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    Authorising a vehicle

    The reading path for putting a rail vehicle into service in the EU — from the interoperability directive through the TSIs and the EN test chain to the authorisation procedure and the registers the result lands in.

    14 documents

    1. 1
      DIR-2016-797Binding law

      Directive on the interoperability of the rail system within the Union (recast)

      The legal frame: essential requirements, subsystems and the authorisation regime everything below serves.

    2. 2
      TSI-LOCBinding law

      TSI Locomotives and Passenger Rolling Stock

      The binding technical law for the rolling-stock subsystem — the requirements your vehicle is assessed against.

    3. 3
      TSI-NOIBinding law

      TSI Noise

      Noise limits that apply alongside TSI LOC&PAS to virtually every new vehicle.

    4. 4
      TSI-PRMBinding law

      TSI Persons with Disabilities and Reduced Mobility (Accessibility)

      Accessibility requirements for passenger vehicles — a parallel TSI conformity assessment.

    5. 5
      EN-12663-1Harmonised (OJ-cited)

      Railway applications - Structural requirements of railway vehicle bodies - Part 1: Locomotives and passenger rolling stock (and alternative method for freight wagons)

      Carbody structural strength: the design-load baseline the vehicle structure is built to.

    6. 6
      EN-15227Harmonised (OJ-cited)

      Railway applications - Crashworthiness requirements for rail vehicles

      Crashworthiness scenarios and energy-absorption criteria for the same structure.

    7. 7
      EN-14363Harmonised (OJ-cited)

      Railway Applications — Testing and Simulation for the acceptance of running characteristics

      Running-dynamics testing — the on-track acceptance evidence for running safety.

    8. 8
      EN-45545-2Harmonised (OJ-cited)

      Railway applications - Fire protection on railway vehicles - Part 2: Requirements for fire behaviour of materials and components

      Fire behaviour of materials: every interior component is qualified against it.

    9. 9
      EN-50155Harmonised (OJ-cited)

      Railway Applications — Rolling Stock — Electronic Equipment

      Environmental and reliability qualification for the electronics on board.

    10. 10
      IEC-61373Voluntary standard

      Railway applications - Rolling stock equipment - Shock and vibration tests

      Shock and vibration testing for every equipment item, graded by mounting position.

    11. 11
      EN-50716Harmonised (OJ-cited)

      Railway Applications — Requirements for software development

      Software assurance for on-board software — feeds the safety case behind the technical file.

    12. 12
      REG-2018-545Binding law

      Practical arrangements for the railway vehicle authorisation process

      The practical arrangements of the authorisation procedure itself, via ERA's one-stop shop.

    13. 13
      DEC-2011-665Binding law

      Implementing Decision 2011/665/EU — European Register of Authorised Types of Vehicles (ERATV)

      Where the authorised TYPE is registered (ERATV) once authorisation is granted.

    14. 14
      DEC-2018-1614Binding law

      Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1614 — European Vehicle Register (EVR) specifications

      Where each individual VEHICLE is registered (EVR), with keeper and ECM.

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