1. Fourth Railway Package Technical Pillar Hearing at the European Parliament, Brussels 7 May José GORTAZAR Chief Technical Officer, CAF

2. Today’s situation in vehicle authorisation
Complex
cross-border operations require separate authorisations for every Member State where the vehicle will operate
Member States apply different rules
11000 different national rules must be applied for authorisation in addition to European specifications (TSIs)
no single European market
Costly and time consuming
assets worth 1.2 billion Euros in vehicles awaiting the authorisation
authorisation processes can last more than 2 years!
Fourth Railway Package is needed by the European rail industry and is fully supported by UNIFE!

3. Old solutions have failed: cross acceptance
In the past cross acceptance was regarded as the solution
BUT
The national technical rules make cross-acceptance practically impossible

4. What the industry needs: a single European authorisation
A single European Railway Area and a Single European Market need
a single European Railway Agency
a single European authorisation issued by the Agency with a defined area of use
unified procedures and rules

5. Procedures vary from Member State to Member State
Today’s system …
Technical File
Prepared by Applicant
Assessed by NoBo & DeBo
Authorisation
Issued by the NSA 1
Placing on the market in country of NSA 1
Issued by the NSA x
Placing on the market in country of NSA x
Issued by the NSA x+1
Placing on the market in country of NSA x+1
TODAY
Procedures vary from Member State to Member State

6. TOMORROW – ERA as One-Stop-Shop to overcome today‘s obstacles
… and how it could work
TOMORROW – ERA as One-Stop-Shop to overcome today‘s obstacles
Technical File
Prepared by Applicant
Assessed by NoBo & DeBo
Authorisation
Issued by ERA acting as one-stop-shop
RU decision for placing in commercial service
Done by the RU by updating its Safety Management System

7. How the cooperation could work in details during a transition period
Applicant addresses ERA
NSA 1 Endorsement of the conformity assessment 1
ERA
Issuing the vehicle authorisation with full ERA responsibility
NSA x
Endorsement of the conformity assessment x
NSA x+1
Endorsement of the conformity assessment x+1
Final target: ERA fully acting as one-stop-shop issuing the vehicle authorisation
N.B.:TSI conformity assessment to be endorsed by either ERA or one of the NSAs involved

8. Coverage of the vehicle authorisation
Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI)
National Rules Member State 1
National Rules Member State x
National Rules Member State x+1
AREA OF USE
The vehicle authorisation includes the compatibility between the vehicle and network or groups of networks

9. ERA and NSAs could share their tasks
Transition
Vehicle authorisation in more than
(>) 1 Member State
Vehicle authorisation in
1 Member State
Vehicle Authorisation
ERA
NSA or ERA*
(choice of the applicant)
Use of Vehicles RU
Supervision
NSA
Final target: ERA fully acting as one-stop-shop issuing the vehicle authorisation
*NSA or ERA will apply all the same procedure and the same rules

10. Elimination of unnecessary national technical rules
Today
Tomorrow
National technical Rules
Member State 1
National technical Rules
Member State x
National technical Rules
Member State 1
National technical Rules
Member State x+1
National technical Rules
Member State x
National technical Rules
Member State x+1
Technical Specifications for Interoperability
Technical Specifications for Interoperability

11. The industry supports it!
How it could work
Important elements of a new European authorisation system
ERA fully responsible for vehicle authorisation issued
ERA as one-stop-shop & Guardian of procedures
Evolutionary approach towards European vehicle authorisation
Applicant to define the area of use
Area of use fully covered by vehicle authorisation (technical compatibility)
The current Commission proposal is compatible will all the above points and the priorities of the sector!
The industry supports it!

12. Conclusion
Railway industry needs a harmonised European approach for Vehicle Authorisation
Time is of the essence
Technical Pillar of the Fourth Railway Package should not be slowed down by the other parts of the package

13. Thank you for your attention!