Division 4.5.1 Responsibility of manufacturer of equipment

The manufacturer of equipment incorporated in the subsystem shall specify:

• all maintenance requirements and procedures (including supervision of well functioning, diagnosis and test methods and tools) necessary for the achievement of essential requirements and values quoted in the mandatory requirements of this TSI during the whole equipment life-cycle (transport and storage before installation, normal operation, failures, repair actions, verifications and maintenance interventions, de-commissioning etc.),

• all the risk for health and safety that may affect the public and the maintenance staff,

• the conditions for first line maintenance (i.e. the definition of Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), the definition of approved compatible versions of Hardware and Software, the substitution of failed LRUs, and e.g. the conditions for storage of LRUs and for repair of failed LRUs,

• the technical conditions for running a train with failed equipment to the end of its mission or to the workshop (degraded mode from a technical point of view, e.g. functions partially or fully switched off, isolation from other functions etc.).

• the verifications to be performed in case equipment is subject to exceptional stress (e.g., exceedance of environmental conditions or abnormal shocks)