{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-735/annex/annex-N",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-735/annex/annex-N.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2002/735",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 30 May 2002 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system referred to in Article 6(1) of Directive 96/48/EC (notified under document number C(2002) 1952) (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/735/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-735",
  "path": "annex/annex/N",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "ANNEX N",
  "heading": "EMERGENCY LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS",
  "text": "N.1.\nGeneral points\nEmergency lighting has to allow for the continued occupation or evacuation of a vehicle in complete safety.\nThe emergency lighting system shall provide the minimum number of lights to allow passengers to move around inside vehicles and to evacuate them while being able to identify the presence of obstacles.\nReduced visibility caused by, for example, the presence of smoke, should be taken into account.\nEmergency lighting shall be activated automatically if required and its automatic settings shall not be accessible to passengers.\nN.2.\nElectrical supply\nThe emergency lighting system shall be fed from the vehicle battery by at least one dedicated wiring circuit. If the vehicle is not equipped with its own battery and if it can be uncoupled in normal service, the emergency lighting system must be provided with its own source of supply.\nN.3.\nIllumination levels\nThe minimum average illumination level of the emergency lighting has to be ≥ 5 lux and this value must be measured at floor level and along the central axis of the gangway.\nThe minimum value at the evacuation thresholds has to be ≥ 30 lux.\nThe minimum value for the evacuation signs has to be ≥ 50 lux.\nAll the values must be measured according to methods indicated in Chapter 6 of this present TSI.\nN.4.\nUniformity of illumination\nThe mean lighting level for the sustained lighting measured according to the requirements of Chapter 6 of this present TSI must be between 0,2 and 10.\nN.5.\nLimitation of the dazzle phenomena\nTo minimise the effect of dazzle, the intensity of the illumination of the emergency lamps shall not exceed 400 cd/m 2 in the generally visible zone (up to 60° over the horizontal plane of the lamp).\nN.6.\nPerformance on ignition\nThe performance on ignition of the sustained lighting has to reach 50 % of the required illumination levels within five seconds and 100 % of the illumination level required in the 15 seconds.\nN.7.\nOperating duration\nExcept where otherwise agreed between the user and the manufacturer, the emergency lighting shall continue to operate for:\nat least one hour on railway vehicles intended for the public transport systems,\nat least three hours other railway vehicles.\nAfter the failure of the electric supply in the vehicle, e.g. the battery charging system.\nNote:\nthe specified durations apply to a battery completely charged under conditions agreed between the buyer and the manufacturer.\nN.8.\nLayout of the emergency lighting\nThe emergency lights must be arranged as follows:\nat least in every autonomous zone, e.g. compartments, toilet, driver's cab, kitchen,\nnext to doors and steps, in particular at emergency exits,\nin the zones where obstacles can be present, e.g. presence of luggage in the side aisles, the hallways,\nin the neighbourhood of breaks or changes of direction in the central aisles or the side aisles,\nat every change in floor level.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}