Workshop - Skopje, 26-27.05.2010

In circular A 92-03/502.2010 dated 21 April 2010 the Secretary General sent all the OTIF Member States the invitation to a workshop on “UTP Freight wagons and UTP Rolling stock – Noise” (Skopje, 26 and 27 May 2010). Using the links below you can access the presentations given in Skopje (English only):

For the workshop the OTIF Secretariat has prepared the draft UTP Rolling Stock - Freight Wagons and the following Annexes:

• Annex A Structures and mechanical parts
  
  
• Annex F Communication, Vehicle capability to transmit information between ground and vehicle
  
  
• Annex G  Environmental conditions, Humidity
  
  
• Annex J Vehicle track interaction and gauging, Bogie and running gear
  
  
• Annex O Environmental conditions, TRIV requirements
  
  
• Annex R Vehicle track interaction and gauging, Longitudinal forces
  
  
• Annex BB Structures and mechanical parts, Fixing and tail lamps
  
  
• Annex EE Structures and mechanical parts, Footsteps and handrails
  
  
• Annex FF Braking, List of approved brake components
  
  
• Annex YY Structures and mechanical parts, Strength requirements form certain types of wagon components
  
  
• Annex ZZ Structures and mechanical parts, Permissible Stress Based on Elongation Criteria

The basis for the draft UTP Rolling Stock - Freight wagons is

1. TSI Rolling Stock – Freight Wagons in force which comprises the TSI Rolling Stock - Freight Wagons (Commission Decision 20006/861/EC), amended by Commission Decision 2009/107/EC and
   
   
2. TSI Rolling Stock - Noise (Commission Decision 20006/66/EC); part related to freight wagons.

The official EU documents can be found through following links:

• Link to the TSI Rolling Stock - Noise: 2006/66/EC: Commission Decision of 23 December 2005 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem rolling stock — noise of the trans-European conventional rail system ( notified under document number C(2005) 5666 ):
  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006D0066:EN:NOT
  
  
• Link to the TSI Rolling Stock - Freight Wagons: 2006/861/EC: 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):
  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006D0861:EN:NOT
  
  
• Link to the Modification to the TSI's on Freight Wagons and Operation: 2009/107/EC: Commission Decision of 23 January 2009 amending Decisions 2006/861/EC and 2006/920/EC concerning technical specifications of interoperability relating to subsystems of the trans-European conventional rail system (notified under document number C(2009) 38):
  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32009D0107:EN:NOT

These links lead to the pages where you can choose not only the English version, but also the language version from all 23 EU official languages, as well as the format of the document (html, pdf and tiff).

We recommend, that you also consult the adopted APTU Annexes and the amended COTIF 1999 Appendices F (APTU) and G (ATMF), which will come into force on 1 December 2010.

Three draft TSIs in consultation

In circular A 94-00/501.2009 dated 31 March 2009 the Secretary General sent the non-EC OTIF Member States the three draft Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) for Conventional Rail (CR) indicated below, which OTIF has received from the European Commission for consultation. The EC OTIF Member States and sector Organisations received a copy of the circular for information.  The Secretary General asked the non-EC OTIF Member States to send him their responses by 19 June 2009 at the latest. 

Workshop in Zagreb, 2-5 June 2009 (Croatia)

In connection with the consultation the OTIF Secretariat organised an information workshop with the purpose of giving the non-EC OTIF Member States information on the draft TSIs above and to enable them to ask questions and receive answers from the project officers from the European Railway Agency (ERA) who have been responsible for the TSI drafts. Using the links below you can access the presentations given in Zagreb (English only):

The consolidated answer from OTIF

In letter A 94-00/3.2009 dated 7 July 2009, the Secretary General sent the European Commission (with a copy to ERA and the OTIF Member States) the consolidated OTIF response to the consultation.