# Commission Decision of 14 November 2012 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘operation and traffic management’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and amending Decision 2007/756/EC (notified under document C(2012) 8075) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/757/EU), Division 4.2.2.1.3.2: Freight trains in international traffic

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Member State must notify the Commission which of the following rules will apply on the network of its Member State for trains that cross a border between Member States:
either
two steady red lights, or
two reflective plates of the following shape with white side triangles and red top and bottom triangle:
The lamps or plates must be on the same height above buffer on the transversal axis.
Member States that require two reflective plates must also accept two steady red lights as train rear-end indication.
Member States that require two steady red lights must also accept two reflective plates as train rear-end indication if the following two conditions are fulfilled in the whole network:
the operational rule for entering a possible occupied block section states that the train drivers shall be able to stop in front of any obstacle, and
there is no requirement that signallers must visually check the presence of a train rear-end device to verify that the train is complete.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/757/annex/I/division/4/division/4.2/division/4.2.2/division/4.2.2.1/division/4.2.2.1.3/division/4.2.2.1.3.2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-757/annex-I/division-4/division-4.2/division-4.2.2/division-4.2.2.1/division-4.2.2.1.3/division-4.2.2.1.3.2
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