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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-860/annex/division-7/division-7.5/division-7.5.2/division-7.5.2.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/860",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 7 November 2006 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European high speed rail system and modifying Annex A to Decision 2006/679/EC concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European conventional rail system (notified under document number C(2006) 5211) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/860/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-860",
  "path": "annex/division/7/division/7.5/division/7.5.2/division/7.5.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7.5.2.1",
  "heading": "Category of each specific case is given in Annex A, Appendix 1.",
  "text": "No.\nSpecific Case\nJustification\nDuration\n1\nInterdependence between axle distance and wheel diameter of vehicles operating in Germany is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.1.5\nExisting axle counter equipment.\nP\n2\nMaximum length of vehicle overhang (nose) operating in Poland and Belgium is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.1.6\nExisting geometry of track circuit equipment\nT3\n3\nMinimum distances between first 5 axles of trains operating in Germany is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.1.7\nRelevant on lines with level crossing.\nT3\n4\nMinimum distance between the first and last axle of a lone vehicle or trainset operating on France high speed lines and Belgium high speed TEN ‘L1’ only is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.1.8\nExisting track circuit equipment.\nFrance T3\nBelgium T3\n5\nMinimum distance between the first and last axle of a lone vehicle or trainset operating in Belgium (except for high speed TEN ‘L1’) is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.1.9\nExisting track circuit equipment.\nT3\n6\nMinimum diameter of wheels of vehicles operating in France is given Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.2.2\nExisting axle counter equipment.\nT3\n7\nMinimum height of flange for vehicles operating in Lithuania is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 2.2.4.\nThe existing axle counter equipment allows wheels with lower height of flange to be detected (positive specific case for RS).\nT3\n8\nMinimum axle load for vehicles operating on certain lines in Germany, Austria, and Belgium is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.1.3\nGermany:\nMinimum axle load necessary to shunt certain track circuits is determined in a requirement of EBA (Eisenbahn-Bundesamt), relevant on some main lines in Germany in the area of former DR (Deutsche Reichsbahn) with 42 Hz and 100 Hz track circuits. No renewal.\nT3\nBelgium:\nThe minimal axle load is 5 t on all lines in Belgium (except for high-speed\nlines as already described in the specific case). This minimal load is required to:\n1)) shunt the different track circuits used on our conventional network:\nespecially 50 Hz track circuits and track circuits with electrical-joints.\n2)) to activate properly some kinds of treadle working with the weight of axles.\nIn Belgium, treadles are used in combination with track circuits to release itineraries.\nNo renewal.\nAustria:\nMinimum axle load necessary to shunt certain track circuits is determined in a requirement for safe function, relevant on some main lines in Austria with 100 Hz track circuits. No renewal.\n9\nMinimum mass of a lone vehicle or trainset operating on France high speed TEN lines and Belgium high speed TEN ‘L1’ lines is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.1.4\nExisting track circuit equipment\nFrance T3\nBelgium T3\n10\nMinimum mass of a lone vehicle or trainset operating in Belgium (except for high speed TEN ‘L1’) is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.1.5\nExisting track circuit equipment\nT3\n11\nMinimum dimension of metal mass and approval conditions of vehicles operating in Germany and Poland are given in Annex A, Appendix paragraph 3.3.1\nRelevant on lines with level crossing with detection loops.\nGermany P\nPoland P\n12\nMaximum reactance between running surfaces of a wheelset of vehicles operating in Poland is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.5.2\nExisting track circuit equipment\nT3\n13\nMaximum reactance between running surfaces of a wheelset of vehicles operating in France is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.5.3\nExisting track circuit equipment\nT3\n14\nAdditional requirements on shunting parameters of a vehicle operating in Netherlands are given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.5.4\nExisting low voltage track circuit equipment.\nT3\n15\nMinimum impedance between pantograph and wheels of vehicles operating in Belgium is given in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 3.6.1\nExisting Class B equipment\nT3\n16\nAdditional requirements regarding sanding for UK are give in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 4.1.3\nOnly valid for Conventional rail\nT3\n17\nThe magnetic brake and eddy current brake is not permitted at the first bogie of a leading vehicle operating in Germany, defined in Annex A, Appendix 1 paragraph 5.2.3\nRelevant on lines with level crossing.\nT3",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 23 July 2012 amending Decisions 2006/679/EC and 2006/860/EC concerning technical specifications for interoperability (notified under document C(2012) 4984) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/463/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:24.266188+00:00"
  },
  "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."
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