Nomenclature: Interoperability
Sector position paper on TSI migration and transition
On 24 January 2020 the European Commission sent a request to the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) for the preparation of the Digital rail and Green freight TSI revision package (2022 revision). Within the package the European Commission submitted the change request CR236 ‘Review and streamline transitional provisions’. This change request was assigned to […]
The European Rail Associations’ vision paper on international standardisation
The supporting organisations have reflected on the specific strategic challenges connected to international standardisation in their field and on how to address them. The result of this exercise is outlined in the attached vision paper, shared in a common letter with the Commission DG MOVE, which presents the European perspective on international standardisation in the […]
UIP 70th Annual Report 2019
UIP 69th Annual Report 2018
GRB position paper on the route compatibility check
This position paper sets out the Group of Representative Bodies’ (GRB) view on the general principles for the route compatibility check (RCC) before the use of authorised vehicles as outlined in Article 23 of the Interoperability Directive (EU) 2016/797. The Group of Representative Bodies asks the European Union Agency for Railways to adopt the RCC […]
GRB-SFR sector position paper on vision for the future of reference standards
The Group of Representative Bodies (GRB) and the CEN/CENELEC/ETSI Sector Forum Rail (SFR) published a position paper to set out the railway sector’s vision for how referenced standards within the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) should be managed in the future. The proposal described in this paper aims to solve challenges faced in the sector […]
Joint Letter to the European Commission and the European Union Agency for Railways on route compatibility
Wagon Keepers’ views on Digitalisation
Joint letters to the European Commission and the European Union Agency for Railways on the implementation of the 4th Railway Package
Joint Letters from several organisations of the Group of Representative bodies UIP and other representative bodies are suggesting several changes in preparation to the forthcoming meeting of the Expert Group on the implementation of the 4th Railway Package’s Technical Pillar. Acknowledging the huge efforts made for drafting and continuously amending the draft Implementing Acts […]