Legal provisions of COM(2022)227 - EU position in Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail as regards the modifications to technical prescriptions

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dossier COM(2022)227 - EU position in Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail as ...
document COM(2022)227 EN
date May 20, 2022

Contents

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the partial revision of the ATMF Uniform Rules – Appendix G to COTIF by written procedure of the Revision Committee set up by the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail is to vote in favour of the CTE proposal to amend Article 3a § 5 and Article 15 § 2 of the ATMF Uniform Rules (Appendix G to COTIF) as laid down in the CTE Working Document TECH-20045-CTE13-7, provided that any reference to mutual recognition is removed from Annex II thereof, in accordance with the advisory opinion adopted by the ad hoc Committee on Legal Affairs and International Cooperation during its first session in November 2021 OTIF-21008-JUR 1. If the abovementioned reference is not removed, the Union shall vote against the CTE proposal.

Article 2

The position to be taken on the Union's behalf during the 14th session of the CTE of the COTIF on the modifications to the UTP TAF, and on the revision of the Annex B of the ATMF Uniform Rules with regard to derogations from the application of Uniform Technical Prescriptions shall be the following:

(1) to vote in favour of the CTE proposal to update the UTP TAF, as found in the proposal of the CTE working document TECH-22004-CTE14;

(2) to vote in favour of the CTE proposal to update the Annex B to the ATMF Uniform Rules concerning derogations from the application of Uniform Technical Prescriptions, as found in the CTE working document TECH-22005-CTE14.

Article 3

Once adopted, the decisions of the Revision Committee and the Committee of Technical Experts shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, indicating the date of their entry into force.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.