Council Decision (EU) 2018/319 of 27 February 2018 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union at the 26th session of the Revision Committee of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail as regards certain amendments to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail and to the Appendices thereto (revoked)

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Document(s): LAW-17130-CR26/8/9/10; LAW-17131-CR26/8.1; LAW-17132-CR 26/8.2

Competence: Union (exclusive)

Exercise of voting rights: Union

Support (LAW-17131-CR26/8.1) the inclusion of a new Appendix H to COTIF regarding the safe operation of trains in international traffic for decision of the General Assembly, subject to the following (deletion – strikethrough; addition – underlined, where appropriate):

• In Article (2)(b): Replace ‘Certification Authority’ by ‘Safety Certification Authority’. The substitution should be implemented consequently throughout the text. In German: ‘Sicherheitsbescheinigungsbehörde’ instead of ‘Zertifizierungsbehörde’. In French: ‘autorité de certification de sécurité’ instead of ‘autorité de certification’.

• Article 4(1): Add the sentence ‘The Safety Certification Authority and the Supervision Authority mentioned in Article 6(1) may be two separate entities or they may be incorporated into the same organisation.’

• Article 6(1): Add the sentence ‘The Supervision Authority and the Safety Certification Authority mentioned in Article 4(1) may be two separate entities or they may be incorporated into the same organisation.’

• In Article 8(3): Modify the text so as to read as follows: ‘In order to implement the requirements of these Uniform Rules in a harmonised way, the Annexes to these UR shall include:

  1. a)

     Elements of the safety management system to be implemented by railway undertakings and infrastructure managers;

  2. b)a)

     A Common Safety Method for safety management system requirements to be applied by Safety Certification Authorities when issuing Safety Certificates and by railway undertakings and infrastructure managers when developing, implementing, maintaining and improving their safety management systems;

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     A Common Safety Method on monitoring to be applied by railway undertakings and, where relevant, infrastructure managers and entities in charge of maintenance;

  4. c)

     The necessary links to the Common Safety Method on risk evaluation and assessment to be applied by the railway undertakings, infrastructure managers and entities in charge of maintenance when making any technical, operational or organisational change to the railway system;

  5. d)

     A Common Safety Method on supervision to be applied by Supervision Authorities.’

• In Article 2(f), editorial improvement, alignment with Union terminology (German version): ‘‘Eisenbahnsystem’ das Schienennetz in jedem Vertragsstaat, bestehend aus Linien Strecken, Bahnhöfen, Drehscheiben und Terminals’.

• In Article 7(4), editorial improvement (German version): ‘Die am Betrieb von Zügen im internationalen Verkehr beteiligten Infrastrukturbetreiber und Eisenbahnunternehmen haben ihr ein Sicherheitsmanagementsystem einzurichten und dessen korrekte Anwendung in Übereinstimmung mit diesen Einheitlichen Rechtsvorschriften zu kontrollieren.’

Agree to request the Secretary-General to amend the Explanatory Report in support of the new Appendix H and submit it to the General Assembly for approval.

Support (LAW-17131-CR26/8.2), for the purpose of the inclusion of the new Appendix H into COTIF, the modifications to Articles 2, 6, 20, 33 and 35 of COTIF, and agree to request the Secretary-General to submit them to the General Assembly for decision.

The draft new Appendix H sets out provisions to regulate the safe operation of trains in international traffic with the objective to harmonise COTIF with the Union's acquis and support interoperability beyond the European Union. The proposed text is in line with the provisions of the new safety Directive (EU) 2016/798 and the related secondary legislation, save for minor issues which should be addressed in accordance with the above proposals. As indicated, it is also necessary to modify certain provisions of the COTIF Convention for the purpose of the inclusion of this new Appendix H.

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