Joint Statement - UIC, UIP, ERFA and CER on responsibility of Wagon Keeper for maintenance

The associations further welcome that TRAN voted unanimously in favour of the sole responsibility of the keeper for the maintenance and in favour of a mandatory certification of the maintenance management of the keeper.
The associations strongly object, for the reasons given below, to the proposal of the Council to introduce an additional entity in charge of maintenance in the Safety Directive which is not in every case identical with the wagon keeper