{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-861/annex/annex-W",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-861/annex/annex-W.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2006/861",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 28 July 2006 concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — freight wagons’ of the trans-European conventional rail system (notified under document number C(2006) 3345) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/861/EC) (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-861",
  "path": "annex/annex/W",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "ANNEX W",
  "heading": "SPECIFIC CASES",
  "text": "W.1.\nGENERAL RULES\n1.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.2.\nTo define the lowest position of the various parts of the vehicle (lower part, parts in the proximity of the flanges) in relation to the track, the displacements hereafter should be considered:\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n1.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nW.2.\nLOWER PART OF THE VEHICLE\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nW.3.\nVEHICLE PARTS IN PROXIMITY OF THE WHEEL FLANGES\n3.1.\nThe minimum vertical distance allowed for vehicle parts located in the vicinity of the wheel flanges, except the wheel themselves, is 55 mm from the running surface. In curves those parts should remain inside the zone occupied by the wheels.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nW.4.\nVEHICLE WIDTH\n4.1\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nW.5.\nLOWER STEP AND ACCESS DOORS OPENING OUTWARDS FOR COACHES AND MULTIPLE UNITS\n5.1\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nW.6.\nPANTOGRAPHS AND NON-INSULATED LIVE PARTS ON THE ROOF\n6.1.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6.2.\nThe raised pantograph in middle position on a straight track should not protrude out the vehicle gauge given in Appendix E.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n6.4.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nW.7.\nRULES AND LATER INSTRUCTIONS\n7.1.\nBesides items W.1-W.6, the vehicles designed for the western traffic also comply with prescriptions of UIC Leaflets 505-1 or 506.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n7.2.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n7.3.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n7.4.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Repealed by Commission Regulation (EU) No 321/2013 of 13 March 2013 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — freight wagons’ of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Decision 2006/861/EC (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/861/annex/annex/W",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:23.794725+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."
}