1. Forum BeWag UIP presentation + EVIC Bruxelles, 01 décembre 2010 Charles-Antoine RIVIERE Coordinateur Technique UIP 1

2. UIP – Who we are? 2  Founded in 1950, the International Union of Private Wagons encompasses today 15 national associations within the EU and has its seat in Brussels.  It represents owners, loaders, users and other parties interested in about 180.000 private rail freight wagons running in Europe  The economic importance of the fleet of private wagons is a combined result of specialization and use of efficient logistic processes such that the total European wagon fleet produces nearly half of all tonne-kilometres carried. Charles-Antoine Rivière BeWag Forum01.12.2010

3. UIP – Who we are? 3  The UIP represents the interests of its members at the European Union and other international organizations. It carries out research in the fields of technology, operations, economics and marketing and looks after the interest of the private wagon by contributing to the drawing up of international regulations and guidelines.  The UIP’s main objective is to guarantee a future for the private wagon within a liberalized rail freight sector, aiming at always safe and more efficient and competitive railway transport.  Indispensable prerequisite for pursuing this objective is to increase the market share of rail freight transport. Within the framework of its European activities UIP actively supports together with its partner organizations all corresponding European liberalization policy endeavours. Charles-Antoine Rivière BeWag Forum01.12.2010

4.  In the course of liberalisation and harmonisation of the sector, which was commanded by the EU with the well known directives on high speed transport, conventional transport and safety, and which were beneficiary to the private and mainly small enterprises, the actors of the sectors were requested to participate actively to their organisation.  To implement the directives, 16 TSIs (Technical Specifications for Interoperability) were set up; some of them are currently revised. Yet the word «specifications » is misleading because they are clearly legal texts, which the Member States must absolutely transpose in their national legislations. As further help to implementation, around 80 European standards were and still are to be completed or created. Although standards are usually recommendations, they become comparable to laws as soon as they are referred to in a TSI, i.e. a law. 4 Charles-Antoine RivièreBeWag Forum01.12.2010 UIP’s important role What’s new with the UIP?

5. 5 Charles-Antoine RivièreBeWag Forum01.12.2010 More specifics: UIP homepage: http://www.uiprail.org/category.php?scategory=2 Committee works at the UIP Internal Meetings Management, Director’s, Technical Committees, RSRD² project, … External Meetings GCU (JC, PEX, technical annexes, …), ERA (TSIs, ECM, ERA TF, ERATV, …), Sector (GRB, JSG, …), DG MOVE (Telematic, Noise, …), OTIF (RID/ADR, technical expert group, …) Almost 40 working Groups at the European level to cover by the UIP’s members. What’s new with the UIP?

6. Move in summer 2009 New address: Av. Herrmann Debroux 15ATel : +32 26 72 88 47 1160 BrüsselFax: +32 26 72 81 14 Belgiene-mail: info@uiprail.orginfo@uiprail.org Homepage: www.uiprail.orgwww.uiprail.org Good connections: Public transportation „in front of the door“ Metro Line 5 Station « Herrmann Debroux » Tram Line 94, Station « Herrmann Debroux » 16 Km away from airport  EU Commission, Parliament and other associations of the sector CER, UNIFE, EIM, UIRR, etc. as well as the standards bodies CEN and CENELEC are reachable in less than 20 minutes  ERFA office „door to door“ Charles-Antoine Rivière BeWag Forum01.12.2010 6 New address What’s new with the UIP?

7. 7 Charles-Antoine RivièreBeWag Forum01.12.2010 Location of UIP within Brussels What’s new with the UIP?

8. 8 Charles-Antoine RivièreBeWag Forum01.12.2010 Isabelle Brahy Secretariat Dr.-Ing. Holger Segerer Secretary General (since January 2010) Charles-Antoine Rivière Technical Co-ordinator Your UIP Team in Brussels What’s new with the UIP?

9. Current information:  UIP Newsletter – regularly twice a year  UIP Flash-News – publication depending on current topics  Technical Newsletter – 12 times a year; publication linked to the milestones of the working groups 9 Charles-Antoine RivièreBeWag Forum01.12.2010 UIP strives for tight cooperation with member associations What’s new with the UIP?

10. Results of the ERA TF European Action Program: -A Visual Inspection of the European wheelset/axle population (according to EVIC) -A more in-depth investigation of samples of wheelsets from defined operating areas -A European-wide implementation of systematic traceability of wheelset maintenance Collection of data will start from 01.08.2010 The data will be recorded in a filterable electronic system at latest from 01.01.2012 onwards. Confirmation of the European standard axle load of 20t for UIC Type A axles (and the special cases, e. g. France, Belgium, Sweden) Clarification: new (design) standards are not applicable on existing/old designs European Common Criteria for Maintenance 10 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The Joint Sector Program worked out in the ERA Task Force was fully adopted

11. Results of the ERA TF The whole European wagon fleet will be subject to a Visual Inspection of the axle status Goal: to sort out axles from operation according to EVIC to record a set of minimum data for the inspected axles to remove from service (immediately or after unloading) axles not complying with the Minimum Acceptance Criteria (axles with a high presumption of damages in favour of causing cracks) and to hand over removed axles to heavy maintenance with appropriate treatment and NDT When/where: As soon as a wagon enters a WS and at least when wagon is lifted or on pits 11 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The 1st element of the European Action Program: Visual Inspection program of the European wheelset/axle population

12. Results of the ERA TF 2 European “Train the Trainers” trainings for Joint EVIC bodies 15 member states integrated ca. 50 training sessions in member states (workshops, keepers, RUs) > 750 trainers and workshop staff trained EVIC docs in 10 languages EVIC started from 01.04.2010 More than 310.000 axles checked up to November 2010 12 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The 1st element of the European Action Program: Visual Inspection program of the European wheelset/axle population

13. Results of the ERA TF Implementation in GCU progressing Application in Mai 2011 scheduled Last point of discussion: the highly negative cost impact of a multi application of EVIC within the 4/6 years period Will be discussed in the frame of the JSG. Potential solutions: -Markings on wheels -To not record the EVIC results when already done once -... 13 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The 1st element of the European Action Program: Visual Inspection program of the European wheelset/axle population

14. Results of the ERA TF 14 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The 1st element of the European Action Program: Visual Inspection program of the European wheelset/axle population

15. Results of the ERA TF 15 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The 2nd element of the European Action Program: the Sampling Programme Sampling programme aims to analyse the efficiency of the EVIC on cracks detection. For the UIP: 6 000 axles have to be checked through a dedicated process (24 000 axles checked by the Sector). For the UIP, the checks are performed by GATX, VTG, ERMEWA and WASCOSA: 1500 checks per keeper, within 1 year (June 2010 – Mai 2011)  Because of the low number of inspected wheelset at the moment it’s not possible to draw conclusions from the available data.

16. Results of the ERA TF 16 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 The 3rd element of the European Action Program: European Wheelset Traceability (EWT) (see EWT Implementation Guide v1.5)  European Traceability approved by the ERA -> 47 data -> start from August 2010 -> recorded in a filterable electronic system at latest from 01.01.2012  Self-commitment to implement the EWT  Next revision of EN 15313 will implement EWT  EWT fits with EBA request (Allgemeinverfügung)  ANSF may revoke the Italian requirements

17. Results of the ERA TF -The final results on inadmissible ‘’UIC surface roughness’’ in maintenance levels/ UIC project. The first results are expected in 2011; -Handling of painted/ unpainted situation/ EURAXLES project. The first results are expected in 2014; -Examine the need for harmonization of NDT techniques/ EURAXELS projects. The first results are expected in 2014; -Effects on WS/axles caused by special events (derailments, etc)/ Investigation project which will be started by the JSG. 17 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 Next steps for the JSG

18. Results of the ERA TF Corrosion is only one of the factors of derailment. Additional factors have to be investigated. The ERA will set up a study on causes of train derailment. Continuation of cooperation between the ERA and all the Sector organizations (RUs, IMs, ECMs, keepers, …) through a Freight Platform. 18 Charles-Antoine RIVIEREBeWag Forum01.12.2010 Cooperation with ERA and the Authorities