. Law (2007:452).



5 a of the infrastructure managers and railway undertakings shall submit annually

to the supervisory authority to submit a safety report about it

preceding calendar year. Law (2007:452).



section 6 in the event of an accident by the use of a

railway vehicles, which means that at least one person dies or

at least five people are seriously injured or that the vehicle,

the railway infrastructure, property not carried by

vehicle or environment, extensive damage, the railway undertakings

and infrastructure managers are obliged to report it

occurred to the supervisory authority. Railway undertakings and

managers are also required to report when it existed

serious risk of an accident or if something has happened that

indicates a significant malfunction in a vehicle or in

infrastructure or that there are other substantial

safety hazards.



If the examination from the point of view of safety of railway accidents and

other events related to track traffic, there are provisions in the

the law (1990:712) accident investigation. Law (2007:452).



Requirements for subsystems and components



Introductory provision



Article 7 the provisions of §§ 8 to 12 shall apply only to

subsystems and components designed, built, built on

or modernized since the end of June 2004.

Provisions should, however, also be applied to the subsystems and

components placed in service prior to that but after 1

January 2001, if they are part of the trans-European

high-speed rail system.



The provisions of §§ 8 and 12 do not apply to the museum railway vehicles

or for rail vehicles and rail infrastructure at such

independent rail network referred to in Chapter 1. (1) (a) section 1.

Law (2015:360).



Essential requirements and technical specifications



paragraph 8 of each subsystem and each component component

necessary for interoperability must comply with prescribed

requirements for security, reliability, availability, health,

environmental protection and technical compatibility.



Each of the subsystems shall comply with the prescribed

technical specifications for interoperability.



Subsystems



§ 9 a subsystem may be taken into service only if it complies with the

the requirements in section 8.



Requirements shall be considered satisfied if the person takes a subsystem in

use, or his authorized representative established in the EEA or in Switzerland,

made a declaration about conformity of the subsystem with the

regulatory requirements (EC declaration of verification). The control of the

the subsystem and conformity assessment shall be

conducted by a body notified for this purpose under the Act

(2011:791) on accreditation and technical control.



With monitoring and assessment referred to in the second subparagraph are equated

control and evaluation of the bodies notified for the same

purposes of a State of the EEA or Switzerland.

Law (2011:799).



Components



section 10 a component which is necessary for interoperability

may be placed on the market and used in some systems only

If it allows interoperability of the

trans-European conventional rail system will be achieved and it meets the

the requirements in section 8, first paragraph.



Requirements shall be considered to be met if the manufacturer, his established

agents in the EEA or in Switzerland or the placing of a

component on the market, has issued a statement that the component

in conformity with the applicable technical specifications and is

suitable for the intended use (Declaration). If the Government

or, after the Government's authorization, the supervisory authority

provide for this, the assessment of conformity and

suitability to be performed by a body notified for this

purpose in accordance with the law (2011:791) on accreditation and technical

control.



With an assessment referred to in the second subparagraph are deemed equivalent to an assessment

of the bodies notified for the same purpose by another State

within the EEA or Switzerland. Law (2011:799).



Exemption decision



section 11 of the regulatory authority may decide that a subsystem does not

need to comply with the technical specifications for

interoperability as specified in paragraph 8 of the second paragraph, if the

There are special reasons.



A decision on the derogation shall be reconciled with the conditions

necessary from the security, environmental and

the interoperability point of.



section 12 Included a subsystem in a trans-European railway systems,

the supervisory authority may decide, in accordance with section 11 only in cases

as a government institution.



Supervisory approval of subsystems



paragraph 13 of the subsystems may be taken into use only after approval by the

the supervisory authority, unless otherwise specifically

before written.



At the supervisor's review of some systems that do not have

designed, built, renovated or modernized after

end of June 2004, the provisions of §§ 8 and 12 do not

be taken into account. They should also not be taken into account in the examination of the

the museum railway vehicles or rail vehicles and

rail infrastructure at such self-contained rail network

referred to in Chapter 1. (1) (a) section 1. Law (2015:360).



13 a section When an approved part system should be modernized or built

If, a description of the planned work is submitted to

the supervisory authority. If the agency determines that the

overall security levels are negatively affected, the

modernised or reconstructed subsystem is placed in service only

After approval by the authority. The same applies if the

regulatory authority determines that the work is of such a scale

requiring a new authorisation for that subsystem shall receive

put into use. Law (2011:1118).



13 b of the New designation section 22 of Act (2011:1118).



Terms and conditions



section 14 of An approval under section 13 may be subject to the conditions

needed from the security and interoperability point of.



If an approved part system change without subsystem

renewed or upgraded and the change affects

conditions as regulated in the conditions, should the change be notified

to the supervisory authority. Law (2011:1118).



Supervisory approval of railway vehicles



Railway vehicles conforming to the technical specifications

for interoperability



section 15 of a railway vehicle that complies with the applicable

technical specifications for interoperability and whose

some systems already approved under section 13, shall be authorised to

put into use without further examination. Law (2011:1118).



section 16 of The railway vehicles conforming to applicable

technical specifications for interoperability without

subject to section 15, shall be authorised to be placed in service pursuant to section 13,

If the applicant shows up



1. EC verification according to § 9 of the

some systems vehicle consists of,



2. documentation showing that the vehicle subsystem consists of

is technically compatible with each other and with

the railway infrastructure, and



3. documentation showing that the vehicle meets the national

Special requirements of safety and interoperability.

Law (2011:1118).



Railway vehicles which do not comply with the technical

specifications for interoperability



section 17 of a railway vehicle that is not, or only partly,

in conformity with the technical specifications for

interoperability must be considered for approval under section 13.

Law (2011:1118).



Acceptance of railway vehicles in a State of the EEA or

Switzerland



section 18 such approval to take a railway vehicle in use

decided by a competent body in another State within the EEA

or in Switzerland are valid in Sweden if not otherwise is

legally required.



The Government or the authority that the Government may

provide for additional requirements for approval

under the first subparagraph. Law (2011:1118).



section 19 of the Government Announces rules regarding the period within which

supervisor shall take a decision in a case relating to the

requirements for supplementary approval under section 18.



If the regulator fails to take a decision within the time

referred to in the first subparagraph, the vehicle is considered to be approved for inclusion

in use. Law (2011:1118).



Approval of vehicle types



section 20 When the regulatory authority approves a railway vehicle for

to put into service, it shall also accept the vehicle type. If

the applicant requests that the supervisory authority may approve a

vehicle type without also approving a specific

railway vehicles.



A type-approval shall be entered in the European register

of approved vehicle types.



If the rules of which formed the basis of a type-approval

is changed, the supervisory authority may decide that the type approval

to be renewed in order to be valid. Law (2011:1118).



Approval of vehicles which conform to an approved

type of vehicle



section 21 of a railway vehicle that complies with an earlier

approved vehicle type, to be accepted without further verification of

the applicant showing up a declaration of conformity.



In the annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 201/2011 see

provisions on the Declaration of conformity.

Law (2011:1118).



The marking of rail vehicles



section 22 rail vehicles shall be marked with a European

vehicle identification number, a innehavarbeteckning and a letter of


interoperability.



The supervisory authority shall assign such a railway vehicle

numbers and letters in connection with the vehicle

is approved for that use.



The applicant for authorisation for placing in service of vehicles

is responsible for marking the vehicle. Law (2011:1118).



Maintenance of railway vehicles



section 23 for a railway vehicle to be put into service, it shall be

designated a maintenance charge unit for the vehicle.



A maintenance Manager unit responsible for the maintenance of

freight cars should have a State of the supervisory authority or

a certificate issued by a body which is accredited for

the task.



Requirements of the first and second subparagraphs shall not apply to

the museum railway vehicles or for such railway vehicles only

used on such networks as referred to in Chapter 1. 1 a of.

Law (2011:1118).



section 24 a maintenance responsible unit should have



1. a maintenance management system that ensures that the

the unit is responsible for railway vehicles are in a safe condition, and



2. adequate competence and adequate resources within the

the Organization to cope with the task. Law (2011:1118).



Authorization



section 25 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. the security referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5, as well as for exceptions to these

provisions for activities of such rail network referred to

in Chapter 1. 1 a of,



1 a. safety report according to paragraph 5 (a) and on derogations from

This provision for the operation of such networks

referred to in Chapter 1. 1 a of,



2. events of importance to track traffic

security should be reported in cases other than those specified in section 6,

the first subparagraph,



3. requirements for security, reliability, availability, health,

environmental protection and technical compatibility according to section 8 of the first

subparagraph,



4. technical specifications for interoperability according to section 8 of the

the second paragraph as well as the other requirements for the design,

construction, renovation, modernisation, operation, maintenance, and

use of railway infrastructure and railway vehicles,



5. the EC declaration of verification in accordance with section 9,



6. Ec declaration under section 10,



7. approval under section 13 and if exemption from the requirement of

such approval and approval requirements under

13 a of,



8. acceptance of railway vehicles and vehicle types according to

15-17, 20 and 21 sections and if exemption from the requirement of

approval and approving a series of identical

vehicles,



9. exemptions from the labelling requirement under section 22, and



10. maintenance responsible entities referred to in paragraphs 23 and 24, and if

exceptions to the requirement for such a device.



The Government may provide for the cases in which

the regulatory authority may decide, in accordance with section 12. Law (2015:360).



Chapter 3. Licensing of railway operations



Licensing of railway undertakings



Permit requirements



§ 1 to perform rail requires either a permit in

form of licence and safety certificate or, in the cases referred to in

paragraph 4, national traffic safety conditions. Law (2015:360).



License



section 2 of the license shall be granted



1. intends to provide traction and perform

rail traffic,



2. have established in Sweden,



3. taking into account the professional expertise, financial capacity and good

reputation is considered appropriate to provide traction and

perform carriage by rail, and



4. through insurance or sufficient guarantee covers the

liability for damages that may arise as a result of

railway traffic.



The requirements of the first subparagraph may be adapted to the nature of the

and scope. In the license, the supervisory authority shall specify the

requirements adapted and the business license is valid for.



License or other equivalent authorisation issued in another

State in the EEA or in Switzerland applies in Sweden.

Law (2015:360).



Safety certificate



paragraph 3 of the safety certificate shall, split into an A and B-share,

granted to railway undertakings



1. likely to comply with the requirements of Chapter 2. paragraph 5 of the first

subparagraph and in the regulations on the safety management system

has been issued pursuant to Chapter 2. 25 § 1 (part),



1 a. likely to comply with the requirements of Chapter 2. 1 – 4 sections and

paragraph 5, second subparagraph, and in regulations that have been issued with

support of Chapter 2. 25 § 1 (part of the B-part),



2. using railway vehicles which meet the requirements of Chapter 2.

(part of the B-share), and

3. show that the insurance or other equivalent arrangement

covers the damages that may arise as a result

of the traffic safety certificate (part of the B-part).



The requirements of the first subparagraph may be adapted to the nature of the

and scope. In the certificate, the supervisory authority shall specify the

requirements adapted and what activities the certificate applies.



A section of a security certificate issued in another State within the

EEA or in Switzerland are valid in Sweden if the railway undertaking here

applying to perform the same type of transport services

been tried in the certificate. Law (2012:445).



National traffic safety licence



section 4 of the National traffic safety authorisations may be granted

intends to perform in the country only



1. passenger transport or museum services at a local or regional

stand-alone railway infrastructure, or



2. freight traffic on the railway network that are not managed by the State and

used only by the owner, or the infrastructure manager

for shipments of own goods.



National traffic safety authorisation shall only be granted to the

as



1. have established in the EEA or in Switzerland,



2. likely to comply with the requirements of Chapter 2. 1 to 5 sections, and



3. through insurance or other equivalent arrangement covers

the liability for damages that may arise as a result of

railway operations.



The requirements in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 and 3 may be adapted to

the nature and extent of the risk. The authorisation shall

the supervisory authority specify the requirements adapted and for which

business licence terms. Law (2015:360).



section 5 was repealed by law (2015:360).



section 6 of the repealed law (2015:360).



Safety authorisation for infrastructure managers



7 § to administer the railway infrastructure and operation

plants belonging to the infrastructure requires a

a safety licence. Law (2007:452).



section 8 a safety licence under section 7 shall be granted



1. taking into account the professional expertise, financial capacity and good

reputation may be considered suitable to manage rail infrastructure

and operate facilities that are related to infrastructure, as well as



2. likely to comply with the requirements of Chapter 2. 1 to 5 sections and in

regulations issued pursuant to Chapter 2. 25 § 1.



The requirements of the first subparagraph may be adapted to the nature of the

and scope. In the authorization, the supervisory authority shall set

how requirements have been adapted and for which the activity licence

apply. Law (2012:445).



Conditions, the duration and review



§ 9 the supervisory authority may, except in the case of a license, in

When an authorization or during the

the period of validity of the unite State the conditions required from

the point of view of safety.



An authorisation shall be reconsidered when the operations shall be subject to a

substantial change. A safety certificate under paragraph 3 and

a safety licence under section 7 shall be reviewed at least every

fifth year. The supervisory authority may, during the

the period of validity of the permit or the conditions of the review with the

due to significant changes in the regulations on

railway safety.



The licensee is obliged to to the supervisory authority

notify such changes in operations that can induce

revalidation of the permit or the conditions. Law (2007:452).



section 10 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. licences referred to in section 2, a review of licenses and

temporary licenses,



2. the safety certificate in accordance with paragraph 3,



3. national road safety condition under paragraph 4,



4. a safety licence under section 7, and



5. review of the condition or conditions under section 9.

Law (2015:360).



Permits or certificates to maintenance services



section 11 of the licence or certificate, a maintenance Manager

device as described in Chapter 2. section 23 of the second subparagraph may be given only

to such a device that meets the requirements set out in the Commission's

Regulation (EC) No 445/2011 by May 10, 2011 on a

certification schemes of entities in charge of maintenance of

goods wagons and amending Regulation (EC) no 653/2007,

the requirements of this Act and the regulations issued pursuant to

of the law. Law (2011:1118).



section 12 If a maintenance officer unit authorized or

certificate for the task is a railway undertaking or an

infrastructure managers, the supervisory authority shall check

that the requirements referred to in section 11 are met and bring

details of the railway company's safety certificate according to

paragraph 3, or the infrastructure manager's safety licence under

7 §. Law (2011:1118).



section 13 a permit or certificate as described in Chapter 2. section 23 of the

second subparagraph, and which has been awarded by a competent authority

or an accredited body in another State within the EEA or

Switzerland, applies in Sweden. Law (2011:1118).



Chapter 4. Accounting of railway operations, etc.



section 1 of the railway undertakings and infrastructure managers as both

provides transport services and manages

railway infrastructure shall keep separate accounts for the activities.

Public funds paid to one of these two

areas of activity may not be transferred to the other.

Law (2015:360).



1 a of a railway company that provides both

freight transport and, in whole or in part in public

funded, passengers should keep separate accounts

activities.



Public funds paid to passenger transport operations


may not be transferred to other activities, and should be reported

According to European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) no

1370/2007 of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by

rail and by road and repealing Council regulations (EEC)

No 1191/69 and (EEC) No 1107/70, in the original

the wording. Law (2015:360).



1 b of The who is required to keep separate accounts for the activities under section

or 1 a of to publish accounts. Law (2015:360).



section 2 of the provisions of this chapter do not apply to the

perform in scope insignificant traffic with

the museum railway vehicles or other similar materials.



The obligation to keep separate accounts in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 1A shall not apply

for activities at such stand-alone local and regional

networks as referred to in Chapter 1. (1) (a) section 1, with the exception of

railway undertakings which are under direct or indirect control

of a company or body which also performs or arranges the

traffic on any other type of rail networks.



Duty to disclose under section also does not apply to

the operators who, without receiving public aid;

engaged in rail traffic and manages railway infrastructure

only in order to provide its own operations with such

services referred to in Chapter 6. 23 section and Chapter 6.

section 23 c. Law (2015:360).



2 a of if a service provider providing such

services referred to in Chapter 6. 23 section under

direct or indirect control of a company or body with

a dominant position on the Swedish market for

rail transport services,



1. the service provider and the company or body have

separate accounts for providing services and

transport services, and



2. the activities to be organised so that the decision-making process is

independent of the dominant undertaking.

Law (2015:360).



section 3 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. accountability and records referred to in 1, 1 (a)

and 2 a § §,



2. independence requirements in terms of organization and

decision making in accordance with paragraph 2 (a). Law (2015:360).



Chapter 5. The right to perform and organize traffic on railway network



General



section 1 of the Government, with the support of Chapter 8. section 7 of the Constitution

provide for who, in addition to what is stated in section 2,

has the right to perform or organise traffic on railway network

managed by the State.



In the case of other networks decide

infrastructure manager, who, in addition to what is stated in section 2,

has the right to perform or organise traffic on the

Network Manager is over. Law (2015:360).



Operational law on Swedish rail network



section 2 of a railway company based in a State within the EEA or

Switzerland has the right to perform and organize traffic at Swedish

rail network.



Other natural or legal persons domiciled or

registered office in a State within the EEA or in Switzerland, which has a

public or commercial interest

infrastructure capacity and which meet the requirements

set by the infrastructure manager by virtue of Chapter 6.

5 a §, are entitled to organize traffic at Swedish railway network.

Law (2015:360).



2 (a) repealed by laws (2015:360).

Law (2009:693).



2 b repealed by law (2010:1071).



2 c § Government may provide for limitations in

the right to pick up and set down passengers on the line between

Stockholm central station and Arlanda airport. Such

the limitation shall not apply to international

passenger traffic. Law (2009:694).



3 repealed by law (2015:360).



Exemption of certain railway network



4 § the right to perform or organise services under paragraph 2 of

do not apply on



1. the rail network referred to in Chapter 1. 1 a of,



2. railway infrastructure that is only intended to be used

for urban and suburban traffic, or



3. railway infrastructure facilities.

Law (2015:360).



section 5 was repealed by law (2010:1071).



section 6 of the repealed law (2010:1071).



Chapter 6. The allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the provision of services



Responsibilities of the infrastructure managers



Basic obligations



1 § infrastructure managers are obliged to treat a

application for infrastructure capacity from the one under Chapter 5.

has the right to perform or organise traffic on Swedish

rail network and in a competitively neutral and non-

discriminatory way against fee assign this

infrastructure capacity in accordance with the provisions of this

team.



An infrastructure manager may not improperly disclose

or make use of the information which the applicant in the context of the application

provide for their business and operational conditions. In it

public activities should apply and

secrecy (2009:400).



On the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity, the trustee

observe the timetable for the award procedure which the Government

or, after the Government's authorization, the supervisory authority

prescribes. Law (2009:507).



1 a of an infrastructure manager which is wholly or partly

financed by public funds should adopt an action plan for

its rail network. The business plan should contain a

presentation of the planned use and development of

the railway network. Before the plan is adopted,

the infrastructure manager shall allow interested businesses, organizations

and Government agencies the opportunity to comment on the content

in the plan.



The regulatory authority may decide that a manager of such

local or regional railway infrastructure lacking

strategic importance for the rail market should be exempt from the

the requirement to draw up a scheme of operations in accordance with the first

paragraph. If the infrastructure is falling under the definition of

rail infrastructure in annex I to Directive EU of

on 21 December 2012 on the establishment of a common

European railway area, in the original wording, should

The European Commission's decision pursuant to article 2(4) of the

the directive must be sought directly. Law (2015:360).



section 2 of The performing or organise rail services may not

at the same time responsible for the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity

or the fixing of fees. The supervisory authority may, however, in

individual cases may decide to derogate from this, if it can

assumed that the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the

the fixing of fees still can be done in a non-

discriminatory manner.



3 § infrastructure managers shall assess the need to

organize the train modes for different types of transport, including

the need for spare capacity. On the applications for

infrastructure capacity cannot be coordinated, should the trustee

assign capacity by means of fees or in accordance with

priority criteria which result in a socio-economic

efficient use of infrastructure.



Railway infrastructure, after consultation with interested parties,

be reserved for certain rail if there are alternatives

railway infrastructure. The rail infrastructure

reserved for specific rail services should not prevent other

traffic on the railway infrastructure capacity are

available and rail vehicles have the technical characteristics

required. Law (2015:360).



section 4 of an infrastructure manager shall cooperate with other

managers in order to efficiently provide

and allocate infrastructure capacity on more than one network.

The need for international train paths shall take

in particular, be taken into account.



Reporting of deviations



4 a section Of rail network where business management with

quality charges under section 22 shall apply to

the infrastructure manager shall provide a system for

report and record deviations from the timetable and

operating agreement established the use of the infrastructure

as well as the reasons for such deviations. Law (2010:1916).



Description of the network



section 5 of an infrastructure manager shall establish a description of

the network administrator's control. The description should

include information on available infrastructure and

information about the conditions of access to and use of

infrastructure and on procedures and criteria for the allocation

of infrastructure capacity.



The description shall be drawn up after consultations with interested parties.

The description should be published, updated regularly and

be changed if necessary. Law (2010:1916).



5 a of an infrastructure manager may in the description of

the network require of the applicant for

infrastructure capacity with a view to ensuring future

fee income and the effective use of

the railway infrastructure. The requirements, which should be appropriate,

transparent and non-discriminatory, may only relate to the economic

guarantee and the ability to apply for capacity. Law (2015:360).



Capacity enhancement plan



6 § When infrastructure has been declared to overloaded

According to section 13, the infrastructure manager shall make a

capacity analysis and a capacity enhancement plan.



Award procedure



Application



section 7 of the one who has the right to perform or organise traffic on

Swedish rail network can apply for infrastructure capacity in the form

by train mode of an infrastructure manager according to his

description of the network.



Infrastructure capacity is requested on several network may

application of one of the concerned infrastructure managers.

He shall then request the capabilities of other

infrastructure managers in accordance with the application.



section 8, the infrastructure manager shall specify the

infrastructure capacity as trustee are use for

planned engineering works at the latest at the time of application for


infrastructure capacity according to the network statement

shall be received.



Capacity planning



§ 9 the infrastructure manager shall prepare a draft

working timetable on the basis of the applications submitted and

with regard to the need for reserve capacity. In the proposal,

also indicate the international train paths as planned

with other infrastructure managers.



The infrastructure manager shall as far as

possible meet all requests for infrastructure capacity

as well as take into account the economic effect on the applicants ' activities

and other circumstances of importance for the applicants.



Interested parties shall be given the opportunity to comment on the proposal

to the working timetable. The deadline to submit its observations, shall not be less than

a month.



section 10 of the infrastructure manager shall, through the coordination of

the requests seek to resolve any possible conflicts of interest

occurs when the capacity allocation. The infrastructure manager

an applicant may propose other infrastructure capacity than the

requested.



section 11 of the applications can be coordinated,

the infrastructure manager shall determine the capacity allocation in

a working timetable.



section 12 If a conflict of interest between two or more applicants are not

can be resolved, the infrastructure manager shall provide a

procedure for expedited dispute resolution.



section 13 of the applications can't be coordinated in spite of procedure for

coordination, and dispute resolution, the infrastructure manager shall

as soon as the part of the infrastructure on which applications

incompatible that overloaded and set during the times it is

case.



If it is clear that there will be a significant

a lack of capacity on the part of the infrastructure within the next

scheduling period, the infrastructure manager may explain this part

of infrastructure as congested, before a procedure

Coordination initiated pursuant to section 10.



section 14 of the payer a charge under Chapter 7. paragraph 3 has

priority in the allocation of congested infrastructure.



section 15 on the possibility of according to Chapter 7. 3 § charge an additional fee

not used or do not result in that it determines which

applicants to be allocated to infrastructure capacity,

the infrastructure manager shall assign capacity in accordance with the

priority criteria as specified in the description of

the railway network.



section 16 of the application for a train path within an already existing working timetable shall

answered by the infrastructure manager as soon as possible and at the latest within

five working days.



Measures in the event of malfunctions and the like



section 17 By disruptions in rail traffic will

the infrastructure manager shall take the necessary measures to

Restore traffic to normal conditions. To this end,

the infrastructure manager shall have a contingency plan. If

conditions so require, the infrastructure manager may, in a

grubbing-up or emergency situation without warning and for the time

needed repairs to take measures that are not

consistent with previous decisions on capacity allocation.

Law (2015:360).



18 § a railway undertaking is required to by the clearance and

emergency situations on the infrastructure manager's request and

According to what the parties agree to refer such

resources that the administrator considers most appropriate

to restore the situation to normal.



Train path



section 19 of a train path shall be assigned for a train timetable period at a time.

It assigned a train path may not assign it.

train location shall not be deemed to be surrendered on the that are not

the railway company hires a railway undertaking to perform

traffic.



The person who has transferred a train path to exclude from

allocation of train paths in the current or next

working timetable period. Law (2015:360).



section 20 of The assigned a train path and over a month not

has made use of the path to the extent referred to in

the network statement, shall, at the request of

the infrastructure manager shall refrain from path. This does not apply

If the low take-up depends on factors which are not of

financial and situated outside the holder's control.



If a train path has not been used, this can be taken into account in a

later, allocation of train paths.



Framework agreements



section 21 of a contract between a railway undertaking or any other

applicants and an infrastructure manager on the mobilisation of the

the infrastructure for a period longer than one working timetable period

(framework agreement) cannot be invoked against another applicant in the

extent of the agreement specified certain paths or the agreement on

otherwise designed so that it excludes other applicant's right

to use the infrastructure.



A framework agreement shall contain the conditions that make the agreement can

amended or restricted in order to make it possible to better

make use of the infrastructure. Law (2015:360).



21 a of the framework agreement will be valid for five years. The infrastructure manager may agree to a shorter or longer period, if there are special reasons. The agreement may be renewed for periods of the same length as the original agreement.



Despite the first paragraph, a framework agreement in respect of

rail transport carried out on infrastructure has

reserved for certain rail services in accordance with paragraph 3, other

subparagraph apply 15 years if IM has taken

extensive investment in infrastructure to meet the

applicant's needs. If there are serious reasons, such

framework agreements are concluded for a period longer than 15 years and contain

detailed conditions of the infrastructure capacity to be

be provided to the applicant. Such conditions may relate to

frequency, volume and quality of train paths. Law (2015:360).



Operating agreement



section 22 in connection with the award of the path should

the railway undertaking or the other applicants and

the infrastructure manager shall enter into the agreements of the administrative,

technical and economic nature which are necessary for the exploitation of

train mode (operating agreement). The terms of the contract shall be

competitively neutral and non-discriminatory.



Rail transport must not be carried out without operational agreement

has been reached. Law (2015:360).



Business management with quality fees



22 a of An operational agreement will contain terms about

business management with quality contributions in accordance with Chapter 7. 5 a §,

that will apply under normal operating conditions. Quality fee

to be paid by the party who causes deviations from the timetable

and operational agreements established the use of

infrastructure.



In an operating agreement may derogate from the obligation of

business management with quality contributions in the field of



1. low-trafficked railway network,



2. parts of the rail network, where the risk of operational disruptions at

because of the party's deviation from the working timetable and operational agreements

fixed the utilisation of the infrastructure are negligible, and



3. times of day when the risk of operational disruptions due to

such deviations are negligible. Law (2010:1916).



22 (b) § infrastructure manager determines when it is no longer

There is normal operating conditions and shall forthwith inform the

railway undertakings and trafikorganisatörer concerned about this.

The same applies when it is normal

operating conditions. Law (2015:360).



The provision of basic services



section 23 a supplier shall, on a non-discriminatory

ways to give railway undertakings and other applicants access to

facilities and access to services

provided in these facilities (basic

services).



The services referred to in the first subparagraph is



1. access to stations for passengers including

buildings and other facilities, including the mediation of

travel information and premises suitable for

ticket sales,

2. services in freight terminals,



3. Services on marshalling yards and other services for

train formation, switching,



4. shelf on sidings,



5. services in maintenance facilities, though not heavier

maintenance of high-speed trains or other types of rolling

materials which require special installations,



6. services in technical equipment than referred to in (5)

as well as services in facilities for the cleaning and laundry,



7. railway services in port facilities,



8. Services for accident rescue, and



9. services in fuel depots.

Law (2015:360).



23 a of a service provider that provides a

basic service shall, as far as possible, accommodate the

all applications for access to the service. An application

must be answered within a reasonable period of time.



A decision rejecting an application for access to a

basic service shall if possible contain an indication

If an option whereby the applicant can carry out

traffic on the same lines under economically acceptable

conditions. The rejection decision shall be in writing if

the service provider is under direct or indirect control

of a company or body with a dominant position on

the Swedish market for rail transport services.

Law (2015:360).



paragraph 23 (b) If a facility for a service referred to in section 23 of the other

the paragraph has not been in use for at least two consecutive years and

a railway undertaking or any other applicants have expressed

interest in access to the plant, the owner of the

the complex publish it, in whole or in part,

be rented or leased. This requirement does not apply if it can be

shown that the facility will be used for any other purpose.

Law (2015:360).



Provision of supplementary services and additional services



23 c § a service provider on behalf of a railway undertaking or

any other applicant is providing an additional service or

an additional service is required to do so in a


non-discriminatory manner.



The additional services referred to in the first subparagraph is



1. provision of drive motor power,



2. the heating of the passenger train,



3. the control of dangerous goods, and



4. assistance for the operation of non-standardtåg.



The extra services are referred to in the first subparagraph is



1. telecommunications services,



2. the provision of additional information,



3. technical inspection of rolling stock,



4. ticket sales at the stations, and



5. heavier maintenance provided in

the maintenance installations intended for high-speed or

other types of rolling stock that require special

plants. Law (2015:360).



24 repealed by law (2015:360).



Authorization



section 25 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. capacity allocation and scheme of operations in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4



2. Description of networks according to §§ 5 and 5(a),



3. implementation of capacity analysis and establishment of

capacity enhancement plan under section 6,



4. the procedure for application for the allocation of capacity according to

7-16 sections,



5. action in the event of disruption clearance and emergency situations as well as

the contingency plans referred to in paragraphs 17 and 18, and



6. Services and the procedure for the provision of services

According to § § 23-23 c. Law (2015:360).



Chapter 7. Fees



Charges for the use of railway infrastructure



section 1 of an infrastructure manager shall take out competitively neutral

and non-discriminatory charges for the use of

the railway infrastructure.



Cooperation between infrastructure managers



1 a of an infrastructure manager shall cooperate with other

managers to achieve effective charging system

railway undertakings and other applicants operating services at more

than one network. The need of competitive fees

for international traffic shall in particular be taken into account.

Law (2015:360).



Marginalkostnadsbaserade fees



section 2 of the charges for the use of railway infrastructure,

within the framework of the infrastructure manager's cost of

infrastructure, be set at the cost that arises as

a direct result of the performance of railway vehicles, if not

subject to paragraphs 3 to 6. Law (2015:360).



section 3 of the infrastructure manager may, in order to achieve a

economically efficient use of

rail infrastructure charge an additional fee for the use

of overloaded infrastructure.



Infrastructure manager has not made or implemented a

capacity enhancement plan pursuant to Chapter 6. section 6, the extra

the fee, however, not be charged without the regulator's

approval. Such approval shall be given if the plan cannot be

implemented due to circumstances beyond the Manager's

control, or if the options available to

tackling congestion, are not financially or

financially reasonable.



Special charges



4 § the infrastructure manager may, in order to achieve

cost coverage, charge higher fees than that resulting from the 2 and

3 section, if it is consistent with an economically efficient

use of the infrastructure. Charges must not be set so

high to those market segments which can pay at least the

cost that is directly incurred as a result of the performance of

railway vehicles, plus a profit withdrawals as the market can bear,

prevented from using the infrastructure.



§ 5 the infrastructure manager may, on the basis of the

long-term cost of a particular infrastructure project

that increases the efficiency of the railway system has been completed

Since 1988, charge higher fees than permitted by paragraphs 2 and 3,

If the project would not have come about if the fees

had been restricted in the manner permitted by sections 2 and 3.

Law (2015:360).



Quality charges to prevent downtime



5 a § quality charges should be designed so that both

the infrastructure manager and the person who makes use of infrastructure

take reasonable measures to prevent disruptions in

the railway system. Law (2010:1916).



Discount



section 6, the infrastructure manager may give discount on fees to

promote the development of new rail services or the use of

considerably underutilised lines. The discount shall be

time-limited and available on equal terms to all

users in some traffic.



Booking fees



section 7 of the infrastructure manager may withdraw all or part of the

the fee for allocated capacity not used.



Fees for services



8 § Fees for railway services and for the use of

the railway infrastructure in the facility for services shall be

non-discriminatory.



The fee for such basic services as referred to in Chapter 6.

section 23 of the second subparagraph may not exceed the cost of

providing service plus a reasonable profit. The same applies to

fees for such additional services and extra services

referred to in Chapter 6. paragraph 23 (c) if the service provider is the only one to

provide these services.



As a reasonable profit should be regarded as such a return on shareholders ' equity

that takes account of the risk, the service provider is running, and

that is in line with the average yield of

companies in the industry in recent years. Law (2015:360).



Fee for Museum Service



§ 9 an infrastructure manager does not have to levy a fee for

the use of railway infrastructure according to section 2 of the

non-profit foundation carrying on Museum railways. Law (2007:452).



Authorization



section 10 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. the fee referred to in paragraph 1 (a) of the cooperation,



2. the analysis of the market segments that are required to take out

specific fees under paragraph 4 and the requirement for publication of

such analyses, and



3. obligations of service providers to provide

information about their fees under section 8. Law (2015:360).



Chapter 8. Supervision, etc.



General provisions



§ 1 the authority shall exercise supervision over compliance with

of the Act and the regulations and conditions which have been issued with

the support of the law.



1 a of supervision under 1, 3 and 4 sections of such

maintenance responsible entities that have been certified by a

accredited bodies shall be exercised by the body which certified

the device, when it comes to the functions covered by

certification. Law (2011:1118).



2 section for supervision of electrical installations, there are special

provisions of the electricity Act (1997:857).



section 3 of the supervisory authority has the right to obtain from the carrying on

activities covered by the law, on request



1. such information and take part in such acts as

needed for supervision, assessment of applications for authorisations

and for clearly defined statistical purposes,



2. access to facilities, vehicles and other materiel,

areas, rooms and other spaces, but not housing, which

related to the activities concerned, and



3. access to the necessary personnel, materiel or similar

free of charge for test drives and other equipment test.



The police and the Customs and Excise Department should provide the help that

needed for the oversight.



The regulatory authority may request the enforcement of

Enforcement authority of a decision concerning measures

under the first subparagraph. Then, the provisions of

the enforcement code on the enforcement of obligations that are not

relates to liability or eviction.



Infrastructure managers and applicants of infrastructure capacity

shall call prepare supervisor full transparency

negotiation of fees. Law (2014:736).



3 a of the activities covered by this law

at the request of the supervisory authority shall provide such information

on its activities that the Agency needs to provide

Commission of the European communities and the European

Railway Agency (ERA) on the basis of their

rule development. Law (2007:452).



3 b of the activities covered by this law

the Government shall submit to the authority of such

data necessary for the management and development of the

State-owned rail network. Law (2007:452).



Requirements in order to guarantee the independence of the



3 c § The executives at supervisor

responsible for such supervisory decisions referred to in article 56 of the

Directive EU of 21 December 2012 on the establishment of

a single European railway area, in the original

wording, shall annually make a commitment and

Declaration of interest. In the Declaration, in which the executives

report any such affiliation to undertakings in

the rail industry could be considered to affect his or her

impartiality in carrying out the work. Law (2015:360).



3 d § The executives referred to in paragraph 3 (c) may, in a

year of employment by the supervisory authority comes to an end

not perform work or hold any position of responsibility at

any of the companies or any of the entities that are subject to

the supervision referred to in the same paragraph. Law (2015:360).



Injunctions and prohibitions



section 4 of the regulatory authority may inform the injunctions and prohibitions

needed to this Act or the regulations, or

conditions that have been notified under the Act shall be complied with.



Injunctions and prohibitions may be subject to a penalty.



Has anyone ordered to pay an administrative fine pursuant to Chapter 3.

paragraph 5 of the Competition Act (2008:579) or been sentenced to pay a penalty

According to Chapter 6. paragraph 2 of the same law, the penalty under this law does not

tried out for the same procedure. Law (2008:602).



Revocation of authorization



§ 5 supervisory authority may revoke a permit if



1. the conditions for authorisation are no longer met,




2. the licensee fails to fulfil the obligations imposed on

This Act or pursuant to regulations adopted on the basis of

the law, or



3. the holder of the authorization for at least six months does not use a

license pursuant to Chapter 3. section 2 or for at least one year does not use

Another condition in accordance with Chapter 3. Law (2007:452).



section 6, If bankruptcy or composition proceedings has

brought against the holder of a licence, shall

supervisory authority shall revoke the authorisation if there is founded

reason to believe that a satisfactory financial

restructuring cannot be accomplished within a reasonable period of time.



Withdrawal of approval



6 a of the regulatory authority may revoke an authorisation as referred to in

Chapter 2. section 13, if the conditions for authorisation no longer

fulfilled, or if the subsystem no longer fulfils

regulatory requirements in terms of security or

interoperability.



A withdrawal decision may be limited to a certain

time. Law (2011:1118).



Market control



section 7 if it can be assumed that a component that is necessary for

interoperability does not comply with the requirements of Chapter 2. section 8 first

subparagraph, the supervisory authority may take measures to

restrict the component's field of application, prohibit its further

management in the market or withdraw it from the market,

even if the component is equipped with EC declaration.



If it can be assumed that a subsystem does not comply with the requirements of 2

Cape. section 8, first subparagraph, the supervisory authority may decide on

additional checks of the subsystem, although subsystem

is equipped with EC declaration of verification.



Register



section 8 Supervisor shall keep and give the public a

records of the railway infrastructure.



It engaged in activities covered by this law to

the supervisory authority shall provide the information necessary to bring

such a register and report changes in the business

or the rail infrastructure which may require changes in

the registry. Law (2011:1118).



8 a of the supervisor shall keep a register of

railway vehicles.



It engaged in activities covered by this law to

the supervisory authority shall provide the information necessary to bring

such a register and report changes in the business

that may require changes to the registry.



The supervisory authority shall, without prejudice to confidentiality, leave

information from the register at the request of the



1. State Commission of inquiry,



2. a railway safety authority, a olycksutredande body

or a regulatory body in another country within the EEA or

Switzerland, as well as



3. European Railway Agency (ERA). Law (2011:1118).



Examination of disputes



§ 9 a railway undertaking or any other applicant, to

the supervisory authority may refer the dispute about whether a

infrastructure manager's or service provider's decision

under this Act is in compliance with 5, 6 or 7

Cape. This law or regulations issued in connection

to these chapters.



The supervisory authority shall decide as soon as possible in the

questions at issue. The decision must be notified at the latest within

six weeks of all information relevant to the dispute

submitted.



The parties can not agree on the terms of a

operational agreements, the supervisory authority may, at the request of a

party to establish the administrative, technical and financial

conditions that apply to the current traffic in the

extent necessary for the conditions to be met

the provisions of this law.



If examination of a dispute over access to a

basic service pursuant to Chapter 6. section 23 of the second paragraph is deemed to

that no practicable alternative to the service

available and that it is possible to assign

service capacity in the plant, the supervisory authority shall

decide that the service provider shall assign the applicant

the appropriate part of the service capacity. Law (2015:360).



Examination of international transport



9 a of the supervisory authority shall, on the request of an affected

railway undertaking, any other concerned claimants or affected

authority to examine whether the primary purpose of certain traffic is to

carry passengers between stations located in different Member States of the

The EEA and Switzerland. Law (2015:360).



Authorization



section 10 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for



1. the information to be provided in accordance with paragraph 3 (a), 3 (b) §, § 8

the second subparagraph of paragraph 8 (a),



2. the withdrawal of authorisation pursuant to paragraph 5,



3. the register referred to in §§ 8 and 8A, and derogating from the requirements of

registration, and



4. determination of disputes pursuant to section 9.

Law (2015:360).



section 11 of the Government or the authority, as the Government determines

may provide for fees for supervision,

registration and case management under this law, according to

regulations issued under the law and according to

Commission Regulation (EC) No 62/2006 of 23 december

2005 concerning the technical specification for interoperability (TSI)

relating to telematics applications for freight "

in the trans-European conventional rail system

and Commission Regulation (EC) no 352/2009 of 24 april

2009 on the adoption of a common security method

risk evaluation and assessment referred to in article 6(3)(a) of the

European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/49/EC.

Law (2014:1347).



Chapter 9. Order



section 1 Without an infrastructure manager or a railway undertaking

permit may not have any tread track area for the railroad but

in places where it is clear that the public has access.



2 § alcoholic beverages may not be consumed in the railway system.

The ban does not apply in the case of ingestion of drinks at

authorised service nor if a railway undertaking or

an infrastructure manager for a particular case have admitted

consumption. Of course, such beverages with alcoholic beverages as

referred to in Chapter 1. paragraph 5 of the law on alcohol (2010:1622). Law (2010:1630).



3 § management personnel in security or police service

at the railway system, from the railway system remove the

violate the prohibition in § 1, the who appear drunk or

disrupts order and who, through their behaviour endangers the

safety in railway operation. If absolutely necessary,

get the executives taken into care such people. If so

occurs, the law enforcement agency shall be immediately informed.

Care may be detained until they are

been handed over to a police officer or there are no more reasons

to disposal, but six hours.



A senior management in security or police service at

the railway system may remove from the rail infrastructure

that violates the prohibition in section 2. Law (2014:736).



paragraph 4 in order to effect a measure referred to in paragraph 3,

the executives not to use more stringent than

conditions require.



Violence may be resorted to only when other means don't help. If

violence is applied, the least severe form be used as can

expected to lead to the intended result. Violence must not

be operated longer than is absolutely necessary.



10 Cape. Penalty provisions



section 1 to a fine or imprisonment not exceeding one year are judged on that



1. without permission runs activities that are subject to licensing requirements

under this Act,



2. by intent or gross negligence in their operations employ

Anyone who does not comply with the requirements of Chapter 2. section 3, to perform

tasks relevant to safety, or use

equipment which does not comply with the safety requirements laid down in Chapter 2. section 1,



3. by intent or negligence violates terms handed down

pursuant to Chapter 3. § 9, or



4. by intent or negligence in the operation using the equipment

that have not been approved in accordance with Chapter 2. section 13.



The who has failed to comply with an order under penalty or as

breached an injunction shall not be liable under the

This law for acts covered by the injunction or

ban. Law (2007:452).



1 a of the fined person who by intent or gross negligence

does not meet the requirement under Chapter 2. section 5 of the

the safety management system or safety rules for

the business. Law (2007:452).



section 2 of The flying machine-powered rail vehicles on rail after

consuming alcoholic beverages in quantity to

alcohol concentration during or after the trip amounts to

at least 0.2 mg/ml in blood or 0.10 milligrams per litre in

exhaled air is sentenced to a fine or imprisonment of up to six

months.



To the same penalty as for a machine-driven

track vehicles on the railway after having taken drugs referred to

in paragraph 8 of the narkotikastrafflagen (1968:64) in quantity to the

during or after the journey is slightly narcotic substance left in

the blood. However, this does not apply if the drug taken in

accordance with a physician's prescription or other competent authority

prescription.



To the same penalty as for a machine-driven

track vehicles by rail and then is so under the influence of alcoholic

drinks that it can be assumed that he or she cannot perform

the vehicle safely. The same applies if the driver is

equally influenced by any other means.



Is a crime referred to in the first, second or third subparagraph to

considered as rough, drivers shall be sentenced to imprisonment of up to two

year. When it is judged whether the offence is aggravated, the particular

be taken into account if



1. the driver has had an alcohol concentration that amounted to

at least 1.0 per mille in the blood or 0.50 milligrams per litre in

the exhaled air,



2. the driver has otherwise been considerably under the influence of alcohol or

any other medium, or



3. the performance of the vehicle has brought a palpable danger to

traffic safety.




The one without bringing a machine-powered rail vehicles by rail

fulfills a service which includes details of material

importance to safety and then is so under the influence of alcohol or

any other means that it can be presumed that he or she cannot

perform these tasks in a reliable manner is sentenced to a fine

or imprisonment not exceeding two years.



section 3 of The who neglect their reporting requirements in accordance with Chapter 2.

section 6 of the first paragraph or provision given under 2

Cape. 14 paragraph 2 shall be liable to a fine.



4 § the contravenes the prohibition in Chapter 9. 1 § is sentenced to

monetary fines.



§ 5 liability under paragraph 1 or 3, shall not be judged in the ring

case.



To liability under § 1, 3 or 4 shall not be imposed if the Act

is subject to punishment in the Penal Code. To liability under section 4 of the

should not be convicted if the Act is punishable by imprisonment in

Act (1951:649) concerning penalties for certain traffic offences.



section 6 in respect of seizure and confiscation of alcohol drinks in the

consuming such beverages in violation of Chapter 9. 2 § see

provisions in the Act (1958:205) on confiscation of

alcoholic beverages, etc.



11 kap. Reconsideration and appeals



(1) the supervisory authority shall review a decision not

approve a subsystem under Chapter 2. section 13, if the applicant

request reconsideration request shall have been submitted to the

authority within one month from the date on which the applicant was part of

the decision.



Supervisor shall take a decision in the appeal case

within two months of the request for reconsideration came in

to the authority. Law (2011:1118).



section 2 of the regulatory authority's decision in the individual case under this law

or under regulations made under the Act may

be appealed to the administrative court.



Leave to appeal is required for an appeal to the administrative court.

Law (2011:1118).



paragraph 3 of the Decision that an accredited body adopts pursuant to 8

Cape. 1 a of the or Commission Regulation No 445/2011 on a

certification schemes of entities in charge of maintenance,

may be appealed to the supervisory authority. Law (2011:1118).



paragraph 4 of the decision under this Act or under the regulations

issued by virtue of law effective immediately, if not something

otherwise specified in the decision. A decision on the revocation of permits

does not, however, until it has become final, unless something

otherwise specified in the decision. Law (2011:1118).



Annex



Règles uniformes expired l ' admission technique de Forex

ferroviaire utilisé a trafic international (ATMF, appendice

G à la Convention)



Article premier



Champ d ' application



Les présentes Règles uniformes fixent selon la procédure

laquelle les vehicules et sont admis à circuler carriage

matériels à d'autres carriage être utilisés en trafic

International.



Article 2



Définitions



Aux fins des présentes Règles uniformes et de leur (s)

future (s) Annexe (s), des Règles uniformes APTU et de leur (s)

Annexe (s) et des prescriptions techniques uniformes (PTU)

APTU appliquent les définitions suivantes, s ':



a) "accident" désigne un was indésirable ou non

intentionnel et imprévu, ou un enchaînement particulier

d ' évènements de cette nature, ayant des conséquences

préjudiciables; Les suivants sont les accidents ventilés

types of ci-après: collisions, accidents déraillements, aux

passage à niveau de personnes, accidents causés par le

Forex roulant a marche, incendies et autres;



b) "admission de type de construction" désigne le droit

l ' autorité compétente octroyé par amend the terms autorise un type de

construction de véhicule ferroviaire comme base d ' admission à

l ' exploitation de vehicules répondant à ce type de

construction;



c) "admission à l ' exploitation ' désigne le droit octroyé par

autorise l ' autorité compétente amend the terms chaque véhicule

ferroviaire ou d'autres matériels à circuler carriage by a

trafic international;



(d)) "Commission d ' expert's techniques" désigne la Commission

Prevue à l'article 13, § 1, lettre f) de la Convention.



da) "entité adjudicatrice" désigne toute entité, publique ou

Privée, qui commande la conception, la construction ou le

renouvellement ou le réaménagement d'un sous-système. Cette

entité peut être une entreprise de transport ferroviaire, un

gestionnaire d ' infrastructure ou un détenteur, ou bien le

concessionnaire qui est chargé de la mise en oeuvre d'un you

Projet



e) "Etat partie" désigne tout État membre de l'Organisation

n ' ayant pas fait, conformément à l'article 42, § 1, première

phrase, de la Convention, de déclaration relative à ces

Règles uniformes;



f) "déclaration" désigne la preuve d'une évaluation effectuée

a tout ou partie pour confirmer qu'un véhicule, un type de

construction ou un Oldman the construction respecte les

disposition des Règles uniformes APTU et de ses PTU (y

COMPRIS les cas spécifiques applicables et les spécifications

nationales a vigueur conformément à l'article 12 des Règles

uniformes APTU);



g) "Oldman de construction ou constituant" désigne tout

composant élémentaire, groupe de composants, complet ou

sous-ensemble d ' équipement destiné à un être incorporé ou

incorporé dans un véhicule ferroviaire, dans d'autres

matériels carriage ou dans une infrastructure; Le concept

d ' «Oldman de construction» couvre à la fois les objets

matériels et immatériels tels qu'un logiciel;



h) ' entité chargée de la maintenance (ECM) désigne l ' entité

chargée de la maintenance d'un véhicule, qui est inscrite a

tant que telle dans le prévu à des vehicules registered

l'article 13; cette définition s ' applique aussi à d'autres

matériels carriage;



in) "exigences essentielles" désignent toutes les conditions

définies dans les Règles uniformes APTU qui it être

remplies par le système ferroviaire, les sous-systèmes et les

constituants d ' order, y compris les interfaces;



j) "incident" désigne tout was autre qu'un accident ou

Qu ' un accident lié à l ' grave, exploitation de trains et

affectant la sécurité de l ' exploitation;



k) "gestionnaire d ' infrastructure ' désigne toute entreprise

ou toute autorité qui gère une infrastructure ferroviaire;



l) "trafic international" désigne la circulation des

carriage carriage vehicules empruntant sur des lignes

Le territoire d ' au moins deux Etats parties;



m) "enquête" désigne une procédure visant à prévenir les

incidents et accidents et consistant à collecter et analyses

information à tirer des conclusions, y compris des, la

détermination des causes (actions, omissions, événements,

conditions ou la combinaison de ces causes, ayant entraîné

l ' incident ou l ' accident, le cas échéant) et, à formulas des

recommandations en matière de sécurité;



n) "détenteur" désigne la personne ou l ' entité qui, ayant la

qualité de propriétaire d'un véhicule ou le droit de

l ' utiliser, exploite le véhicule comme moyen de transport et

EST inscrite en tant que telle dans le registered des vehicules

article13 prévu à l ';



o) "fichier de maintenance ' désigne le/les document (s)

spécifiant les tâches d ' inspection et de maintenance à

effectuer sur un (type de) véhicule ou sur d'autres matériels

carriage, qui est/sont établi conformément aux règles (s)

et spécifications des PTU incluant, conformément à l'article

12 des Règles uniformes APTU, les éventuels cas spécifiques

et les spécifications techniques nationales en vigueur;



p) "fichier de relevé de maintenance" désigne la

documentation relative à un véhicule ou à d'autres matériels

carriage admis, qui contient le relevé de ses états de

Service ainsi que les inspections et opérations de

maintenance effectuées sur ce véhicule;



q) «réseau» désigne les lignes, les gares, les terminaux et

Tout type d ' équipement nécessaire pour assurer une fixe,

exploitation sûre et continue you système ferroviaire;



r) "points ouverts" désignent les aspects techniques relatifs

à des exigences essentielles qui n ' ont pas été explicitement

United dans une PTU;



s) "autre Forex ferroviaire" désigne tout Forex

ferroviaire destiné à être utilisé a trafic international

qui n'est pas un véhicule ferroviaire;



t) «entreprise de transport ferroviaire» désigne toute

Entreprise à statut privé ou public



– qui est autorisée à transporter des personnes ou des

marchandises par chemin de fer et qui assure la traction ou



– qui assure uniquement la traction;



u) «infrastructure ferroviaire» (ou juste «infrastructure

» désigne l ' ensemble des lignes) carriage by et

dans la mesure où installation fixes elles sont nécessaires

à la compatibilité avec des vehicules carriage et

d'autres carriage conformément aux matériels admis

présentes Règles uniformes et à la circulation en toute

sécurité de ces vehicules et d'autres matériels

carriage;



v) «Forex ferroviaire» désigne les vehicules

carriage carriage, les matériels et les autres

infrastructures carriage;



w) "véhicule ferroviaire" désigne tout véhicule apte à

circuler sur ses propres sur des voies ferrées roues avec ou

Sans traction;



x) "organisation régionale" désigne une organisation telle

que définie à l'article 38 de la Convention qui possède la

compétence exclusive que lui ont cédée les Etats parties



y) "renouvellement" désigne tout travail de substitution

majeure effectué sur un sous-système ou une partie de ce


sous-système ne modifiant pas ses performances générales;



ya) "EQUESTRIAN" désigne l ' Appendice C à la Convention;



z) "accident grave" désigne toute collision the trains ou tout

déraillement they train faisant au moins un mort ou au moins

Cinq personnes ou dommages importants grièvement blessées d

au Forex roulant, à l ' infrastructure ou à l ' environnement,

et tout autre accident similaire ayant des conséquences

évidentes sur la règlementation ou la gestion de la sécurité

ferroviaire; «dommages désignent des dommages importants»

qui l ' être immédiatement par can estimés which

d ' enquête à un total d ' au moins 1.8 million de DTS;



AA) "cas spécifique" désigne toute partie du système

ferroviaire des Etats parties qui nécessite des outline

particulières, temporaires ou dans les définitives PTU, a

raison de contraintes géographiques, topographiques,

d ' environnement urbain ou de cohérence par rapport au système

existant. Cela peut comprendre ' notamment ' les lignes et

Réseaux carriage isolés du reste du réseau, le gabarit,

l ' écartement ou l ' entraxe des voies, ainsi que les vehicules

et d'autres carriage destinés exclusivement à matériels

UN usage local, régional ou historique, et les vehicules et

d'autres matériels carriage a provenance ou à

destination de pays tiers;



BB) "sous-système" désigne le result de la division du

Système ferroviaire indiqué dans les PTU; CES sous-systèmes;

pour lesquels des exigences essentielles it être

définies, sont de nature structurelle ou fonctionnelle;



CC) "admission technique" désigne la procédure conduite par

l ' autorité compétente pour un véhicule à admettre ferroviaire

circuler et d'autres matériels à être utilisés carriage

a trafic international ou pour admettre le type de

construction;



DD) "certificat technique" désigne la preuve official you

succès d'une admission technique sous la forme d'un

Certificat de type de conception ou d'un certificat

d'exploitation valides;



EE) "fichier technique" désigne la documentation relative au

véhicule ou à un autre Forex ferroviaire, contenant toutes

SES caractéristiques techniques (caractéristiques du type), y

COMPRIS un manuel d ' utilisation et les caractéristiques

nécessaires à l ' identification de l'objet/des objets

concerné (s);



EEA) "STI" désignent les spécifications techniques

d ' order adoptées en vertu des directives 96/48/EC,

2001/16/CE et 2008/57/CE, qui couvrent chaque sous-système ou

chaque partie de sous-système de répondre aux exigences increase its

essentielles et de garantir l ' order du système

ferroviaire;



FF) "type de construction" désigne les caractéristiques de

conception de base du véhicule ferroviaire ou d'autres

matériels carriage telles que couvertes par un certificat

d degree unique décrit dans le module d ' évaluation SB des

PTU;



Gg) "réaménagement" désigne tout travail de modification

majeure effectué sur un sous-système ou une partie de ce

sous-système, qui améliore ses performances générales.



Article 3



Admission au trafic international



§ 1 Pour circuler en trafic international, chaque véhicule

doit être admis ferroviaire conformément aux présentes Règles

uniformes.



§ 2 L admission technique a pour but de vérifier que les

carriage vehicules répondent aux:



a) prescriptions de construction contenues dans les PTU,



b) prescriptions de construction et d ' équipement contenues

dans le RID,



c) conditions particulières d ' admission selon l'article 7 a.



§ 3 Les §§ 1 et 2 ainsi que les articles suivants

s ' appliquent par analogie à l ' admission technique d ' autres

éléments matériels et aux the carriage construction soit

the vehicules soit d'autres matériels carriage.



Article 3a



Interaction avec d'autres accord internationaux



§ 1 Les vehicules carriage et d'autres matériels

carriage mis a service conformément à la législation de

la Communauté européenne (CE) à la législation applicable et

Nationale sont considérés comme correspondante admis, à

l ' exploitation par tous les Etats parties conformément aux

présentes Règles uniformes



a) en cas d ' équivalence pleine et entière entre les

disposition des STI applicables et les PTU correspondantes,

et



b) à condition que la panoplie des STI applicables, en vertu

desquelles le véhicule ferroviaire ou d'autres matériels

carriage ont été autorisés, couvrent l ' ensemble des

aspects des sous-systèmes concernés qui font partie du

véhicule et



c) à condition que ces STI ne contiennent aucun point ouvert

relatif à la compatibilité technique avec l ' infrastructure

et



d) à condition que le véhicule ou d'autres matériels

carriage ne fassent pas l'objet d'une dérogation.



SI ces conditions sont remplies, ne pas le véhicule ou

L'Autre Forex ferroviaire est régi par l'article 6, § 4.



§ 2 Les vehicules carriage et d'autres matériels

carriage ayant été admis à l ' exploitation conformément

aux présentes Règles uniformes, sont considérés comme mis a

Service dans les Etats de la Communauté européenne et principles

dans les Etats appliquant la législation communautaire par

suite d ' accord internationaux conclus avec la Communauté

européenne



a) en cas d ' équivalence pleine et entière entre les

disposition des STI correspondantes PTU applicables et les

et



b) à condition que la panoplie des PTU applicables, en vertu

desquelles le véhicule ferroviaire ou d'autres matériels

carriage ont été autorisés, couvrent l ' ensemble des

aspects des sous-systèmes concernés qui font partie du

véhicule et



c) à condition que ces PTU ne contiennent aucun point ouvert

relatif à la compatibilité technique avec l ' infrastructure,

et



d) à condition que le véhicule ou d'autres matériels

carriage ne fassent pas l'objet d'une dérogation.



SI ces conditions sont remplies, ne pas le véhicule ou le

Forex ferroviaire sera soumis à authorization conformément

au droit applicable dans les Etats principles de la Communauté

européenne et dans les Etats appliquant la législation

communautaire par suite d ' accord internationaux conclus avec

la Communauté européenne.



§ 3 L admission à l ' exploitation, la circulation et la

carriage maintenance des vehicules et d'autres matériels

carriage utilisés dans les Etats membre de la Communauté

européenne, sont régies par les législations communautaire et

Nationale applicables. Cette disposition est également

applicable aux Etats parties appliquant la législation de la

Communauté européenne pertinente par suite d ' accord

internationaux conclus avec celle-ci.



§ 4 Les sections 1 à 2 s ' appliquent par analogie aux

admissions/autorisations des types de vehicules.



§ 5 Une entité chargée de la maintenance (ECM) d'un wagon the

certifiée conformément à marchandises, l'article 15, § 2, est

réputée certifiée conformément à la législation de la

Communauté européenne à la législation applicable et

Nationale correspondante et inversement, en cas d ' équivalence

pleine et entière entre le système de certification adopté en

vertu de l'article 14 a (5) de la directive 2004/49/CE

expired la sécurité des chemins de fer of the acquis communautaire et

les règles adoptées par la Commission d ' expert's techniques

conformément à l'article 15, § 2.



Article 4



Procédure



§ 1 L admission technique d'un véhicule s ' effectue:



a) soit, a une seule étape, en octroyant l ' admission à

l ' exploitation à un véhicule individuell donné,



b) soit deux étapes successives, a, octroyant



1. l ' admission de type de construction à un type de

construction donné,



2. puis l ' admission à l ' exploitation aux vehicules

individuels répondant à ce type de construction par une

procédure simplifiée de confirmation de appartenance à ce

type.



§ 2 Les évaluations de la conformité d'un véhicule ou d'un

Oldman the construction aux disposition des PTU, sur

lesquelles l ' admission est fondée, can être scindées en

modules d ' évaluation, par chacun attesté une déclaration. Les

modules d ' évaluation et le modèle de la déclaration sont

définis par la Commission d ' expert's techniques.



§ 3 Les procédures d ' admission technique de infrastructure

ferroviaire sont régies par les outline a vigueur dans

l ' État partie a question.



Article 5



Autorité compétente



§ 1 L admission technique relève de l ' autorité Nationale ou

Internationale compétente en la matière conformément aux lois

et vigueur dans chaque État prescriptions a partie.



§ 2 Les autorités prévues au § 1 can transférer ou

transfèrent, conformément aux outline a vigueur dans

leur Etat, a tout ou partie à des organismes reconnus aptes

ayant leur siège dans leur Etat, la compétence d ' effectuer

des évaluations, y compris d ' établir les déclarations "

correspondantes.



Le transfert de compétence à



a) une entreprise de transport ferroviaire,



b) un gestionnaire d ' infrastructure,



c) un détenteur,



d) une entité chargée de la maintenance (ECM),



e) un concepteur ou constructeur de Forex ferroviaire

participant directement ou indirectement à la construction de

matériels carriage,



y compris les entités des filiales précédentes, est

prohibé.

§ 3 Pour être reconnus aptes, les organismes

mentionnés au § 2 it remplir les conditions suivantes:



a) l ' indépendant doit être dans son which organization,


SA structure juridique, et sa prise de décision de toute

Entreprise ferroviaire, gestionnaire d ' infrastructure,

demandeur ou entité de passation de marchés; son directeur et

Le personnel responsable de la réalisation des évaluations ou

des certificats et de déclarations "establishment ne it

pas se retrouver ce que soit directement impliqués, ou a

tant que représentants habilités, dans la conception, la

fabrication, la construction ou la maintenance des

constituants, des vehicules ou des matériels carriage ou

dans l ' utilisation de ces derniers. CECI n ' exclut pas pour

autant la possibilité d'un échange d ' information techniques

entre le fabricant ou constructeur et ledit which.



b) L ' which et le personnel responsable des évaluations

effectuent les évaluations avec la plus grande intégrité

professionnelle et la plus grande compétence technique

possible et ne it faire l'objet you the precision, you

d ' incitations, particulier de nature financière, qui

violence affecter leur jugement ou les resultats de leur

inspection, a particulier de la part de personnes ou de

Groupes de personnes affectés par les resultats des

évaluations.



c) A particulier, et le personnel responsable de l ' which

des évaluations sont indépendants, sur le plan fonctionnel,

des organismes chargés des should en cas d ' accidents.



d) L ' which emploie le personnel et possède les moyens

nécessaires pour pouvoir exécuter de manière appropriée les

Tâches administratives liées aux évaluations technico-; IL

doit également avoir accès à l ' équipement requise pour des

évaluations exceptionnelles.



e) Le personnel responsable des évaluations possède



– une formation technique et professionnelle appropriée,



– une connaissance satisfaisante des exigences relatives aux

évaluations qu'il effectue et une pratique suffisante de ces

évaluations et



– l ' aptitude à établir les certificats, comptes rendus et

report constituant le compte-rendu des évaluations formula

conduites.



f) l ' indépendance du personnel responsable des évaluations

EST garantie. Aucun ne peut être rémunéré agent sur la base

du nombre d ' évaluations effectuées ou des resultats de ces

évaluations.



g) L ' which souscrit une assurance de responsabilité

civile, à moins que ladite responsabilité ne soit couverte

par l ' État en vertu de la législation Nationale ou à moins

que les évaluations ne anything effectuées directement par

l ' État partie.



h) Le personnel de which est lié par le secret

professionnel à tout ce qui vient expired sa connaissance

dans l ' exercice de ses fonctions (à l ' exception des autorités

administratives compétentes dans l ' État dans amend the terms elles

exercent ces activités présentes Règles) conformément aux

uniformes ou toute exigence légale et/ou de réglementations

l ' État partie, y compris, au besoin, la législation de la

Communauté européenne.



§ 4 Les outline you § 3 s ' appliquent couple analogie aux

autorités effectuant l admission technique.



§ 5 Un Etat partie veille, par notification ou, au besoin,

par les moyens prévus dans le droit communautaire ou dans le

droit des Etats appliquant le droit communautaire par suite

d ' accord internationaux conclus avec la Communauté

européenne, à ce que le Secrétaire général soit informé des

organismes responsables de la réalisation des évaluations,

vérifications et homologation, indiquant le domaine de

responsabilité de chacun d eux. Le Secrétaire général publie

et tient à jour une liste des organismes, de leur numéro

d identification et de leurs domaines de responsabilité.



§ 6 Tout État partie garantit la surveillance adéquate des

organismes mentionnés au § 2 et sa compétence the retire à tout

which ne remplissant les critères prévus au plus § 3,

auquel cas il a informe le Secrétaire général sans "délai.



§ 7 Un Etat partie qui considère qu ' une autorité d ' évaluation

ou d ' homologation d'un autre État partie, ou qu'un which

auquel il a transféré sa compétence, ne remplit pas les

critères énoncés au § 3, peut porter l'affaire devant la

Commission d ' experts techniques qui, dans les quatre mois,

Informe l ' État partie a question des changements de toutes

natures auxquels il conviendra de procéder pour que

l ' which conserve le statut qui lui a été conféré. A

relation avec ce qui précède, la Commission d ' experts

techniques peut décider d ' à ordonner l ' État partie de

suspendre ou de retirer les homologation délivrées sur la

Base des travaux effectués par l ' autorité ou l ' which a

question.



Article 6



Validité des certificats techniques



Les certificats délivrés § 1 par l ' autorité techniques

compétente d'un État partie conformément aux présentes Règles

uniformes sont valides dans tous les autres Etats parties.

Toutefois, la circulation et l ' utilisation sur le territoire

de ces autres Etats sont régies par les conditions spécifiées

dans le présent article.



§ 2 Une admission à l ' exploitation permet aux entreprises de

transport ferroviaire d ' exploiter un véhicule uniquement sur

Les infrastructures compatibles avec ce véhicule conformément

à ses spécifications et aux autres conditions d ' admission; IL

incombe à l'entreprise de transport ferroviaire de s ' a

assurer.



§ 3 Sans préjudice de l'article 3a, une admission à

l ' exploitation délivrée pour un véhicule conforme à

l ' ensemble des PTU applicables permet à ce véhicule de

circuler librement sur le territoire d'autres Etats parties à

condition que



a) toutes les exigences essentielles anything couvertes dans

CES PTU et



b) le véhicule ne soit pas sujet à



– un cas spécifique ou



– des points ouverts relatifs à la compatibilité technique

avec l ' infrastructure ou



– une dérogation.



Les conditions de libre circulation can être également

spécifiées dans les PTU concernées.



§ 4 a) Si, dans un Etat partie, à une admission

l ' exploitation a été délivrée pour un véhicule qui



– est sujet à un cas spécifique, à un point ouvert relatif à

La compatibilité technique avec l ' infrastructure ou à une

dérogation, ou



– n'est pas conforme aux PTU relatives au Forex roulant et

à toutes autres outline pertinentes, ou



b toutes les exigences essentielles) si ne sont pas couvertes

dans les PTU,



Les autorités compétentes des autres Etats can demander

au demandeur de leur fournir des information techniques

additionnelles telles qu ' une analyse de risque ou des tests

du véhicule avant de lui une à octroyer admission

l ' exploitation complémentaire.



Pour la partie du véhicule conforme à une PTU ou à une partie

d'une les autorités compétentes PTU, it BAS les

vérifications effectuées par d'autres autorités compétentes

conformément aux PTU. Pour l'autre partie du véhicule, les

autorités compétentes pleinement le prendre en compte it

Tableau d ' équivalence prévu à l'article 13 des Règles

APTU uniformes.



Le respect



a) outline identiques et de disposition déclarées

équivalentes,



(b)) the disposition qui ne sont pas liées à un cas spécifique

et



(c)) the disposition qui ne sont pas liées à la compatibilité

technique avec l ' infrastructure,



NE fait pas l'objet d'une nouvelle évaluation.



§ 5 Les §§ 2 à 4 par analogie à s'en appliquent une admission the

Type de construction.



Article 6a



Reconnaissance procédurale de la documentation



§ 1 Les évaluations, déclarations "et autre documentation

réalisées conformément aux présentes Règles uniformes sont

reconnues comme par les autorités réfutables et be

organismes compétents, les entreprises de transport

les détenteurs ferroviaire, et les gestionnaires

d ' infrastructure dans tous les Etats parties.



§ 2 Si une exigence ou une disposition a été reconnue

équivalente conformément à l'article 13 des Règles uniformes

APTU, les évaluations et qui ont déjà été associés tests

effectués et ne sont pas documentés répétés,.



Article 6b



Reconnaissance des tests techniques et fonctionnels



La Commission d ' experts techniques peut adopter des règles

Destinées à être incluses dans une Annexe aux présentes

Règles uniformes et des spécifications destinées à être

incluses dans une ou plusieurs PTU expired, les

outline relatives aux inspections techniques, aux

fichiers de relevé de maintenance des vehicules admis et aux

test fonctionnels tels que les essais de freinage de train,

et leur reconnaissance mutuelle.



Article 7



Prescriptions applicables aux vehicules



§ 1 Pour être admis à la circulation en trafic international,

Les vehicules carriage it répondre:



a) aux PTU et



si elles sont applicables b), aux disposition contenues dans

Le RID.



§ 2 A l ' absence the PTU applicables au sous-système,

l ' admission technique est fondée sur les spécifications

techniques nationales sont applicables en vigueur, qui

conformément à l'article 12 des Règles uniformes APTU, dance

l ' État dans une demande d ' amend the terms admission technique est

promote your.



§ 3 Si les PTU ne couvrent pas l ' ensemble des exigences

essentielles ou dans le cas de cas spécifiques ou de points

ouverts, est fondée sur l ' admission technique



a) les disposition contenues dans les PTU,



si elles sont applicables b), les disposition contenues dans

Le RID et



c) les spécifications techniques nationales applicables qui

sont en vigueur conformément à l'article 12 des Règles

APTU uniformes.



Article 7a



Dérogations




La Commission adopte d ' experts ou des directives techniques

les dérogations obligatoires aux disposition expired

disposition de l'article 7 et les méthodes d ' évaluation qui

can être ou sont utilisées.



Article 8



Prescriptions applicables à l ' infrastructure ferroviaire



§ 1 Pour garantir qu'un véhicule ferroviaire admis à circuler

a conformément aux présentes Règles trafic international

uniformes, circulation, a toute sécurité sur l ' infrastructure

ferroviaire et qu'il sera compatible avec elle,

l ' infrastructure ferroviaire doit répondre



a) aux disposition contenues dans les PTU et



si elles sont applicables b), aux disposition contenues dans

Le RID.



§ 2 L admission de infrastructure et la surveillance de sa

maintenance demeurent régies par les outline a vigueur

dans l ' État partie se situe dans l ' infrastructure amend the terms.



§ 3 Les articles 7 et par analogie à s'en appliquent 7a

l ' infrastructure.



Article 9



Prescriptions d'exploitation



§ 1 Les entreprises de transport ferroviaire qui exploitent

un véhicule à la circulation ferroviaire admis en trafic

International sont tenues de respecter les prescriptions

relatives à l ' exploitation d'un véhicule en trafic

International, figurant dans les PTU.



§ 2 Les entreprises ou qui les gèrent administration, dance

les Etats parties une infrastructure, y inclus les systèmes

de sécurité des circulations et de régulation, destinée et

Apte à être exploitée a trafic international, sont tenues de

respecter les prescriptions techniques figurant dans les PTU

et d ' y satisfaire a permanence lors de la construction ou de

la gestion de cette infrastructure.



Article 10



Demande et l'octroi de déclarations "certificats et techniques,

conditions afférentes



§ 1 L l'octroi d'un certificat technique est attaché au type de

construction d'un véhicule ferroviaire ou au véhicule

ferroviaire proprement dit.



§ 2 Une demande de certificat technique peut être promote your

couple:



a) le constructeur,



b) une entreprise de transport ferroviaire,



c) le détenteur du véhicule,



d) le propriétaire du véhicule.



e) le gestionnaire de infrastructure.



§ 3 La demande de certificat technique, y compris les

Déclarations "appropriées, peut être promote your auprès de toute

Autorité compétente ou de tout which de l'un des Etas

Parties, dans le cadre des compétences prévues à l'article 5.



§ 4 Si l'article 6, § 4 s ' applique au véhicule, le demandeur

indique les Etats parties (ou, le cas échéant, les lignes)

pour lesquels les certificats techniques sont requise de

manière à garantir la libre circulation; dans ce cas, les

autorités et les organismes d ' évaluation compétents it

coopérer de façon à special le processus pour le

demandeur.



§ 5 L ' ensemble des frais occasionnés par le processus

d ' admission est supporté par le demandeur, sauf disposition

contraire des lois et en vigueur dans l ' État prescriptions

amend the terms est octroyée dans l ' admission. L ' exécution

d ' admissions techniques aux fins de profit est prohibée.



§ 5a L ' ensemble des decisions, évaluations sont, tests, etc.

exécutés the non discriminatoire.



§ 6 Le demandeur à sa demande et élabore un fichier joint

technique et un fichier de maintenance contenant les

information requises dans les PTU. L ' which d'evaluation

vérifie, corrige et ajoute des information appropriées à ces

fichiers increase its qu ' ils reflètent les propriétés du véhicule.



§ 7 Chaque évaluation effectuée est décrite par l ' évaluateur

dans un rapport d ' évaluation qui justifie les évaluations a

précise les effectuées et l ' occurrence outline pair

report auxquelles l'objet a été évalué et si celui-ci (a)

raté réussi ou l ' évaluation.



§ 8 Celui qui demande un certificat d'exploitation par la

procédure d ' admission technique simplifiée (article 4, paragraph 1,

Lettre b)) joint à sa demande le certificat de type de

conception, établi conformément à l'article 11, § 2, et

démontre, de manière appropriée, que pour les vehicules

lesquels il demande un certificat d'exploitation

correspondent à ce type de construction.



§ 9 Un certificat technique est octroyé en principe pour une

durée illimitée; son champ d ' application peut être général ou

restreint.



§ 10 En cas de modification de outline pertinentes des

prescriptions mentionnées à l'article 7, sur la base

desquelles un type de construction (a) été admis, et d ' absence

They outline pertinentes provisoires, l ' État partie dans

amend the terms le certificat de type de conception a été délivré,

décide, après consultation des autres Etats dans lesquels le

Certificat est valide conformément à l'article 6, si le

Certificat peut conserver sa validité ou s'il doit être

renouvelé. Les critères à vérifier en cas de renouvellement

d'une admission de type de construction ne can concerner

que les outline modifiées. Ledit renouvellement

n ' affecte pas les admissions à l ' exploitation déjà octroyées

sur la base de types précédemment admis.



§ 11 En cas de renouvellement ou de réaménagement, l ' entité

adjudicatrice ou le constructeur envoie à l ' État partie

concerné un dossier décrivant le projet. L ' État partie

examine ce dossier et la stratégie, prenant en compte de mise

an oeuvre figurant dans les PTU applicables, décide si

l ' étendue des travaux est telle qu ' à une nouvelle admission

l ' exploitation au sens des présentes Règles uniformes est

nécessaire.



Une nouvelle admission à l ' exploitation est nécessaire dans

Tous les cas où le niveau de sécurité général du sous-système

concerné peut être affecté de manière négative par les

travaux envisagés. SI une nouvelle admission est nécessaire,

l ' État partie dans quelle mesure les outline décide des

PTU afférentes it être appliquées au projet.



L ' État partie prend sa décision au plus tard dans les quatre

Mois suivant la you tender dossier complet par le

demandeur.



Lorsqu ' une nouvelle admission est nécessaire et si les PTU ne

sont pas pleinement appliquées, l ' État partie notifie au

Secrétaire général



la raison pour laquelle a) une PTU n'est pas pleinement

appliquée,



b) les caractéristiques techniques applicables en lieu et

place des PTU et



les organismes responsables c) de la fourniture des

information requises sous a) et (b)).



Le Secrétaire général notifiée publie l'information sur le

site Web de l'Organisation.



§ 12 Le § 11 s ' applique par analogie à un certificat de type

de conception et à toute déclaration expired, la

construction ou les éléments de construction en question.



Article 10a



Règles relatives aux retraits ou suspension des certificats

techniques



Une autorité compétente § 1 d'un État partie autre que celle

ayant la octroyé (première) admission à l ' exploitation qui

découvre une non-conformité doit en aviser,, avec tous les

détails, la (première), l ' autorité ayant octroyé admission; SI

La non-conformité concerne un certificat de type de

conception, l ' autorité qui l'a délivré est également

informée.



§ 2 Un certificat d'exploitation peut être retiré:



a) lorsque le véhicule ferroviaire n'est plus conforme



– prescriptions contenues dans les PTU et dans les

spécifications sont applicables nationales qui en vigueur

conformément à l'article 12 des Règles uniformes APTU ou



– conditions particulières de son admission selon l'article

7A, ou



– prescriptions de construction et d ' équipement contenues

dans le RID ou



b) si le détenteur ne répond pas à l ' injonction de l ' autorité

compétente de remédier aux défauts dans le "délai prescrit ou



c) lorsque des prescriptions et conditions, résultant d'une

admission restreinte selon l'article 10, § 10, ne sont pas

remplies ou respectées.



§ 3 Seule l ' autorité qui a octroyé le certificat de type de

conception ou le certificat d'exploitation peut le retirer.



§ 4 Le certificat d'exploitation est suspendu:



a) lorsque les controles techniques, les inspections, la

maintenance et l ' entretien du véhicule ferroviaire prescrits

dans son fichier de maintenance, dans les PTU, dans les

conditions particulières d ' admission prévues à l'article 7 a

ou dans les prescriptions de construction et d ' équipement

contenues dans le RIDING ne sont pas exécutés (ou si les délais

ne sont pas observés);



b) lorsque en cas d ' avarie grave d'un véhicule ferroviaire,

l ' autorité compétente injonction de à présenter le véhicule

n'est pas respectée;



c) en cas de non-respect des présentes Règles uniformes et

des prescriptions contenues dans les PTU;



d) si les spécifications sont applicables nationales qui a

vigueur conformément à l'article 12 des Règles uniformes APTU

OU déclarées conformément à disposition équivalentes, les

l'article 13 des Règles uniformes APTU ne sont pas

respectées. La validité du certificat est suspendue pour

l ' État partie/les Etats parties concerné (s).



§ 5 Le certificat d'exploitation devient caduc lorsque le

véhicule ferroviaire est retiré du service. Le retrait du

Service est notifié à l ' autorité compétente qui a accordé

l ' admission à l ' exploitation.



§ 6 Les sections 1 à 4 s ' appliquent couple analogie au certificat de

type the conception.



Article 10b



Règles relatives aux évaluations et procédures



§ 1 La Commission d ' expert's techniques a la compétence

d ' adopter d'autres outline obligatoires, les expired

règles d ' évaluations et procédurales admission technique.




§ 2 An outre, et sans aucune contradiction avec les

outline fixées par la Commission d ' expert's techniques

conformément au § 1, les Etats parties ou les organization

régionales can adopter (ou conserver) des outline

détaillées des procédures obligatoires et expired

non-exigences relatives aux évaluations et discriminatoires

posées en matière de déclarations ". CES outline sont

notifiées au Secrétaire général, qui en avise la Commission

d ' expert's techniques, et publiées par l'Organisation.



Article 11



Certificats techniques et déclarations "



§ 1 L admission de type de construction et l ' admission à

l ' exploitation sont constatées par des documents distincts

dénommés: "Certificat de type de conception" et "Certificat

d'exploitation ".



§ 2 Le certificat de type de conception:



a) spécifie le constructeur et prévu le concepteur du type de

construction du véhicule ferroviaire;



b) contient le fichier technique et le fichier de maintenance

en pièces jointes;



le cas échéant, c) spécifie les limites et conditions

particulières de circulation pour le type de construction

d'un véhicule ferroviaire et pour les vehicules carriage

répondant à ce type de construction;



d) contient le/les report (s) d ' évaluation en pièce (s)

jointe (s);



le cas échéant, e) spécifie toutes les déclarations "(de

Conformité et de vérification) délivrées afférentes;



l ' autorité compétente f) ayant délivré spécifie le certificat

et la date de délivrance, et porte la signature de

l ' autorité;



g) contient le cas échéant, période de validité said.



§ 3 Le certificat d'exploitation comprend



a) toutes les information indiquées au § 2, et



b) le (s) code (s) d ' identification du/des véhicule (s)

couvert (s) par le certificat;



c) des information sur le détenteur du/des véhicule (s)

ferroviaire (s) couvert (s) par le certificat à la date de sa

délivrance;



le cas échéant, d) sa période de validité.



§ 4 Le certificat d'exploitation peut couvrir un groupe de

vehicules individuels de même type, auquel cas les

information requises conformément au § 3 sont spécifiées de

manière identifiable pour chacun des vehicules composant ce

Groupe, et le fichier contient une liste de la technique

documentation sur les tests effectués identifiable expired

chaque véhicule.



§ 5 Le fichier technique et le fichier de maintenance

contiennent les information requises conformément aux

disposition des PTU.



§ 6 Les certificats sont imprimés dans l'une des langues de

travail conformément à l'article 1er, § 6 de la Convention.



§ 7 Les certificats sont délivrés et déclarations "au

demandeur.



§ 8 Le certificat d'exploitation est attaché à l ' objet. Une

fois le véhicule en service, le détenteur du certificat

d'exploitation (y compris le fichier technique et le fichier

the maintenance), s'il ne s ' agit pas du détenteur actuel, le

remet sans "délai actuel au détenteur conjointement au fichier

the relevé de maintenance, et met à disposition toutes les

instructions détaillées (supplémentaires) expired

l ' exploitation et la maintenance qui sont toujours en sa

possession.



§ 9 Le § 8 s ' applique par analogie aux vehicules et matériels

conformément à l'article carriage admis 19, la

documentation a question l ' étant occurrence a la

documentation relative à l ' homologation et toute autre

documentation contenant des information a tout ou en partie

similaires à celles demandées dans les spécifications

relatives au fichier technique, au fichier de maintenance et

au fichier de relevé de maintenance.



Article 12



Modèles uniformes



§ 1 L ' Organisation des uniformes des modèles prescrit

certificats mentionnés à l'article 11 des déclarations "

décidées conformément à l'article 4, § 2 et du rapport

d ' évaluation conformément à l'article 10, § 7.



§ 2 Les modèles sont élaborés et adoptés par la Commission

d ' expert's techniques.



§ 3, La Commission peut décider d ' expert techniques

d autoriser des certificats et déclarations "faits sur un

Autre modèle celui spécifié que prescrit dans les Règles

uniformes, mais qui contient les information requises

conformément à l'article 11, pour qu ' ils anything reconnus en

tant que substituts équivalents.



Article 13



Registres



§ 1 Un registered sous forme de banque de données électroniques

contenant des information expired, les vehicules

carriage pour lesquels un certificat d'exploitation a été

délivré, et les types de constructions pour lesquels un

Certificat de type de conception a été délivré, est créé et

tenu à jour sous la responsabilité de l'Organisation. Le

registered comprend les vehicules carriage admis

conformément à l'article 19; Il peut englober des vehicules

carriage admis à la circulation en trafic national

uniquement.



§ 2 La banque de données comprend également un registered

contenant les autorités des expired information

compétentes et les organismes auxquels la compétence a été

transférée conformément à l'article 5, ainsi que les

contrôleurs accrédités conformément à l'article reconnus/15,

§ 2.



§ 3, La Commission peut décider d ' experts techniques d ' inclure

dans la banque de données d ' autres données qui seront

utilisées dans l ' exploitation ferroviaire telles que des

information les déclarations "expired, les inspections et

La maintenance des vehicules admis (y compris la prochaine

inspection Prevue) ainsi que des information expired, les

incidents et accidents et les registres précisant le codage

des vehicules, les entreprises, les sites de transport

ferroviaire, les détenteurs, les gestionnaires

d ' infrastructure, les ateliers, les constructeurs, les

entités chargées de la maintenance (ECM), etc.



§ 4 La Commission d ' experts techniques définit l ' architecture

technico-fonctionnelle de la banque de données ainsi que les

données nécessaires, la date et la manière dont les données

seront fournies, la nature des droits d ' accès et autres

aspects d ' ordre administratif et organisationnel, y compris

Le type de structure de la base de données à appliquer. Dance

Tous les cas, le changement de détenteur, ECM, les retraits

de service, les immobilisations officielles, les suspension

et retraits de certificats, les déclarations "ou autre

modifications apportées à attestation et les un véhicule qui

dérogeraient du type de construction admis, sont communiqués

Sans "délai au Secrétaire général.



§ 5 Pour l'application du présent article, la Commission

les registres d ' établis considèrera expert techniques couple

les Etats parties et les organizational régionales de manière

à réduire toute charge excessive pour les parties concernées

TELLES que les régionales organization, les Etats parties,

Les autorités compétentes et l'Industrie. Increase its également de

réduire au minimum les coûts pour l'organisation et d ' obtenir

des systèmes de registres cohérents, toutes les parties

concernées coordonneront avec l'organisation et leurs perspectives

Le développement des registres qui rentrent dans le champ

des présentes Règles uniformes d ' application.



§ 6 Les données enregistrées dans la banque de données sont

considérées comme preuve réfutable de admission technique

d'un véhicule ferroviaire.



§ 7 La Commission peut décider d ' experts techniques que les

frais de création et de fonctionnement de la banque de

données seront supportés a tout ou partie par les

Utilisateurs; La fourniture et la modification des données

gratuites seront, par contre leur consultation pouvant faire

l'objet d'une taxation.



Article 14



Inscriptions et signes



§ 1 Les vehicules carriage admis à la circulation it

Porter:



a) un signe, qui établit clairement qu ' ils ont été admis à la

circulation a trafic international conformément aux

présentes Règles uniformes, et



b) les autres inscriptions et signes prescrits dans les PTU,

y compris un code d ' identification unique (le numéro du

véhicule).



L ' autorité compétente octroyant l ' admission à l ' exploitation

EST tenue de s ' assurer qu ' un code d ' identification

alphanumérique a été "assigné à chaque véhicule. CE code qui

inclut le code du pays du premier État ayant le admis

véhicule doit être marqué sur, chaque véhicule et être entré

dans le Registered national des vehicules (NVR) de cet Etat,

ainsi que l ' exige l'article 13.



§ 2 La Commission d ' experts techniques fixe le signe prévu au

§ 1, lettre a) ainsi que les délais de transition pendant

lesquels les vehicules carriage admis à la circulation a

trafic international can porter des inscriptions et

Media dérogeant prescrits à signes selon le § 1.



Article 15



Maintenance



§ 1 Les vehicules carriage et les autres matériels

it a bon état carriage être d ' entretien de façon à

SE conformer aux disposition spécifiées dans les PTU et à y

satisfaire a permanence, et de façon à ce que leur état ne

compromette en aucune manière la sécurité d'exploitation et

NE nuise pas à l ' infrastructure, à l ' environnement et à la

santé publique lors de leur circulation ou de leur

utilisation en trafic international. A cet effet, les

matériels et les autres vehicules carriage by carriage

It être disponibles pour l ' entretien, les inspections et

La maintenance et être soumis à l ' entretien, aux inspections

et à la maintenance tels que prescrits dans le fichier de

maintenance joint au certificat d'exploitation, dans les PTU,


dans les conditions particulières d ' admission conformément à

l'article 7a et dans les disposition contenues dans le RID.



§ 2 Une entité chargée de la maintenance (ECM) est assignée à

chaque véhicule avant son admission à l ' exploitation ou son

utilisation sur le réseau, et enregistrée dans la banque de

données Prevue à l'article 13. Une entreprise ferroviaire, un

gestionnaire d ' être détenteur ou un peut infrastructure une

ECM. L ' ECM garantit, au moyen d'un système de maintenance,

que les vehicules dont la maintenance lui a été confiée sont

aptes à circuler en toute sécurité. L ' ECM effectue elle-même

La maintenance ou la sous-traite à des ateliers de

maintenance.



L ' ECM pour un wagon de marchandises doit détenir un

Certificat délivré par un contrôleur externe valide

accrédité/reconnu dans l'un des Etats parties.



La Commission adopte des règles d ' expert techniques

détaillées schemes expired la certification et le

Contrôle des ECM, les contrôleurs accrédités/reconnus, leur

accréditation/reconnaissance ainsi que les controles et

certificats de contrôle. Lesdites règles précisent si elles

sont équivalentes aux critères applicables au système de

certification des ECM adoptés au sein de la Communauté

Européenne ou dans les Etats appliquant la législation

communautaire par suite d ' accord internationaux conclus avec

la Communauté européenne.



Lesdites règles, qui englobent également des règles relatives

au retrait et à la suspension des certificats et

accréditations, sont définies dans une Annexe aux présentes

Règles uniformes dont elles forment partie intégrante.



§ 3 Un exploitant ferroviaire est responsable de la

circulation, a toute sécurité, de ses trains, et doit

veiller à ce que les vehicules a circulation with anything

entretenus convenablement. Par conséquent, l ' doit garantir ECM

que des données fiables et les expired information

Processus de maintenance anything mises à la disposition de

l ' exploitant ferroviaire, et l ' exploitant ferroviaire doit

fournir à l ' ECM, a temps utile, les données et information

expired l ' exploitation de ses vehicules et des autres

matériels carriage dont l ' ECM est chargée. Dans les deux

CAs, les données et information en question sont spécifiées

dans L'Annexe mentionnée au § 2.

§ 4 L ECM d'un véhicule établit admis et tient à jour un

fichier de relevé de maintenance relatif au dit véhicule. Le

relevé est tenu à la disposition de l ' autorité Nationale

compétente qui peut le contrôler.



§ 5 La Commission d ' experts techniques peut adopter des

directives ou réglementations sur la certification et le

Contrôle des ateliers de maintenance et la reconnaissance

mutuelle des certificats et controles. Les réglementations

prévues au présent paragraphe sont définies dans une Annexe

aux présentes Règles uniformes dont elles font partie

intégrante, et sont publiées sur le site Web de

l ' Organisation.



Article 16



Incidents, accidents et avaries graves



§ 1 En cas d ' incident, accident ou d ' avarie grave de

carriage vehicules, l ' ensemble des parties impliquées

(les gestionnaires de infrastructure, les détenteurs,

l ' ECM, les entreprises concernées et carriage, le cas

échéant, d'autres acteurs sont tenus):



a) de prendre, sans "délai, toutes les mesures nécessaires

pour assurer la sécurité du trafic ferroviaire, le respect de

l ' environnement et la santé publique, et



b) d ' établir les causes de l ' incident, de accident ou de

l ' avarie grave.



§ 1a Les mesures prévues au § 1 it être coordonnées. Une

Telle coordination est du ressort du gestionnaire

d ' infrastructure, sauf disposition contraire des stipulation

en vigueur dans l ' État en question. Outre le devoir d ' enquête

imposé aux parties impliquées, l ' État partie peut exiger

Qu ' une enquête indépendante soit in which politics is conducted.



§ 2 Est considéré comme gravement avarié un véhicule qui ne

peut plus être réparé par une opération de peu d ' importance

qui lui permettrait d ' être intégré dans un train et de

circuler sur ses propres roues sans danger pour

l ' exploitation. Si la réparation peut être effectuée en moins

de soixante-douze heures ou si les coûts sont inférieurs à

0.18 million the DTS au total, l ' avarie n'est pas réputée

grave.



§ 3 Les incidents, accidents et sont avaries graves

communiqués, sans "délai à l ' autorité ou, à qui l ' which (a)

admis le véhicule à la circulation. Cette autorité ou cet

which peut demander une présentation du véhicule avarié,

éventuellement déjà réparé, pour degree de la validité de

l ' admission à l ' exploitation octroyée. Le cas échéant, la

procédure l ' expired, l'octroi de admission à l ' exploitation

doit être renouvelée.



§ 4 Les Etats parties tiennent des registres, publient des

RapPort d ' enquête et leurs englobant conclusions

informent l ' autorité chargée recommandations, de la

délivrance des certificats d ' homologation et l ' Organisation

des causes des incidents, accidents et avaries graves a

trafic international, qui sont survenus sur leur territoire.

La Commission d ' experts techniques peut examiner les causes

d ' incidents, accidents et d ' avaries graves a trafic

international dans le but de faire évoluer, si possible, les

prescriptions de construction et d'exploitation des véhicule

carriage carriage contenues matériels et d'autres

dans les PTU, et peut, si nécessaire, dans un très "délai

Court, décider d ' ordonner aux Etats parties de suspendre les

certificats d'exploitation, les certificats de type de

conception ou les déclarations "délivrées concernées.



§ 5 La Commission d ' élaborer et peut expert techniques

adopter des règles contraignantes schemes expired

l ' enquête d ' incidents, accidents et d ' avaries graves et des

les organismes d ' enquête spécifications expired

indépendants d'un Etat ainsi que la forme et le fond des

report. Elle peut aussi modifier les valeurs/nombres prévus

AU § 2 et à l'article 2, lettre ff).



Article 17



Immobilisation et refus des vehicules



Une autorité compétente § 1, une autre entreprise de

transport ferroviaire ou un gestionnaire d ' infrastructure ne

peut pas refuser ou immobiliser des vehicules carriage by a

Vue d ' empêcher leur circulation sur des infrastructures

les présentes Règles carriage uniformes compatibles si,

Les prescriptions contenues dans les PTU, les éventuelles

conditions particulières définies par l ' autorité d ' admission

d ' admission ainsi que les prescriptions de construction et

d'exploitation contenues dans le RID, sont respectées.



§ 2 Le droit d'une autorité compétente d ' inspecter et

d ' immobiliser un véhicule n'est pas affecté en cas de

présomption de non-respect du § 1; toutefois, examen

visant à obtenir la certitude devra être effectué aussi

rapidement que possible, et en tous cas, dans un "délai de

Vingt-quatre heures.



§ 3 Néanmoins, si un Etat partie ne suspend, ni ne retire un

Certificat conformément "délai imparti dans le à l'article 5,

§ 7 ou à l'article 16, § 4, d'autres Etats parties sont

habilités à refuser ou à immobiliser le/les véhicule (s) a

question.



Article 18



Non-respect des prescriptions



§ 1 Sous réserve du § 2 et de l'article 10 § 4, lettre c),

Les conséquences for Legal Affairs résultant du non-respect des

présentes Règles uniformes et des PTU sont réglées par les

outline a vigueur dans l ' État partie dont l ' autorité

compétente a accordé l admission à l ' exploitation, y compris

les règles relatives aux conflits de lois.



§ 2 Les conséquences en droit civil et pénal résultant du

non-respect des présentes Règles uniformes et des PTU sont

réglées, a ce qui concerne l ' infrastructure, par le

outline a vigueur dans l ' État partie dans le amend the terms

gestionnaire de infrastructure à son siège, y compris les

règles relatives aux conflits de lois.



Article 19



Outline transitoires



§ 1 l'article 3, § 1 s ' applique aux vehicules existants,

renouvelés et réaménagés. Transitoires sont des outline

prescrites dans le présent article pour les vehicules qui ont

été homologués pour le trafic international en vertu des RIV,

RIC ou internationaux pertinents, et autres accord qui font

l'objet d'un marquage correspondant.



§ 2 A la date d ' entrée en vigueur des présentes Règles

uniformes, les vehicules existants concerning le marquage TEAR ou

RIC comme preuve de leur conformité aux disposition actuelle

techniques de l ' édition révisée 2000 accord (RIV du 1er

Janvier 2004) ou de l ' accord RIC respectivement, sont réputés

admis à circuler sur les réseaux des Etats parties a

Fonction de leur compatibilité avec les infrastructures

carriage (définie par les marquages sur le wagon) pour

lesquelles ils ont été admis par l'un des Etats parties.



§ 2a Les vehicules existants ne concerning pas le marquage RIV

OU mais qui ont été RIC, admis et dotés d'un marquage

conformément aux accord bilatéraux ou multilatéraux entre

Etats parties notifiés à l'Organisation sont également

réputés admis à circuler sur les réseaux couverts par

l ' accord concerné.



§ 3 L admission transitoire conformément aux sections 2 et 2a est

valide jusqu ' à ce que le véhicule nécessite une nouvelle

admission conformément à l'article 10, § 11.



§ 4 L ' inscription RIV, RIC ou autre marquage sur le véhicule

accepte par la Commission d ' expert's techniques, ainsi que les


données stockées dans la base de données Prevue à l'article

sont considérés comme 13 suffisantes, be they

l ' homologation. Toute modification non autorisée de ce

marquage est considérée comme une fraude et sera réprimée a

vertu de la législation Nationale.



§ 5 Indépendamment de cette disposition transitoire, le

véhicule et être conformes aux sa documentation it

disposition des PTU a vigueur le marquage et la expired

maintenance; La conformité aux disposition you RIDING a

vigueur, si elles sont applicables, doit être également

garantie. La Commission peut également d ' expert techniques

décider que des disposition relatives à la sécurité,

introduites dans les PTU, it être respectées dans un

certain "délai, indépendamment de toute disposition

transitoire.



§ 6 Les vehicules rentrant existants ne pas dans le champ

d application des articles 2 et 2a can être admis à

l ' exploitation sur requête d'un demandeur à l ' autorité

compétente. Cette dernière peut exiger du demandeur des

schemes information techniques, c'est-à-dire une

analyse de risque et/ou des tests du véhicule, avant

d ' octroyer une admission d'exploitation complémentaire.

Néanmoins, les autorités compétentes it prendre

pleinement en compte le tableau d ' équivalence prévu à

l'article 13 des Règles uniformes APTU.



§ 7 La Commission d ' experts techniques peut adopter d'autres

outline transitoires.



Article 20



Différends



Les différends relatifs à l ' admission technique de vehicules

carriage carriage matériels et destinés à d'autres

être utilisés en trafic international, can être portés

devant la Commission d ' experts techniques s ' ils n ' ont pas été

réglés par voie de while directe entre les parties

impliquées. De différends également être soumis tels can

au tribunal arbitral, conformément à la procédure Prevue au

Titre V de la Convention.



Uniform Rules concerning the Technical Admission of Railway

Materials used in International Traffic (ATMF – appendix G to

the Convention)



Article 1



Scope



These Uniform Rules lay down, for railway vehicles and other

railway material, the procedure for the admission to

circulation or use in international traffic.



Article 2



Definition



For the purposes of these Uniform Rules and their (future)

Annex (es), the APTU Uniform Rules and their Annex (es) and the

APTU Uniform Technical Prescriptions (UTP) the following

definition shall apply:



a) "accident" means an unwanted or unintended sudden event or

a specific chain of such events which have harmful

consequences; accidents are divided into the following

categories: collisions, derailments, level-crossing

accidents, accidents to persons caused by rolling stock in

motion, fires and others;



b) "admission of a type of construction" means the right

granted by which the competent authority authorises a type of

construction of a railway vehicle, as a basis for the

admission to operation for vehicles which correspond to that

type of construction;



c) "admission to operation" means the right granted by which

the competent authority authorises each railway vehicle or

other railway material to operate in international traffic;



(d)) "the Committee of Technical Experts" means the Committee

provided for in Article 13 § 1, letter f) of the

Convention.

da) "contracting entity" means any entity,

whether public or private, which orders the design and/or

construction or the renewal or upgrading of a subsystem. This

the entity may be a railway undertaking, an infrastructure

Manager or a keeper, or the concession holder responsible for

carrying out a project;



e) "Contracting State" means a Member State of the

Organization which has not made a declaration in respect of

these Uniform Rules in accordance with Article 42 § 1, first

sentence of the Convention;



f) "declaration" means the evidence of an assessment or an

elements of assessments carried out to confirm that a vehicle,

a type of construction or an element of construction complies

with the provisions of the APTU Uniform Rules and its UTP

(including applicable specific cases and national

requirements into force according to Article 12 of the APTU

Uniform Rules);



g) "elements of construction" or "constituent" means any

elementary component, group of components, complete or

subassembly of equipment incorporated or intended to be

incorporated into a railway vehicle, other railway material

or infrastructure; the concept of an "element of

construction "covers both tangible objects and intangible

objects such as software;



h) "entity in charge of maintenance (ECM) means the entity

that is in charge of the maintenance of a vehicle, and is

registered as such in the vehicle register according to

Article 13; This definition also applies to other railway

materials;



in) "essential requirements" means all the conditions set out

in the APTU Uniform Rules which must be met by the rail

system, the subsystems, and the interoperability constituents

includeing interfaces;



j) "incident" means any occurrence, other than accident or

serious accident, associated with the operation of trains and

affecting the safety of operation;



k) "infrastructure manager" means an undertaking or an

authority which manages railway infrastructure;



l) "international traffic" means the circulation of railway

vehicles on railway lines over the territory of at least two

Contracting States;



m) ' investigation ' means a process conducted for the purpose

of accident and incident prevention which includes the

gathering and analysis of information, the drawing of

conclusions, including the determination of causes (actions,

omissions, events or conditions, or a combination thereof,

which led to the accident or incident) and, when appropriate,

the making of safety recommendations;



n) "keeper" means the person or entity that, being the owner

of a vehicule or having the right to use it, exploits the

vehicle as a means of transport and is registred as such in

the vehicule registry referred to in Article 13;



o) "Maintenance File" means the document (s) that specify the

inspections and maintenance tasks to be carried out on a

(type of) the vehicle or other railway material, which is set up

According to the rules and specifications in the UTP

including specific cases and notified national technical

requirements in force, if any, according to Article 12 of the

APTU Uniform Rules;



p) "Maintenance Record File" means the documentation relating

to an admitted vehicle or other railway material, which

contains the record of its operating history and the

inspections and maintenance operations that have been carried

out on it;



q) "network" means the lines, stations, terminals, and all

kinds of fixed equipment needed to ensure safe and continuous

operation of the rail system;



r) "open points" means technical aspects relating to

essential requirements which have not explicitly been covered

in a UTP;



s) "other railway material" means any movable railway

materials intended to be used in international traffic not

being a railway vehicle;



t) "rail transport undertaking" means a private or public

undertaking



– which is authorised to carry persons or goods or



– which only ensures traction;



u) "railway infrastructure" (or just "infrastructure") means

all the railway lines and fixed installation so far as these

are necessary for the compatibility with and safe circulation

of railway vehicles and other railway material admitted

According to these Uniform Rules;



v) "railway material" means railway vehicles, other railway

materials and railway infrastructures;



w) "railway vehicle" means a vehicle suitable to circulate will on

its own wheels on railway lines with or without traction;



x) "regional organization" means an organization as defined

in Article 38 of the Convention within the exclusive

competence that Contracting States have ceded to it;



y) "renewal" means any major substitution work on a subsystem

or part subsystem which does not change the overall

performance of the subsystem;



ya) "RID" means Appendix C to the Convention;



z) ' serious accident ' means any train collision or derailment

of trains, resulting in the death of at least one person or

serious injuries to five or more persons or extensive damage

to rolling stock, the railway infrastructure or the

environment, and any other similar accident with an obvious

impact on railway safety regulation or the management of

safety; ' extensive damage ' means damage that can immediately

be assessed by the investigating body to cost at least 1.8

million SDRS in total;



AA) "specific case" means any part of the rail system of the

Contracting States which needs special provisions in the UTP,

either temporary or definitive, because of geographical,

topographical or urban environment constraints or those

affecting compatibility with the existing system. This may

include in particular railway lines and networks isolated

from the rest of the network, the loading gauge, the track

gauge or space between the tracks as well as vehicles and

other railway material strictly intended for local, regional

or historical use, and vehicles and other railway material

originating from or destined for third countries;



BB) "subsystems" means the result of the division of the rail

system, as shown in the UTP; These subsystems, for which

essential requirements must be laid down, may be structural

or functional;



CC) "technical admission ' means the procedure carried out by

the competent authority to authorise a railway vehicle or


other railway material to operate in international traffic or

to authorise the type of construction;



DD) technical certificate "means the official evidence of a

successful technical admission in the form of a valid Design

Type Certificate or a valid Certificate to Surgery;



EE) "Technical File" means the documentation relating to the

vehicle or other railway material containing all its (the

type's) technical characteristics, including (a) user manual

and the characteristics necessary to identify the object (s)

concerned;



EEA) ' TSI ' means the Technical Specification for Interoperability

adopted in accordance with Directives 96/48/EC, 2001/16/EC

and 2008/57/EC, by which each subsystem or part of a subsystem

ice covered in order to meet the essential requirements and

ensure the interoperability of the rail system;



FF) "type of construction" means the basic design

characteristics of the railway vehicle or other railway

materials as covered by a single type examination certificate

described in assessment module SB of the UTP;



Gg) "upgrading" means any major modification work on a

subsystem or part subsystem which improves the overall

performance of the subsystem;



Article 3



Admission to international traffic



§ 1 Each railway vehicle must, for circulation in

international traffic, be admitted in accordance with these

Uniform Rules.



§ 2 The technical admission shall have the aim of

ascertaining whether the railway vehicles satisfy



(a)) the construction prescriptions contained in the UTP,



(b)) the construction and equipment prescriptions contained in

HORSE RIDING,



(c)) the special conditions of an admission under Article 7a.



§ 3 §§ 1 and 2 as well as the following articles shall apply

mutatis mutandis to the technical admission of other railway

materials and of elements of construction either of vehicles

or of other railway material.



Article 3a



Interaction with other international agreements



§ 1 the Railway vehicles and other railway material which have

been placed in service according to applicable European

Community (EC) and corresponding national legislation shall

be deemed as admitted to operation by all Contracting States

According to these Uniform Rules



a) in the case of full downstream between the provisions in

the applicable TSIs and the corresponding UTP and



b) provided the set of applicable TSIs, against which the

railway vehicle or other railway material was authorised,

cover all aspects of the relevant subsystems that are part of

the vehicle and



c) provided these TSIs do not contain ' open points related to

the technical compatibility with infrastructure and



d) provided the vehicle or other railway material is not

subject to a derogation.



If these conditions are not ugly file led, the vehicle or other

railway material shall be subject to Article 6 § 4.



§ 2 the Railway vehicles and other railway material which have

been admitted to surgery according to these Uniform Rules

shall be deemed as placed in service in the Member States of

the European Community and in the States which apply

Community legislation as a result of international agreements

with the European Community in the case of



a) full provisions in the downstream applicable between the

UTP and the corresponding TSIs and



b) provided the set of applicable UTP against which the

railway vehicle or other railway material was authorised

covers all aspects of the relevant subsystems that are party

of the vehicle and



c) provided these UTP do not contain "open points related to

the technical compatibility with infrastructure and



d) provided the vehicle or other railway material is not

subject to a derogation.



If these conditions are not ugly file led, the vehicle or other

railway material shall be subject to authorisation according

to the law applicable in the Member States of the European

Community and in the States which apply Community legislation

as a result of international agreements with the European

Community.



§ 3 The admission to operation, the operation and the

maintenance of railway vehicles and other railway material

being used only in Member States of the European Community

are regulated by the applicable Community and national

legislation. This provision is also applicable to Contracting

States which apply the relevant European Community legislation as

a result of international agreements with the European

Community.



§ 4 §§ 1 to 2 apply mutatis mutandis to

admissions/authorisations of vehicle types.



§ 5 An entity in charge of maintenance (ECM) for a freight

wagon, certified according to Article 15, paragraph 2, shall be deemed

as certified according to applicable European Community and

corresponding national legislation and vice versa in the case

of the full downstream between the certification system adopted

under Article 14a (5) of the EC Railway Safety Directive

2004/49/EC and the rules adopted by the Committee of Technical

Experts according to Article 15 § 2.



Article 4



Procedure



§ 1 Technical admission of a vehicle shall be carried out



a) either in a single stage by the granting of admission to

operation to a given individual vehicle,



(b)) or, in two successive stages, by the granting



1. of admission of a type of construction to a given type of

construction,



2. subsequently the an admission to operation to individual

vehicles corresponding to this type of construction by a

simplified procedure verifying that they are of this type.



§ 2 The assessments of the conformity of a vehicle or an

elements of construction with the provisions of the UTP on

which the admission is based may be divided into assessment

elements each evidenced by a declaration. The assessment

elements and the format of the declaration shall be defined

by the Committee of Technical Experts.



§ 3 The procedures for the technical admission of railway

infrastructure are subject to the provisions in force in the

Contracting State in question.



Article 5



Competent authority



§ 1 The technical admission shall be the task of the national

or international authority competent in the matter in

accordance with the laws and prescriptions in force in each

Contracting State.



§ 2 The authorities referred to in § 1 may or, according to

the provisions in force in their State, shall transfer to

bodies with residence in their State recognised as suitable,

competence to carry out assessments as a whole or partly,

including the issuing of the corresponding declarations.



The transfer of competence to



(a)) (a) the rail transport undertaking,



b) an infrastructure manager,



c) a keeper,



d) an entity in charge of maintenance (ECM),



e) a designer or manufacturer of railway materials

participating directly or indirectly in the manufacture of

railway material,



including subsidiaries of the foregoing entities shall be

prohibited.



§ 3 In order to be recognised as suitable the bodies

mentioned in § 2 must fulfil the following conditions:



(a)) The body must be independent in its organisation, legal

structure and decision making from any railway undertaking,

infrastructure manager, applicant and procurement entity; the its

The Director and the staff responsible for carrying out the

assessments or issuing certificates and declarations may not

become involved, either directly or as authorised

representatives, in the design, manufacture, construction or

maintenance of the constituents, vehicles or railway materials

or in the use thereof. This does not exclude the possibility

of an exchange of technical information between the

manufacturer or constructor and that body.



(b)) The body and the staff responsible for the assessments

shall carry out the assessments with the greatest possible

professional integrity and the greatest possible technical

competence and shall be free of any pressure and incentive,

in particular of a financial nature, which could affect their

judgement or the results of their inspection, in particular

from persons or groups of persons affectted by the results of

the assessments.



c) In particular, the body and the staff responsible for the

assessments shall be is multi-functionally equipped independent of the bodies

in charge of investigations in the event of accidents.



(d)) The body shall employ staff and possess the means required

to perform adequately the technical and administrative tasks

linked to the assessments; It shall also have access to the

equipment needed for exceptional assessments.



e) The staff responsible for the assessments shall possess



-proper technical and vocational training,



-satisfactory knowledge of the requirements relating to the

assessments that they carry out and sufficient practice in

those assessments and



-the ability to draw up the certificates, records and

reports which constitute the formal record of the assessments

conducted.



f) The independence of the staff responsible for the

assessments shall be guaranteed. No official must be

remunerated on the basis of the number of assessments

performed or of the results of those assessments.



g) The body shall procure civil liability insurance unless

that liability is covered by the State under national law or

unless the assessments are carried out directly by that

Contracting State.



h) The staff of the body shall be bound by professional

secrecy with regard to everything they learn in the

performance of their duties (with the exception of the

competent administrative authorities in the State where they

perform those activities) in pursuance of these Uniform Rules

or any legal requirement and/or regulations of the

Contracting State, including, where appropriate, the law of

the European Community.



§ 4 The requirements of § 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to

the authorities carrying out technical admission.




§ 5 A Contracting State shall ensure, by notification or

where appropriate by the means provided for in the law of the

The European Community or in the law of the States which apply

Community legislation as a result of international agreements

with the European Community, that the Secretary General is

informed of the bodies responsible for carrying out the

assessments, verification and approvals, indicating each

body's area of responsibility. The Secretary General shall

publish a list of bodies, their identification numbers and

areas of responsibility, and shall keep the list updated.



§ 6 A Contracting State shall ensure the consistent

supervision of the bodies indicated in paragraph 2 and shall withdraw

the competence from a body which no longer meets the criteria

referred to in § 3, in which case it shall immediately inform

the Secretary General thereof.



§ 7 Should a Contracting State consider that an assessing or

approving authority of another Contracting State, or a body

having competence transferred from it, does not meet the

criteria of section 3, the matter shall be transferred to the

The Committee of Technical Experts which, within four months,

shall inform the Contracting State in question of any changes

that are necessary for the body to retain the status

conferred upon it. In relation to this, the Committee of

Technical Experts may decide to instruct the Contracting

State to suspend or withdraw approvals made on the basis of

work done by the body or by the authority in question.



Article 6



Validity of technical certificates



§ 1 Technical certificates issued by the competent authority

of a Contracting State in accordance with these Uniform

Rules, shall be valid in all the other Contracting States.

However the circulation and use on the territories of those

other States shall be subject to the conditions specified in

This Article.



§ 2 An admission to operation allows the rail transport

undertakings to operate a vehicle only on infrastructures

compatible with the vehicle according to its specifications

and other conditions of the admission; It is the

responsibility of the rail transport undertaking to ensure

this.



§ 3 Without prejudice to Article 3a an admission to operation

issued for a vehicle which is in conformity with all

applicable UTP shall permit the vehicle free circulation on

the territories of other Contracting States provided that



(a)) all essential requirements are covered in these UTP and



b) the vehicle is not subject to



– a specific case or



– open points that are related to technical compatibility

with the infrastructure or



-a derogation.



The conditions for the free circulation may also be specified

in the relevant UTP.



§ 4 a) Where a Contracting State an admission to operation

has been issued for a vehicle which is



– subject to a specific case, an open point which is related

to the technical compatibility with the infrastructure or a

derogation, or



– not in conformity with the UTP on rolling stock and all

other relevant provisions, or



b) where not all essential requirements are covered in the

UTP,



the competent authorities of the other States may ask the

applicant for additional technical information such as risk

analysis and/or vehicle tests before granting a complementary

admission to operation.



For the part of the vehicle which is compliant with a UTP or

part of it, the competent authorities have to accept

verification's that have been made by other competent

authorities according to the UTP. For the other part of the

vehicle the competent authorities shall take full account of

the downstream business of table referred to in Article 13 of the APTU

Uniform Rules.



The fulfilment of



a) identical provisions and provisions declared equivalent,



b) provisions not related to a specific case and



c) provisions not related to the technical compatibility with

infrastructure,



shall not be assessed again.



§ 5 §§ 2 to 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to an admission of

(a) the type of construction.



Article 6a



Recognition of procedural documentation



§ 1 Assessments, declarations and other documentation made

According to these Uniform Rules shall be recognised at the face

value by the authorities and competent bodies, the rail

transport undertakings, the keepers and the infrastructure

managers in all the Contracting States.



§ 2 If a requirement or a Commission has been declared as

equivalent in accordance with Article 13 of the APTU Uniform

Rules-related assessments and tests which have already been

carried out and documented shall not be repeated.



Article 6b



Recognition of technical and operational tests



The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt rules for

inclusion in an Annex to these Uniform Rules and requirements

for inclusion in one or more UTP concerning the Commission

for and the mutual recognition of technical inspections,

maintenance record files for the admitted vehicles and

operational tests such as train braking tests.



Article 7



Prescriptions applicable to vehicles



§ 1 In order to be admitted to circulation in international

traffic, railway vehicles must satisfy



(a)) the UTP and



b) where applicable, the provisions contained in the RIDING.



§ 2 In the absence of UTP applicable to the subsystem, the

technical admission shall be based on the applicable national

technical requirements into force according to Article 12 of

the APTU Uniform Rules in the Contracting State in which an

application for technical admission is made.



§ 3 If the UTP do not cover all essential requirements or in

the case of specific cases or open points, the technical

admission shall be based on



(a)) the provisions contained in the UTP,



b) where applicable, the provisions contained in the RIDING and



c) applicable national technical requirements into force

According to Article 12 of the APTU Uniform Rules.



Article 7a



Derogations



The Committee of Technical Experts shall adopt guidelines or

mandatory provisions for derogations from the provisions of

Article 7 and for the assessment methods that may or shall be

used.



Article 8



Prescriptions applicable to railway infrastructure



§ 1 To ensure that a railway vehicle admitted to

the international traffic in accordance with these Uniform Rules

will run safely on and be compatible with the railway

infrastructure to be used this railway infrastructure must

satisfy



(a)) the provisions contained in the UTP and



b) where applicable, the provisions contained in the RIDING.



§2 Admission of infrastructure and supervision of its

maintenance remain subject to the provisions in force in the

Contracting State in which the infrastructure is located.



§ 3 Article 7 and 7a shall apply mutatis mutandis to

infrastructure.



Article 9



Operation prescriptions



§ 1 The rail transport undertakings which operate railway

vehicles admitted to circulation in international traffic

shall be required to comply with the prescriptions relating

to the operation of a vehicle in international traffic,

specified in the UTP.



§ 2 The undertakings and management which manage

infrastructure in the Contracting States, including

operational safety and control systems, intended and suitable

for operation in international traffic, shall be required to

comply with the technical prescriptions specified in the UTP

and satisfy them permanently in respect of the construction

and the management of that infrastructure.



Article 10



Application and granting of technical certificates and

declarations and related conditions



§ 1 The grant of a technical certificate shall be related to

the type of construction of a railway vehicle or to the

railway vehicle itself.



§ 2 An application for a technical certificate may be made

by:



(a)) the manufacturer,



(b)) (a) the rail transport undertaking,



(c)), the keeper of the vehicle,



(d)), the owner of the vehicle.



e) the infrastructure manager.



§ 3 The application for a technical certificate, including

appropriate declarations, may be made to any competent

authority or body within its competence referred to in

Article 5, of one of the Contracting States.



§ 4 If Article 6 § 4 applies to the vehicle, the applicant

shall indicate the Contracting States (if applicable, the

lines) for which the technical certificates are required to

permit free circulation; in this case the competent

authorities and assessing bodies involved should cooperate in

order to make the process easier for the applicant.



§ 5 All costs arising from the admission process shall be

covered by the applicant, unless provided otherwise according

to the laws and prescriptions in force in the State where the

approval is granted. Carrying out technical admissions for

profit shall not be permitted.



§ 5a All decisions, assessments, tests, etc. shall be carried

out in a non-discriminatory way.



§ 6 The applicant shall elaborate and attach to his

application (a) a Technical File and a Maintenance File

containing the information required in the UTP. The assessing

body shall check, correct and add appropriate information to

These files in the order that the files reflect the properties of

the vehicle.



§ 7 Every assessment carried out shall be documented by the

assessor in an Assessment Report which shall substantiate the

assessments carried out hereby, stating which provisions the

object has been assessed against and whether the object

passed or failed is this assessment.



§ 8 A person who applies for a Certificate of Operation by

the simplified procedure of technical admission (Article 4 §

1, b)), shall attach to his application the Design Type

Certificate, established in accordance with Article 11 § 2,

and demonstrate in an appropriate manner that the vehicles

for which he is applying for a Certificate of Operation

correspond to that type of construction.




§ 9 A technical certificate shall be granted in principle for

an unlimited period; It can be general or limited in scope.



§ 10 If the relevant provisions in the prescriptions according to

Article 7 on the basis of which (a) the type of construction has

been admitted have been changed, and if no relevant

transitional provisions can be applied, the Contracting State

in which the corresponding Design Type Certificate has been

issued, and after consultation of the other States where the

Certificate is valid according to Article 6, shall decide

whether the Certificate may remain valid or need to be

renewed. The criteria which shall be checked in the case of a

renewed type admission may only concern the changed

provisions. The renewal of the type admission does not affect

admissions to operation already granted on the basis of

previously admitted types.



§ 11 In the event of renewal or upgrading, the contracting

entity or the manufacturer shall send the Contracting State

concerned a file describing the project. The Contracting

State shall examine this file and, taking account of the

implementation strategy indicated in the applicable UTP,

shall decide whether the extent of the work means that a new

admission to operation within the meaning of these Uniform

Rules is needed.



Such a new admission to operation shall be required whenever

the overall safety level of the subsystem concerned may be

adversely affected by the work envisaged. If a new admission

is needed, the Contracting State shall decide to what extent

the provisions in the related UTP need to be applied to the

project.



The Contracting State shall take its decision not later than

four months after submission of the complete file by the

applicant.



When a new admission is required and if the UTP are not fully

applied, the Contracting States shall notify to the Secretary

General



(a)) the reason why a UTP is not fully applied,



(b)) the technical characteristics applicable in place of the

UTP and



(c)) the bodies responsible for providing the information

required under (a)) and (b)).



The Secretary General shall publish the notified information

on the website of the Organization.



§ 12 section 11 applies mutatis mutandis to a Design Type

Certificate and to any declaration concerning the

construction or the elements of construction in question.



Article 10a



Rules for withdrawals or suspension of technical

certificates



§ 1 If (a) the competent authority of a Contracting State other

than the one which has granted the (first) admission to

operation discovers non-compliance, it shall, with all

details, inform the (first) admitting authority; If the

non-compliance relates to a Design Type Certificate, the

authority which issued it shall also be informed.



§ 2 A Certificate of Operation may be withdrawn



(a)) when the railway vehicle no longer satisfies



– the prescriptions contained in the UTP and in applicable

the national provisions in force according to Article 12 of the

APTU Uniform Rules, or



– the special conditions of its admission under Article 7a or



-the construction and equipment prescriptions contained in

RIDING or



(b)) if the keeper does not comply with the requirement of the

competent authority to remedy the defects within the

UN-prescribed time or



(c) the stipulations and conditions) when resulting from a limited

admission under Article 10 § 10 are not ugly file led or complied

with.



§ 3 Only the authority which has granted the Design Type

Certificate or the Certificate of operation may withdraw

it.

§ 4 The certificate of operation shall be suspended



(a)) when technical checks, inspections, maintenance and

servicing of the railway vehicle UN-prescribed into its

Maintenance File, in the UTP, in the special conditions of an

admission pursuant to Article 7a or in the construction and

equipment prescriptions contained in the RIDING are not carried out

(or if deadlines are not observed);



b) if in case of severe damage to a railway vehicle, the

the order of the competent authority to present the vehicle is

not complied with;



c) in case of non-compliance with these Uniform Rules and

prescriptions contained in the UTP;



d) if applicable, the national provisions in force according to

Article 12 of the APTU Uniform Rules or their declared

equivalent provisions according to Article 13 of the APTU

Uniform Rules are not complied with. The validity of the

Certificate shall be suspended for the Contracting State (s)

concerned.



§ 5 The Certificate of Operation shall become void when the

railway vehicle is withdrawn from service. This withdrawal

from service shall be notified to the competent authority

which has granted the admission to operation.



§ 6 §§ 1 to 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Design Type

Certificate.



Article 10b



Rules for assessments and procedures



§ 1 The Committee of Technical Experts is competent to adopt

further mandatory provisions for the assessments and

procedural rules for technical admission.



§ 2 In addition to, but not in contradiction with the

the provisions set by the Committee of Technical Experts

According to § 1, Contracting States or regional

the organization may adopt (or maintain) the provisions for

non-discriminatory detailed mandatory procedures for the

assessments and requirements concerning declarations. These

provisions shall be notified to the Secretary General, who

shall inform the Committee of Technical Experts, and they

shall be published by the Organization.



Article 11



Technical Certificates and Declarations



§ 1 The admission of a type of construction and the admission

to operation shall be evidenced by separate documents called:

"Design Type Certificate" and "Certificate of Operation".



§ 2 The Design Type Certificate shall:



a) specify the designer and manufacturer of the intended type

of construction of the railway vehicle;



(b)) have the Technical File and the Maintenance File

attached;



c) if appropriate, specify the special operating limitations

and conditions for the type of construction of a railway

vehicle and for railway vehicles which correspond to this

type of construction;



d) have the Assessment Report (s) attached;



e) if appropriate, specify all the related declarations (of

conformity and verification) issued;



f) specify the competent issuing authority, date of issue and

contain the signature of the authority;



g) if appropriate, specify its period of validity.



§ 3 The Certificate of Operation shall include



a) all the information indicated in paragraph 2, and



(b)) the identification code (s) of the vehicle (s) covered by

the certificate;



c) information on the keeper of the railway vehicle (s)

covered by the certificate on the day of its issue;



d) if appropriate, its period of validity.



§ 4 The Certificate of Operation may cover a group of

individual vehicles of the same type, in which case the

information required according to § 3 shall be specified

identifiably the for each of the vehicles of the group and the

The technical File shall contain a list with identifiable

documentation concerning the tests made on each vehicle.



§ 5 The Technical File and the Maintenance File shall contain

the information according to the provisions in the UTP.



§ 6 The certificates shall be printed in one of the working

languages according to Article 1 § 6 of the Convention.



§ 7 The certificates and declarations shall be issued to the

applicant.



§ 8 The Certificate of Operation is related to the object.

Once the vehicle is in operation, the holder of the

Certificate of Operation (including the Technical File and

the Maintenance File), if not the current keeper, shall

without delay hand it over to the current keeper together

with the Maintenance Record File and make available all

(additional) detailed instructions for maintenance and

operations that are still in his possession.



§ 9 section 8 applies mutatis mutandis to vehicles and railway

material admitted according to Article 19, whereby the

documentation in question is the approval documentation and

any other documentation containing any information similar to

What is included in the requirements for the Technical File,

Maintenance File and Maintenance Record File, whether in full

or in party.



Article 12



Uniform styles



§ 1 The Organisation shall prescribe uniform styles of the

certificates indicated in Article 11, of the declarations

decided according to Article 4 paragraph 2 and of the Assessment

Report according to Article 10 § 7.



§ 2 The format shall be prepared and adopted by the

The Committee of Technical Experts.



§ 3 The Committee of Technical Experts may decide to allow

certificates and declarations made according to another

UN-prescribed format than that specified in these Uniform Rules,

but containing the information required according to Article

11, to be recognised as equivalent substitutes.



Article 13



Registers



§ 1 A registry in the form of an electronic data bank

containing information concerning the railway vehicles in

respect of which a Certificate of Operation has been issued

and the types of constructions in respect of which a Design

Type Certificate has been issued shall be established and

kept up to date under the responsibility of the Organization.

The register shall include railway vehicles admitted

According to Article 19; It may contain railway vehicles

admitted for national traffic only.



§ 2 The data bank shall also contain a table with

information concerning the competent authorities and bodies

to whom competence is transferred according to Article 5 and

the accredited/recognised auditors according to Article 15 §

2.



§ 3 The Committee of Technical Experts may decide to include

other data to be used in railway operations in the data bank,

such as information concerning declarations, inspections and


maintenance of the admitted vehicles (including next

inspection due), information on accidents and incidents and

registers concerning the coding of vehicles, locations, rail

transport undertakings, keepers, infrastructure managers,

workshops, manufacturers, entities in charge of maintenance

(ECM) etc.



§ 4 The Committee of Technical Experts shall establish the

functional and technical architecture of the data bank, as

well as the necessary data, when and how the data shall be

provided, what the access rights will be and other

Administrative and organisational provisions, including which

database structure should be applied. In all cases, the change of

keeper, change of ECM, withdrawals from service, official

immobilisations, suspension and withdrawals of certificates,

declarations or other evidence and modifications to a vehicle

which derogate from the admitted type of construction shall

be notified to the Secretary General without delay.



§ 5 When applying this Article, the Committee of Technical

Experts shall consider registry set up by Contracting States

and regional organization in such a way so as to reduce

undue burden on the involved parties such as regional

organizational, Contracting States, the competent authorities and

industry. In order also to minimise the cost for the

Organization and obtain coherent registry systems, all

parties involved shall coordinate with the Organization, their

plan and the development of registers which are within the

scope of these Uniform Rules.



§ 6 The data registered in the data bank shall be considered

as prima facie evidence of the technical admission of a

railway vehicle.



§ 7 The Committee of Technical Experts may decide that the

costs of setting up and running the data bank shall be

covered, in whole or in part, by the users; supplying and

amending data shall be free of charge, whereas consulting

the data may be subject to a fee.



Article 14



Inscriptions and signs



§ 1 Railway vehicles admitted to surgery must bear



(a)) (a) sign, which establishes clearly that they have been

admitted to the operation in international traffic according to

these Uniform Rules, and



(b)) the other inscriptions and signs UN-prescribed in the UTP,

including a unique identification code (the vehicle

number).

The competent authority which grants the admission

to operation is responsible for ensuring that the

alphanumeric identification code is assigned to each vehicle.

This code, which shall include the country code of the

(first) admitting State, must be marked on each vehicle and

be entered in the National Vehicle Register (NVR) of that

State as required according to Article 13.



§ 2 The Committee of Technical Experts shall lay down the

sign provided for in § 1 (a)) and the transitional period

during which the railway vehicles admitted to circulation in

international traffic may bear inscriptions and signs

derogating from those UN-prescribed in § 1.

Article 15



Maintenance



§ 1 the Railway vehicles and other railway material must be in a

good state of maintenance in such a way that they comply with

the provisions specified in the UTP and satisfy them

permanently and that their condition would not in any way

compromise the operational safety and would not harm the

infrastructure, environment and public health by their

circulation or their use in international traffic. To that

end, railway vehicles and other railway material must be made

available for and undergo the service, inspections and

maintenance as UN-prescribed in the Maintenance File attached to

the Certificate of Operation, the UTP, the special conditions

of an admission pursuant to Article 7a and in the provisions

contained in RID.



§ 2 Each railway vehicle, before it is admitted to surgery

or used on the network, shall have an entity in charge of

maintenance (ECM) assigned to it and this entity shall be

registered in the data bank referred to in Article 13. (A)

railway undertaking, an infrastructure manager or a keeper

may be an ECM. The ECM shall ensure that the vehicles for

which it is in charge of maintenance are in a safe state of

running by means of a system of maintenance. The ECM shall

carry out the maintenance itself or make use of contracted

maintenance workshops.



The ECM for a freight wagon must hold a valid certificate

issued by an external auditor accredited/recognised in one of

the Contracting States.



The Committee of Technical Experts shall adopt further

detailed rules for the certification and auditing of ECM, for

accredited/recognised auditors, their accreditation/

recognition, the audits and audit certificates. The rules

shall indicate whether they are equivalent to the criteria

related to the ECM certification system adopted in the

The European Community or in the States which apply Community

legislation as a result of international agreements with the

The European Community.



These rules, which shall also include rules for the

withdrawal and suspension of certificates and accreditations,

shall be defined in an Annex to these Uniform Rules and shall

form an integral part thereof.



§ 3 An operating railway undertaking is responsible for the

the safe operation of its trains and shall ensure that vehicles

carried are properly maintained. Therefore, the ECM musts

ensure that reliable information about maintenance processes

and data are available for the operating railway undertaking,

and the operating railway undertaking must in due time

provide the ECM with information and data concerning its

operation of the vehicles and other railway material for

which the ECM is in charge. In both cases the information and

the data in question shall be specified in the Annexes indicated in

§ 2.



§ 4 The ECM of an admitted vehicle shall keep and update a

Maintenance Record File for that vehicle. The file shall be

available for inspection by the competent national

authority.



§ 5 The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt guidelines

or regulations on the certification and auditing of

maintenance workshops and the mutual recognition of the

certificates and audits. Regulations according to this

paragraph shall be defined in an Annex to these Uniform Rules

and shall form an integral part thereof and be published on

the website of the Organization.



Article 16



Accidents, incidents and severe damage



§ 1 In case of accident, incident or severe damage to railway

vehicles, all parties involved (the infrastructure managers,

the keepers, the ECM, the railway undertakings concerned and

possible others), shall be required



a) to take, without delay, all necessary measures to ensure

the safety of railway traffic, respect for the environment

and public health and



(b)) to establish the causes of the accident, the incident or

the severe damage.



§ 1a The measures according to § 1 must be coordinated. Such

coordination is the bond of the infrastructure manager

unless otherwise UN-prescribed by the provisions in force in the

State in question. In addition to the duty of investigation

placed upon the parties involved, the Contracting State may

require an independent investigation to be carried out.



§ 2 A vehicle shall be considered severely damaged when it

cannot be repaired by a simple operation which would allow it

to be joined into a train and to circulate will on its own wheels

without danger for the operations. If the repair can be

carried out in less than 72 hours or the cost is less than

0.18 million SDRS in total, the damage shall not be considered

as severe.



§ 3 The accidents, incidents and severe damage shall be

notified, without delay, to the authority or body which

admitted the vehicle to circulation. That authority or body

may require the damaged vehicle to be presented, possibly

already repaired, for examination of the validity of the

admission to operation which has been granted. If

appropriate, the procedure concerning the grant of admission

to operation must be repeated.



§ 4 The Contracting States shall keep records, publish

investigation reports including their findings and

recommendations, inform the approval certificate issuing

authority and the Organization of the causes of accidents,

incidents and severe damage in the international traffic that

occurred on their territory. The Committee of Technical

Experts may examine the causes of serious accidents and

incidents or severe damage in international traffic with a

view possibly to developing the construction and operation

prescriptions for railway vehicles and other railway material

contained in the UTP and may if appropriate decide to

instruct the Contracting States within a short time limit to

suspend the relevant Certificates to Operation, Design Type

Certificates or declarations issued.



§ 5 The Committee of Technical Experts may prepare and adopt

further mandatory rules concerning the investigation of

serious accidents, incidents and severe damage, requirements

concerning the independent State investigation bodies and the

the form and content of reports. It may also change the

values/numbers in § 2 and in Article 2 ff).



Article 17



Immobilisation and rejection of vehicles



§ 1 A competent authority, another rail transport undertaking

or an infrastructure manager may not reject or immobilise

railway vehicles to prevent them from running on compatible

railway infrastructures if these Uniform Rules, the

prescriptions contained in the UTP, the special conditions,

If any, for the admission set out by the admitting authority

as well as the construction and operation prescriptions

contained in RID, are complied with.



§ 2 The right of a competent authority to inspect and

immobilise a vehicle is not affected if non-compliance with section

1 is suspected, but the examination to establish framework.

should be carried out as quickly as possible and in any case

within 24 hours.




§ 3 However, if a Contracting State does not suspend or

withdraw a certificate within the limit indicated according

to Article 5 § 7 or Article 16 § 4, other Contracting States

are entitled to reject or immobilise the vehicle (s) in

question.



Article 18



Non-compliance with the prescriptions



§ 1 Subject to § 2 and Article 10 (a) section 4 (c)), the legal

consequences resulting from failure to comply with these

Uniform Rules and the UTP, shall be regulated by the

provisions in force in the Contracting State of which the

competent authority has granted the first admission to

operation, including the rules relating to conflict of

laws.

§ 2 The consequences in civil and penal law resulting

from failure to comply with these Uniform Rules and the UTP,

shall be regulated, so far as concerns the infrastructure, by

the provisions in force in the Contracting State in which the

infrastructure manager has his place of business, including

the rules relating to conflict of laws.



Article 19



Transitional provisions



§ 1 Article 3 § 1 applies to upgraded, renewed and existing

vehicles. For vehicles which have been approved for

international traffic under the GRATE, RIC or other pertinent

international agreements and which are marked accordingly,

transitional provisions are UN-prescribed into this Article.



§ 2 At the time of entry into force of these Uniform Rules,

existing vehicles marked with RIV or RIC as proof of current

compliance with the technical provisions of the RIV 2000

Agreement (revised edition of 1 January 2004) or the RIC

Agreement respectively, shall be deemed to be admitted to

operation on the networks of the Contracting States in

accordance with their compatibility with the railway

infrastructures (in respect of the markings on the wagon) for

which it is admitted by one of the Contracting States.



§ 2a Existing vehicles not marked GRATE or RIC but admitted and

marked according to bilateral or multilateral agreements

between Contracting States notified to the Organisation shall

also be deemed to be admitted to the surgery on the networks

covered by the agreement.



§ 3 The transitional admission according to §§ 2 and 2a is

valid until the vehicle requires a new admission according to

Article 10 § 11.



§ 4 The inscription RIV, RIC, or another marking on the

vehicle accepted by the Committee of Technical Experts,

together with the data stored in the database indicated in

Article 13, shall be considered as sufficient proof of the

approval. Unauthorised chang-ing of this marking shall be

considered as fraud and prosecuted according to national

law.



§ 5 Regardless of this transitional provision, the vehicle

and its documentation shall comply with the provisions in

force of the UTP concerning marking and maintenance;

compliance with the provisions of the RID in force shall also be

ensured, where applicable. The Committee of Technical Experts

may also decide that safetybased provisions introduced in the

UTP shall be complied with within a certain deadline

regardless of any transitional provisions.



§ 6 Existing vehicles which are not covered by the scope of

§§ 2 and 2a can be admitted to operation upon the request of

an applicant to a competent authority. The latter may request

additional technical information from the applicant, risk

analysis and/or vehicle tests before granting a complementary

admission to operation. However the competent authorities

shall take full account of the downstream business of table referred to

in Article 13 of the APTU Uniform Rules.



§ 7 The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt other

transitional provisions.



Article 20



Disputes



Disputes relating to the technical admission of railway

vehicles and other railway material intended to be used in

international traffic, may be dealt with by the Committee of

Technical Experts if there is no resolution by direct

negotiation between the parties involved. Such disputes may

also be submitted, in accordance with the procedure specified

in Title V of the Convention, to the Arbitration Tribunal.



Uniform rules for the approval of

rolling stock used in international traffic (ATMF,

Appendix G of the Treaty)



Article 1



Scope of application



In these uniform rules lays down the procedure for

acceptance of railway vehicles and other railway equipment for

use in international traffic.



Article 2



Definitions



In these uniform rules and their (future) attachments,

the APTU uniform rules and annex (-a) to them and

APTU's global technical regulations (UTP), the following

definitions shall apply:



a) accident: an unwanted or unintended sudden event

or as a result of such events which have harmful

consequences; accidents are divided into the following categories: collisions,

derailments, level-crossing accidents, accidents to persons

caused by rolling stock in motion, fires and others

accidents,



b) approval of the design type: the law by which the

competent authority approves a design type for a

railway vehicles, as the basis for the authorisation for the operation of

vehicles that correspond to this type of construction,



c) approval for operation: the law by which the competent

the Agency approves each railway vehicle or other

rolling stock to be used in international traffic,



(d) the Committee of experts): Technical Committee referred to in article

13 § 1 (f) of the Treaty.



da) contract unit: any entity, public or private,

request the design and/or construction or modernisation

or conversion of a subsystem. This device can be a

a railway undertaking, an infrastructure manager or a

holders, or the concession holder responsible for

to implement a project,



e) participating State means a Member State of the organization that do not

has given no explanation regarding these uniform

legislative provisions in accordance with article 42 § 1, first sentence, of the

the Treaty,



f) explanation: the proof of the whole or part of an assessment

been done to confirm that a vehicle, a type of construction

or part of a design is in accordance with

the provisions of the APTU uniform rules and that its

UTP (including applicable special case and applicable

national requirements in accordance with article 12 of the uniform

legal policies APTU),



g) structural parts or components ': any essential

component, group of components, subassembly or complete

Assembly of equipment incorporated or intended to

incorporated into a railway vehicle, other railway equipment or

infrastructure; the term "structural elements" covers both

tangible and intangible objects, for example. software,



h) maintenance responsible unit (ECM): the entity that is responsible

for the maintenance of a vehicle, and registered as

such in the register provided for in article 13; This definition

also applies to other railway equipment,



in) essential requirements: all the terms of the uniform

legal rules of the APTU, which must be met by

the rail system, subsystems and

the interoperability constituents, including interfaces,



j) incident ' means any occurrence, other than accident or a

serious accident, but related to the traffic and

affect the safety of the operation;



k) infrastructure managers: a company or an authority

which manages the railway infrastructure,



l) international traffic: traffic using railway vehicles on

railway lines which involve at least two participating States '

territories,



m) Description: a procedure that is performed in order to prevent

incidents and accidents, and that includes the collection and analysis of

information, conclusions, including the determination of causes

(actions, omissions, events or conditions, or

a combination of these that led to the incident, or

the accident) and, where appropriate, presentation of

safety recommendations,



n) holders: the person or entity, acting as

owners or with usufruct, use a vehicle

means of transport and registered as such in the

vehicle register referred to in article 13,



o) maintenance journal: document that clarifies the inspections

and maintenance work to be carried out on a (sort of)

vehicles or other railway equipment, which is set out in

accordance with the provisions and requirements of UTP: n including

any applicable special case and notified national

technical requirements in accordance with article 12 of the uniform

legal policies APTU,



p) records of maintenance history: the documentation to be found

to an approved vehicle or other railway equipment, which

contains a list of its operating history and the

inspections and maintenance work done on it,



q) networks: the lines, stations, terminals, and all kinds of

fixed installations that are necessary to ensure a safe and

continuous operation of the rail system,



r) open points: technical aspects relating to the

essential requirements that are not specifically covered by a UTP,



s) other railway equipment: each type of railway equipment which

is intended to be used in international traffic, and that are not

a railway vehicle,



t) "railway undertaking" means a private or public company



– authorized to transport persons or goods

or



– as exclusively responsible for traction,



u) rail infrastructure (infrastructure only): all

railway lines and fixed installations, as long as these are

necessary for compatibility and safe circulation of

railway vehicles and other railway equipment approved under

these uniform rules;



v) railway rolling stock: rail vehicles, other railway equipment

and rail infrastructure,




w) railway vehicle: a vehicle that runs on its own wheels on Rails

with or without own thrust,



x) regional organization: an organization, such as the

defined in article 38 of the Treaty, which has the exclusive

skills that participating States agreed to transfer to it,



y) modernization means any major substitution work on a

subsystem or part subsystem which does not change

the overall performance of the subsystem;



ya) RID: Appendix C to the Convention,



z) serious accident» means any train collision or derailment that

results in at least one person is killed or at least five

people are seriously injured or in extensive damage to

rolling stock, the infrastructure or the environment, and each

other similar accident with an obvious impact on

railway safety regulation or the management of safety;

with extensive damage ' means damage whose cost

the investigative body can immediately appreciate the total

at least 1.8 million SDRs,



AA) special case: some of the Contracting States

rail systems that necessitate special temporary or

definitive provisions of UTP: erna, for reasons

to limitations depending on geography, topography or

urban environment or to a quest to achieve compatibility with

the existing system. This may apply in particular to the

railway lines and networks isolated from the rest

of the network, the loading gauge, the track gauge or space between the tracks distance,

as well as vehicles and other railway equipment intended solely

for local, regional or historical use, as well as vehicles

and other railway equipment on the way to or from

third countries,



BB) subsystems: the result of the Division of

the rail system, such as it appears in UTP: erna; These

subsystems which must be covered by the essential requirements, can be

structural or functional,



CC) technical approval "means the procedure by the competent

authority to approve rail vehicles and

other railway equipment for use in international traffic

or to accept the design type,



DD) technical certificate: the official proof of a successful

technical approval in the form of a valid

construction type certificate or an operating certificate;



EE) technical dossier: the documentation relating to the

vehicle or other railway equipment which contains

all (the) technical characteristics, including a

user's manual and the characteristics which are necessary to

identify the relevant objects,



EEA) TSI: technical specification for interoperability

adopted in accordance with directives 96/48/EC, 2001/16/EC and

2008/57/EC, by which each subsystem or part of a

subsystem is covered in order to meet the essential requirements and

ensure the interoperability of the rail system,



FF) design type: basic

the design characteristics of a rail vehicle or on

other railway equipment which are covered by a single

examination certificate described in bedömningsmodulen SB

UTP: n,



Gg) "upgrading" means any major modification work on a

subsystem or part subsystem which improves the

the overall performance of the subsystem;



Article 3



Approval for international traffic



§ 1 each railway vehicle needs to get used to the

international traffic be approved in accordance with these

uniform rules.



§ 2 the technical authorisation shall be conducted for the

check that the rail vehicles comply with



(a) the construction requirements of UTP): n,



b) construction and equipment provisions in RID,



c) specific conditions for authorisation in accordance with article

7A.

§ 3 the provisions of §§ 1 and 2, and the following articles,

also applied on technical approval of other

railway equipment and components for vehicles or other

railway equipment.



Article 3a



Interaction with other international instruments



§ 1 the rail vehicles and other railway equipment which has been put in

the use of the applicable legislation from the European

Community (EC) and the corresponding national legislation should

be deemed approved for use by all participating States in

accordance with these uniform rules



a) in full conformity between the provisions of the

applicable TSI and the corresponding UTP: n and



b) provided that the applicable TSIs, in

According to the railway vehicle or the

other rail stock was approved, covers all aspects of

the current subsystem is a part of the vehicle and



c) provided that the TSIs do not contain open

points which are relevant to the technical compatibility with

infrastructure and



(d)), provided that the vehicle or the other

the train stock is not subject to derogation.



If these conditions are not met, article 6 § 4

applicable to the vehicle or the other railway stock.



§ 2 the railway vehicles and other railway equipment which has

approved pursuant to these uniform rules shall be construed as

approved for entry into service in the European Community

Member States and the States applying Community law

a result of an international agreement with the European

Community



a) in full conformity between the provisions of the

applicable UTP: n and the corresponding TSI and



b) provided that the applicable UTP: erna in accordance

with the rail vehicle or the other

train stock was approved, covers all aspects of the

current subsystem is a part of the vehicle and



c) provided that such UTP: you do not contain open

points which are relevant to the technical compatibility with

infrastructure and



(d)), provided that the vehicle or the other

the train stock is not subject to derogation.



If these conditions are not met, the vehicle or the

other railway material shall be approved in accordance with the applicable

law in the Member States of the European Community and the States

applying Community law as a result of a

international agreement with the European Community.



§ 3 Authorization for operation, operation and maintenance of

railway vehicles and other railway equipment which is used only

in the European Community shall be governed by the applicable

community and national law. This provision

applicable also to participating States which apply

Community law as a result of an international agreement with

The European Community.



§ 4 1-2 sections also apply to approval/authorization of

vehicle types.



§ 5 a maintenance charge unit (ECM) for a shopping cart that

certified in accordance with article 15, paragraph 2 shall be construed as

certified in accordance with the applicable Community law and

national law and vice versa at full compliance

among the certification schemes adopted under article

14A (5) of the European railway safety directive 2004/49/EC

and the rules adopted by the technical expert Committee under the

Article 15 § 2.



Article 4



Procedure



§ 1 technical approval of a vehicle shall be



a) either in a single step, by granting a certain

individual vehicle approval for operation,



(b)) or in two successive stages, by



1. grant of a given design type approval of

design type,



2. and then grant individual vehicles corresponding to this

design type approval for operation by a simplified

procedure confirming that they belong to this type.



§ 2 the judgements of a vehicle or an ingredient

compliance with the provisions of the UTP on which

the approval is based can be divided in assessment elements that

each certified by an explanation. Assessment stages

and legend's design to be determined by technical

Expert Committee.



§ 3 the provisions in force in the participating State concerned

shall apply to the procedure for approval of

railway infrastructure.



Article 5



Competent authority



§ 1 the technical authorisation shall be borne by the national or

international authority competent in the area under

the laws and regulations in force in each participating State.



§ 2 the authorities referred to in paragraph 1, or, depending on the

the relevant provisions of the State, to transfer the power

implement all or part of the procedure for the assessment of

compliance, including the issuance of the corresponding

explanations, on recognised bodies which are considered appropriate.



The transfer of power to the



a) a railway undertaking,



b) infrastructure managers,



c) a holder,



d) a maintenance charge unit (ECM),



e) a constructor or manufacturer of railway equipment which

participates directly or indirectly in the manufacture of

railway equipment,



Including subsidiaries to said entities should be

prohibited.



§ 3, to a body referred to in paragraph 2 shall be recognised must

the following conditions must be met:



a) Body must be independent from any railway undertaking,

infrastructure manager, applicant and procurement unit in their

organisation, legal structure and decision-making procedures; its

Director and the staff responsible for carrying out assessments

or certification, may not be directly or as

authorized representatives involved in the design,

manufacturing, construction or maintenance of components,

vehicle or railway equipment or in the use of these.

This does not preclude the possibility of exchange of technical

information between the manufacturer or constructor and the

Agency.



b) Body and the staff responsible for the assessments

to perform the assessments with the highest degree of professional

integrity and the greatest possible technical competence and must

be free from all pressures or incentives, in particular


of the financial kind, which might influence their judgment

or the results of their study, especially from such

persons or groups of persons affected by the

the assessment results.



c) Body and the staff responsible for the assessments

in particular shall be functionally independent of the bodies

is responsible for the investigation of accidents.



d) it shall employ staff and possess the means

required to adequately perform the technical and

administrative tasks associated with the assessments;

It should also have access to the equipment required for the

special assessments.



e) Personnel responsible for the assessments should have the



– appropriate technical and professional training,



-satisfactory knowledge of the requirements relating to the

the assessments they carry out and adequate practical training in

How to perform these assessments and



-ability to draw up the certificates, records and reports

that make up the formal document of the

the assessment.



f) the personnel responsible for the assessments should

guaranteed independence. No civil servant may be replaced on

the basis of the number of assessments carried out or on the results

of these assessments.



g) body shall obtain liability insurance, unless liability

covered by the State under national law or the assessments

are carried out directly by the participating States.



h) the staff of the body are subject to secrecy in respect of all the

may find out during the performance of their duties (with the exception

for the competent administrative authorities of the State in which the

tasks) in accordance with these uniform

rules of law or any other legal requirement and/or

provisions in the participating States, including, when

It is applicable, Community law.



§ 4 the rules in § 3 shall apply also to the authorities

issues technical approval.



§ 5 a participating State shall ensure that the Secretary-General

informed of the bodies responsible for the assessments,

controls and approvals, either by notification

or, if applicable, Community law

or the law of the States applying Community law as a

result of an international agreement with the European Community

prescribes. The responsibility of each organ.

General-the Secretary shall publish a list of agencies,

their identification numbers and areas of responsibility, and shall keep the

list updated.



§ 6 Each participating State shall ensure the supervision of

the agencies specified in § 2 and in the event an agency does not

meets the requirements of § 3 revoke the power from the

Agency. In such a case, the State shall immediately inform the

the Secretary-General accordingly.



§ 7 If a participating State would consider an assessment

or the approval authority of another participating State, or

a body that has received its power from it, not

meets the requirements of § 3 should the issue be tabled in technical

the Committee of experts which, within four months, shall inform the

current participating States about the changes at the Agency as

is necessary for it to maintain its status. In the context

hereby the technical expert Committee may decide to order the

participating State to suspend or revoke

approvals are based on the work of the Agency

or authority in question.



Article 6



Technical certification validity



§ 1 Technical certificate issued in accordance with these

uniform rules of the competent authority of a

participating State, to be valid in all other participating

States. The dissemination and use of those States '

territory shall be subject to the conditions set out in

This article.



§ 2 a marketing operation allows only

the railway undertaking to use the vehicle on infrastructure that is

compatible with the vehicle in accordance with the vehicle's

specifications and other requirements of the marketing authorisation; It's

the railway company's responsibility to ensure this.



§ 3 without application of Article 3a,, a marketing

operation issued to a vehicle that is in compliance

with the applicable UTP: n mean that the vehicle is allowed to

move to the other participating States during the

condition that



(a)) all essential requirements are fulfilled in these UTP: you and



b) the vehicle is not subject to



– a special case or



– open points relating to technical

compatibility with the infrastructure or



– an exception.



Conditions for the free movement can also be specified

in the relevant UTP: n.



§ 4 a) where a participating State has issued a

approval for the operation of a vehicle



– the subject of a special case, an open point relating

to technical compatibility with the infrastructure or

an exception or



– not in conformity with UTP: n rolling stock and

all other relevant rules, or



b) unless all the essential requirements are covered by UTP,



the competent authorities in other States ask the applicant

for additional technical information, such as risk analysis

and/or vehicle test before granting a supplementary

approval for the operation.



For that part of the vehicle is in accordance with a UTP or

parts of such, the competent authority must accept

the controls that other competent authorities made in accordance

with UTP: n. For the other part of the vehicle, the competent

authority shall take into account the correlation table set out in

Article 13 of the APTU uniform rules.



The fulfilment of the



a) identical provisions and provisions that have been declared

equivalent,



b) bestämmelrser which do not relate to specific cases and



c) provisions which do not relate to the technical

compatibility with the infrastructure



should not be reassessed.



§ 5 2-4 paragraphs shall also apply to the approval of

type design.



Article 6a



Recognition of documentation from the procedure



§ 1 Assessments, declarations and other documentation

made in accordance with these uniform rules shall

be recognised as irrefutable by authorities and competent

bodies, railway undertakings, holders and

infrastructure managers in all participating States.



§ 2 If a requirement or provision has been declared equivalent

in accordance with article 13 of the APTU uniform rules of

should not the assessments and tests that have already been made

about.



Article 6b



Recognition of technical test and operation test



Technical expert Committee may adopt rules to be included in a

Annex to these uniform rules and requirements to be

be inserted into one or more UTP: is related to provisions and

the mutual recognition of technical inspections,

journals for maintenance history for qualifying vehicles and

operational test such as brake tests.



Article 7



Construction regulations applicable to vehicles



§ 1 in order to be approved for the use in international traffic

to railway vehicles comply with



a) UTP: n and



b) if applicable, the provisions of RID.



§ 2 if there are no provisions in the UTP: s that are

apply to the subsystem, the technical approval

based on the applicable national technical requirements

applicable under article 12 of the APTU uniform rules

of the participating State in which the application for technical approval

is done.



§ 3 If no UTP: n covers all essential requirements or at

special cases or open points, the technical

the approval is based on



a) provisions of UTP: n



b) when applicable, the provisions of RID



c) applicable national technical requirements that are applicable in

accordance with article 12 of the APTU uniform rules.



Article 7a



Exception



Technical expert Committee shall adopt guidelines or mandatory

rules for exceptions to article 7 and of the

assessment methods may or shall be used.



Article 8



Regulations applicable to rail infrastructure



§ 1 to ensure that a railway vehicles approved for

international services in accordance with these uniform

rules of law will drive safely and be compatible with the

rail infrastructure to be used, it must

railway infrastructure meet the requirements of



a) provisions of the UTP; n and



b) when applicable, the provisions of RID.



§ 2 On approval of infrastructure and on the supervision of

the maintenance of the infrastructure, the provisions of the

participating State where the infrastructure is applied.



§ 3 Article 7 and 7a are applicable also on

infrastructure.

Article 9



Operation regulations



§ 1 The railway undertaking using a railway vehicle that is

approved for use in international traffic shall be

required to comply with the rules for the operation of a vehicle in

international traffic which appears in UTP.



§ 2 The company or authorities which manage infrastructure

in the participating States, including security and

traffic management systems, which are designed and suitable to be used

in international traffic, shall be required to comply with the

technical regulations in UTP, and always meet them at

construction or maintenance of this infrastructure.



Article 10



The application and the granting of technical certificates and declarations

related conditions



§ 1 the granting of a technical certificate should be attached to the

a rail vehicle design type or to

rail vehicle itself.



§ 2 the application for technical certificates can be lodged by



a) manufacturer,



b) a railway undertaking,



c) railway vehicle owner,



(d)) the owner of the vehicle,



e) infrastructure manager.



§ 3 application for technical certificates, including appropriate


declarations, can be submitted to an authority or a competent

bodies in any of the participating States, is competent

in accordance with article 5.



§ 4 Of article 6 § 4 is applicable to the vehicle, the applicant shall

Enter the participating States (or, if applicable,

lines) in which the technical certificates necessary to allow

freedom of movement; in this case, the competent authorities and

agencies involved cooperate to facilitate

the procedure for the applicant.



§ 5 the applicant shall be responsible for all costs of

the authorisation procedure, unless applicable laws and

regulations of the State in which the authorisation is granted, provide for

something else. It is not allowed to cash in on that

perform technical approvals.



§ 5a all decisions, assessments, tests, etc., shall be carried out in a

non-discriminatory manner.



§ 6 the applicant shall devise and attach the information package

and a maintenance journal containing the information

required by UTP: n to its application. The assessment body shall

Verify, correct and add the appropriate information to the

These documents so that they reflect the vehicle's properties.



§ 7 Each assessment conducted must be documented by

the assessment body in an assessment report, which should justify

assessments carried out and indicate the measures that have been

the basis for assessment and if the subject of the assessment

been approved or not.



§ 8 applicants for operating certificates under the simplified

the procedure for technical approval (article 4 § 1 (b)),

to the application include the certificate of design type, drawn up

in accordance with article 11 § 2, and appropriately demonstrate that

the vehicles for which he is applying for an operating certificate is equivalent to

This type of construction



§ 9 a technical certificate shall, in principle, be granted for an indeterminate period

time; It may be general or confined to their

scope.



§ 10 If the current provisions in the regulations under the

Article 7 in accordance with which a design type has

approved, has been changed and there is no applicable

transitional provision, the participating State in which

the corresponding construction type certificate has been issued, and after

having consulted the other States where the validity of the certificate

referred to in article 6, decide on the validity of the certificate or need

be renewed. The criteria to be checked at a renewed

the approval may only be about the changed

the provisions. Renewal of approval does not affect

approvals for operation already granted on the basis of

previously approved types.



§ 11 at renewal or upgrade, the contracted

entity or the manufacturer send describing

project to the participating States. The participating States

to examine this dossier and, taking into account the

the implementation strategy indicated in the applicable UTP: n,

decide whether the scope of work involves a new

approval for operation in accordance with these uniform

the legal rules are needed.



Such new authorisation for operation shall be required whenever the

overall safety level of the subsystem concerned may

be adversely affected by the intended work. If a new

approval is required, the participating States decide in what

extent to which the provisions of the current UTP: n shall be applied

on the project.



The participating States shall take its decision not later than

four months from the applicant a full

surface.



When a new authorisation is required and if the UTP is not

applied in full, the participating State shall inform the

the Secretary-General of



a) reason for UTP is not applied in full,



(b)) the technical characteristics that apply instead of

UTP: n and



(c)), the body responsible for the information required under

a) and b).



The Secretary-General should publish information on

the Organization's website.



§ 12, § 11 shall also apply to construction-type certificate and any

Declaration concerning the design or the components of the

current construction.



Article 10a



Rules concerning the withdrawal and suspension of technical certificate



§ 1 where a competent authority in a participating State other than the

State which granted (the first) approval for operation

here to there not being complied with, it shall inform (the

first) the approval authority for all the details; If the

non-compliance relates to a

the design type shall also issuing authority

be informed.



§ 2 an operating certificate may be revoked



(a)) when the railway vehicle no longer fulfils



– the provisions of UTP: n and in the appropriate national

provisions in force in accordance with article 12 of the uniform

legal policies APTU or



– the specific conditions of the authorization referred to in Article 7a

or



– the design and the equipment provided for in the RID

or

b) where the holder does not comply with the requirements of the competent

authority to remedy the defects within the

specified time or



c) when the obligations and conditions imposed by a limited

the approval provided for in article 10 § 10 non-performance or

are met.



§ 3 only the authority which has granted g

construction type certificate or certificate of operation for the operation,

withdraw it.



§ 4 the operating certificate shall be revoked



(a)) when the technical checks, inspections, maintenance

and the review of railway vehicle provided for in its

maintenance journal, UTP: n, in the special conditions of

approval in accordance with Article 7a, or in the design and

equipment regulations of RID is not performed (or are carried out for

late),



(b)) when the competent authority's request that, in the event of serious

damage to a railway vehicle, show up the vehicle;



c) if these uniform rules and regulations in

UTP: erna;



d) where the applicable national rules applicable under

Article 12 of the APTU uniform rules or their

announced counterparts according to article 13 of the

APTU uniform rules are not followed. The validity of the

set aside in the current participating state (r) (n) (a).



§ 5 the operating certificate shall cease to be valid on railway vehicle

to be removed from service. The competent authority which has granted the

the approval for operation shall be informed that the vehicle is taken out of

operation.



§ 6 §§ 1-4 shall also apply to construction-type certificate.



Article 10b



Rules relating to assessments and procedures



§ 1 Technical expert Committee is empowered to adopt additional

mandatory provisions regarding assessments and procedure

for technical approval.



§ 2 in addition, but not in violation of the provisions

technical expert Committee decided according to § 1, participation

States and regional organizations adopt or maintain

detailed provisions on non-discriminatory enforcement

authorisation procedures and requirements concerning the explanations.

The Secretary-General shall be notified of these provisions.

The Secretary-General shall notify the Committee of technical experts

and the rules to be published by the organization.



Article 11



Technical certificates and declarations



§ 1 the approval of the design type and the

operation shall be evidenced by specific documents called

"Construction type certificate" or "certificate of operation".



§ 2 the design type certificate shall:



a) specify the constructor and the designated manufacturer of a

rail vehicle design type,



b) attach the information package and the maintenance file,



(c)), where appropriate, enter the specific

operational limits and conditions for railway vehicles by

a particular design type in traffic and the railway vehicles

corresponding to this type of construction,



d) attach the assessment report (s)



(e)) where appropriate specify all the associated

explanations (of conformity and control)

issued,



f) specify the issuing competent authority, the date of issue

and signature of the authority,



(g)), if applicable, specify its duration.



§ 3 the operating certificate shall contain:



a) all the information specified in paragraph 2,



(b)) the vehicle covered by the certificate

identification code (s),



c) information about the holder of the vehicle subject to

the certificate on the date of its issue,



d) where applicable, the period of validity of.



§ 4 the operating certificate may cover a group of individual vehicles

of the same kind. Then, the information required pursuant to section 3

set out in a way that identifies each vehicle in the Group and

the technical file shall contain a list of

documentation of the tests conducted on each vehicle.



§ 5 the technical file and the maintenance file should

contain the information required under the provisions of

UTP: n.



§ 6 the certificates shall be printed in one of the working languages referred to in

Article 1 § 6 of the Convention.



§ 7 Certificates and declarations to be issued for the

the applicant.



§ 8 Operating certificate relating to the vehicle. As soon as the vehicle

used, the holder of the operating certificate (including the

technical data and maintenance file), if it is not

the current holder, without delay, transmit the certificate

to the current holder together with the journal of

maintenance history and make available any (additional)

detailed instructions for the maintenance and operation as

He still has in his possession.



§ 9, § 8 shall apply also for vehicles and railway equipment which

approved in accordance with article 19, which the documentation in question is

approval documentation and any other documentation that

contains information similar to that specified in the requirements for

the technical data, the maintenance file and journal

for maintenance history, either in whole or in part.



Article 12



Uniform model




§ 1 the organisation shall establish uniform models for the

certificates are specified in article 11, of the declarations referred to in

Article 4 section 2 and for the assessment reports referred to in article 10

§ 7.



§ 2 the model to be drawn up and adopted by the technical

Expert Committee.



§ 3 Technical expert Committee may decide to allow

certificates and declarations, made pursuant to another

model than those provided for in these uniform rules, but

containing the information required under article 11,

recognised as equivalent substitute.



Article 13



Register



§ 1 a registry in the form of a database that contains

information relating to railway vehicles for which operating certificate has

issued and the design types for which a

construction certificate has been issued shall be drawn up and updated in

through the Organization's efforts. The register shall include

railway vehicles approved in accordance with article 19; the

may include rail vehicles that are only approved for

national traffic.



§ 2 the database should also contain a table with

information on the competent authorities and bodies to which the

powers transferred under article 5 and the

accredited/recognised Auditors according to article 15 § 2.



§ 3 Technical expert Committee may decide to include other

data used in railway operations in the database, which

for example, information relating to declarations, inspections

and maintenance of approved vehicles (including the next predicted

inspection), information on accidents and incidents and records

If the encoding of the vehicles, sites, railway undertakings, holders,

infrastructure manager, repair shops, manufacturers,

maintenance responsible entities (ECM) etc.



§ 4 technical expert Committee is to identify the functional

and technical construction of the database, as well as the necessary

the data, when and how the data should be submitted, which

access rights to appear and other administrative

and organizational arrangements, including any

database structure to be used. In all cases

the Secretary General shall, without delay, be notified of the change of

holders, replacement of the ECM, the taking out of operation, public

arrest, suspension and återkallese of the certificate,

statements and other written certificates and changes to

vehicles which differ from the design type approved.



§ 5 When this article applicable to technical expert Committee

consider the tables built by participating States and

regional organizations in order to reduce unnecessary burdens on the

involved parties, such as regional organizations,

participating States, the competent authorities and industry. For

that also minmera the costs of the Organization and to achieve

a coherent registration system to all parties involved

coordinate their plans and the development of such registers

subject to these uniform rules with

the organization.



§ 6 the information registered in the database shall be

prima facie evidence of a technical approval of a

railway vehicles.



§ 7 Technical expert Committee may decide that the costs of

to construct and maintain the database should be covered by the users,

in whole or in part; communication of information and review of

information should be free, while getting the information may be

fees apply.



Article 14



Texts and characters



§ 1 the rail vehicle which has been approved for operation shall be

fitted with



(a)) a sign which clearly indicates that they have been approved for

use in international traffic in accordance with these

uniform rules and



(b)) other texts and signs provided for in UTP: s,

including a unique identification code (vehicle number).



The competent authority which grants the operating authorisation is

responsible for the alphanumeric identification code

be affixed to each vehicle. This code, which shall contain

the country code for the (first) approval state, must be labelled

on each vehicle and be entered in the national

vehicle register (NVR) in accordance with article 13.



§ 2 Technical expert Committee shall determine the character

referred to in paragraph 1 (a)) and the transitional periods during which

railway vehicles which have been approved for use in

international transport may be provided with texts and characters

that differ from those prescribed under section 1.

Article 15



Maintenance



§ 1 the rail vehicles and other rolling stock should be well

maintained so that they comply with the provisions of UTP: n and

permanently satisfy them and that their condition does not in any

way compromise operational security or damaging infrastructure,

the environment and public health when used in international traffic.

Rail vehicles for this purpose shall be subject to the

review, inspections, and maintenance provided for in the

the maintenance file attached to the operating certificate, UTP: n, in the

specific conditions for authorisation in accordance with Article 7a, or in

provisions included in RID.



§ 2 Before a vehicle is approved for operation or utilization of

the rail network, it will be assigned a maintenance charge device

(ECM), and this entity shall be registered in the database referred to in

Article 13. A railway undertaking, an infrastructure manager

or a tenant can be a ECM. The ECM should ensure that

the vehicles, for whose maintenance it is responsible, is in a safe condition

through a system of maintenance. The ECM should perform maintenance

yourself or hire contracted maintenance workshops.



ECM for a shopping cart must be certified by an external

Auditor accredited or recognized in any participating State.



Technical expert Committee shall adopt further detailed

rules concerning certification and audit of ECM, respect

accredited/recognised Auditors, their

accreditation/recognition, audit reports and

audit certificates. These rules shall specify whether they correspond to

the requirements of ECM as adopted in the European Community or in

States applying Community law as a result of a

international agreement with the community.



These rules, which also should contain the rules for withdrawal

and revocation of certification and accreditation, to

are defined in an annex to these uniform rules and

should be part of them.



§ 3 a railway undertaking is responsible for the safe operation of

their train, and shall ensure that the vehicles used are

sufficiently maintained. ECM must therefore ensure that

reliable information about the maintenance processes and

maintenance data is available for the railway undertaking and

This railway company must in time provide ECM with information

and the data relating to the operation of the vehicles and other

railway equipment such as ECM is responsible for. In both cases, the

the information and data set out in the annex in accordance with the

§ 2.



§ 4 an approved vehicle ECM shall keep and update a

Journal for the maintenance history of the vehicle.

The list shall be available for inspection by the

competent national authority.



§ 5 Technical expert Committee may adopt guidelines or

rules on the certification and auditing

maintenance workshops and the mutual recognition of certificates

and audit reports. Provisions under this section

shall be defined in an annex to these uniform rules

and should be a part of them and posted on

the Organization's website.



Article 16



Incidents, accidents and serious injuries



§ 1 in case of an incident, accident or serious damage to the

railway vehicles to all parties involved

(infrastructure managers, holders, ECM, current

railway undertakings and, where appropriate, other stakeholders) be

required to



a) take all necessary measures without delay to

ensure the safety of railway traffic, respect for the environment

and public health, and



b) determine the causes of the incident, accident or the

serious injury.



§ 1a Actions referred to in paragraph 1 must be coordinated. It's

the infrastructure manager's responsibility to coordinate, if not

other designated in the applicable regulations in the current

State. In addition to the obligation to investigate as the parties,

the participating States request that an independent investigation should

take place.



§ 2 a vehicle shall be deemed to be seriously damaged if it is not

longer can be fixed by a minor repair that allows

It can form part of a train and roll on its own wheels without danger for

operation. If the repair can be performed in less than 72 hours

or if the cost is lower than 0.18 million SDRs should not

the injury is considered serious.



§ 3 incidents, accidents and serious injury shall, without delay,

be notified to the Administrative Department which approved the vehicle or body

for traffic. This authority or agency may request

the damaged vehicle, possibly already repaired, to appear

up for the examination of the validity of the granted authorisation

for the operation. If necessary, the procedure for the granting of

approval for the operation to be repeated.



4. The participating States shall keep a list, publish

investigation reports, including what they have found and

recommended, inform the issuing

approval authority and organisation on the causes of

incidents, accidents and serious injury in international traffic

that have taken place on their territory. Technical expert Committee

may examine the causes of serious accidents and incidents

or serious harm in international traffic,

ways to develop regulations for the construction and operation of the

Railway for don and other railway equipment in UTP: erna and sheep,

If deemed appropriate, decide to order the participation

State to within a short time set aside relevant operating certificate;

construction type certificates or explanations issued.



§ 5 Technical expert Committee shall develop and adopt

additional mandatory rules on the investigation of the incident,


accidents, serious damage, requirements concerning independent governmental

investigative bodies and the form and content of

reports. It can also change the value/numbers in § 2 and

Article 2 ff).



Article 17



The right to stop and refuse vehicles



§ 1 a competent authority, another railway undertaking or an

infrastrukurförvaltare must not reject or stop

railway vehicles to prevent their operation on compatible

rail infrastructure when these uniform rules;

the provisions of UTP: erna, any special terms and conditions

for approval as set out by the approval authority

and construction and operating regulations of RID has

observed.



§ 2 The right of a competent authority has to inspect and

stop a vehicle is not affected by whether it is suspected that § 1

are not complied with, but a survey to ensure the situation

should be performed as soon as possible and at the latest within 24

hours.



§ 3 If a participating State does not nullify or revoke a

certificate within the period specified in article 5 § 7 or article 16

§ 4, the other participating States the right to refuse or stop

the vehicle (s) in question.



Article 18



Infringement of regulations



§ 1 subject to § 2 and Article 10a paragraph 4 (c),

the legal penalties for aside-setting of these

uniform rules and of UTP: erna is regulated according to

the national law of the State whose competent authority

has granted the first approval for the operation, including the

its choice of law rules.



§ 2 The civil and criminal penalties for

breach of these uniform rules and UTP: erna shall

in terms of infrastructure governed by applicable

provisions of the participating State in which

the infrastructure manager is based, including its

choice of law rules.



Article 19



Transitional provisions



§ 1 Article 3 § 1 applies to upgraded, renewed and

existing vehicles. For vehicles that have been approved for

international traffic under the GRATE, RIC or other relevant

international agreements and which are marked accordingly,

see transitional provisions in this article.



§ 2 When these uniform rules shall enter into force shall

existing vehicles GRATE or RIC-tagged as evidence

for the respect of the provisions of the RIV 2000 agreement (the

revised on January 1, 2004) or

RIC agreement, be deemed to be approved for operation on the participation

States ' networks according to their compatibility with the

railway infrastructure (such as marking on the trolley shows)

It is approved for by one of the participating States.



§ 2a Existing vehicles not tear or RIC-tagged but

approved and marked in accordance with bilateral or multilateral

agreement between the participating States that the Organization

informed, shall also be deemed to be approved for operation on the

networks that are covered by the agreement.



§ 3 Authorization for a transitional period in accordance with §§ 2-2a is

valid until the vehicle needs a new approval

According to article 10 § 11.



§ 4 the lyrics TEAR, RIC or other markings approved by

technical expert Committee shall, together with the information

available in the database referred to in article 13, be deemed to be

sufficient proof of the approval. Non authorized

changes of this marking shall be considered to be fraud and

punishable in accordance with national law.



§ 5 Independent of this transitional provision, the vehicle and the

its documents comply with applicable rules on labelling

and maintenance of UTP: erna; where applicable, compliance with

the provisions of the RID also guaranteed. Technical

Expert Committee may also decide to UTP: Nini

safety rules must be met within a certain time,

independent of any transitional provisions.



§ 6 Existing vehicles not covered by paragraphs 2 and 2a,

be approved for operation on the application to the competent authority. The

later may request further technical information from

applicant, risk analysis and/or vehicle test before a

complementary operational approval is granted. The competent

the authority, however, must take full account of the correlation table

referred to in article 13 of the APTU uniform rules.



§ 7 Technical expert Committee may adopt other

transitional provisions.



Article 20



Disputes



Disputes concerning the approval of vehicles and other

railway equipment intended to be used in international traffic

may be referred to the Technical Committee of experts, if not

parterma has managed to solve it by direct agreement. Such

disputes can also be submitted to an arbitral tribunal according to the

procedure set out in title V of the Treaty.



Transitional provisions



2004:519



1. this law shall enter into force on 1 July 2004. By the law

repeals



a) Act (1997:756) on the allocation of track capacity, and



b) Act (2000:1336) on the rail system.



2. the provisions requiring the approval referred to in Chapter 2. section 13

does not apply to some systems that have been in use after the end of

in 2000 but before July 1, 2004, if the subsystems are included in the

trans-European high-speed rail system, as long as

the subsystem are not subsequently rebuilt or modernised.



3. the provisions of the new law requiring the approval of

subsystems and if permission does not apply as long as a

the corresponding authorisation or permit under

transitional provisions to the Act (2004:518) amending the

the Railway Safety Act (1990:1157). The provisions of Chapter 8. in

However, the new law shall apply from the entry into force, even in cases

When an approval or authorization before the entry into force has

issued under the Railway Safety Act.



4. A traffic person pursuant to lagen (1997:734) om responsibility for certain

public passenger traffic, until the end of 2006, organizing

railway traffic without the authorization provided for in Chapter 3.

§ 5.



5. at its entry into force does business, as

includes both to perform or organise rail transport and

be responsible for the allocation of infrastructure capacity or

the setting of fees, although Chapter 6. 2 § continue to

operate at the far end of year 2008.



6. Government or, after the Government's authorization,

the supervisory authority may provide for when

the provisions on the description of railway networks and

award procedure in Chapter 6. and if fees in Chapter 7. shall

implemented for the first time. Until then shall, as regards

award procedure, the provisions of the Act (1997:756) if

Award of track capacity is applied.



7. Consideration of matters under the Act (1997:756) if

Award of track capacities and Act (2000:1336) if

rail system which has been brought before

entry into force applied older provisions.



2007:452



1. this law shall enter into force on 1 July 2007.



2. The Swedish rail administration, to the end of June 2008 to operate

as infrastructure managers without authorization pursuant to Chapter 3. 7 §.



3. upon entry into force has a safety certificate under 3

Cape. section 3 or a permit under Chapter 3. section 7 shall continue

the operation with the aid of these until the end of 2010.



4. Government or, after the Government's authorization,

the supervisory authority may provide for when

railway vehicles upon entry into force is authorized to be

in use according to Chapter 2. section 13 shall be marked with a

identification code with a innehavarbeteckning under Chapter 2.

section 13 (b).



5. for the examination of the case or cases brought before

before the entry into force applies to older regulations.



2008:602



1. this law shall enter into force on 1 January 2008.



2. What is said in Chapter 8. paragraph 4 shall also apply to the assigned

to pay an administrative fine or sentenced to pay

liquidated damages under the Competition Act (1993:20).



2009:693



1. This law shall enter into force on October 1, 2010.



2. for the examination of the case or cases in accordance with Chapter 8. 9 §

has been filed prior to 1 October 2010, older

regulations.



2009:694



1. this law shall enter into force on 1 August 2009, in the case of 1

Cape. section 4, Chapter 4. section 3, Chapter 5. 2 b, 2 c and 6 chap., § 6. section 25

and Chapter 8. 9 a § and on October 1, 2009.



2. for the examination of the case or cases in accordance with Chapter 8. 9 §

has been filed before October 1, 2009, older

regulations.



2010:1916



This law shall enter into force on 1 January 2011. Older regulations

apply for operational agreements relating to traffic during

scheduling period in 2011.



2011:1118



1. this law shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.



2. approval of the subsystems and railway vehicles

issued under older rules still apply.



3. Older regulations apply for the examination of the case or cases

instituted before its entry into force.



4. The Government or the authority that the Government may

provide for when the railway vehicle at law

entry into force already is taken into service, the last to have been awarded

a maintenance Manager device according to Chapter 2. section 23.



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1. this law shall enter into force on July 1, 2015.



2. the special permit referred to in Chapter 3. paragraph 4 of the

the older wording may continue to operate with

support of this State to the end of 2018.



3. the right to organize traffic in Swedish

rail network under the repealed, Chapter 5. 2 a and 3 sections with the support

by an authorisation under the repealed Chapter 3. sections 5 and 6,

continue to have this right to the end of 2016.



4. The provision in Chapter 8. 3 d § apply for the first time in

question about executives who are hired at the

Supervisor after entry into force.




5. Older regulations apply for case or cases

initiated prior to the entry into force.