Decision 2024/1687 - EU position at the 16th session of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards the revision of the Uniform Technical Prescription applicable to the subsystem ‘rolling stock - freight wagons’, to the subsystem ‘rolling stock - noise’, to train composition and route compatibility checks, as well as to the subsystem ‘telematics applications for freight services’ - Main contents
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Council Decision (EU) 2024/1687 of 10 June 2024 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 16th session of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards the revision of the Uniform Technical Prescription applicable to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – freight wagons’, to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – noise’, to train composition and route compatibility checks, as well as to the subsystem ‘telematics applications for freight services’| Legal instrument | Decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Decision 2024/1687 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2024)10063 |
| Original proposal | COM(2024)210  |
| CELEX number i | 32024D1687 |
| Document | 10-06-2024; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Effect | 10-06-2024; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 11-06-2024 |
Official Journal of the European Union |
EN L series |
2024/1687 |
13.6.2024 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2024/1687
of 10 June 2024
on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 16th session of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards the revision of the Uniform Technical Prescription applicable to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – freight wagons’, to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – noise’, to train composition and route compatibility checks, as well as to the subsystem ‘telematics applications for freight services’
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 TFEU, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
The Union acceded to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999 (the ‘COTIF’), by means of Council Decision 2013/103/EU (1) and the Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) on the Accession of the European Union to the COTIF Convention (2). |
(2) |
Pursuant to Article 13(1)(f) of the COTIF, the Committee of Technical Experts (‘CTE’) of the OTIF was set up. |
(3) |
Pursuant to Article 20(1)(b) of the COTIF, and in accordance with Article 6(1) of the Uniform Rules concerning the Validation of Technical Standards and the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions applicable to Railway Material intended to be used in International Traffic (APTU) — Appendix F to COTIF, the CTE is competent to adopt or to amend, inter alia, the Uniform Technical Prescriptions (UTP) concerning the subsystem ‘Rolling stock — Freight Wagons’ (UTP WAG), concerning the subsystem ‘Rolling stock — Noise’ (UTP Noise), concerning train composition and route compatibility checks (UTP TCRC), and concerning ‘telematics applications for freight services’ (UTP TAF). |
(4) |
The CTE has included in the agenda of its 16th session, which will take place on 11 and 12 June 2024, a proposal for decisions to revise the UTP WAG, the UTP Noise, and the UTP TCRC, and to modify Appendix I to the UTP TAF. |
(5) |
It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the CTE, as the proposed decisions will be binding on the Union pursuant to Article 6(1) APTU and Article 35(3) and (4) COTIF. |
(6) |
The objectives of those decisions are to align the UTP WAG, UTP Noise, and UTP TCRC to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694 (3), and to align the references to the European Union Agency for Railways’ Technical Documents of technical specifications for interoperability relating to the ‘telematics applications for freight’ (TAF TSI) listed in Appendix I of UTP TAF. |
(7) |
The envisaged OTIF decisions are in line with the law and the strategic objectives of the Union by contributing to the alignment of OTIF legislation with the equivalent provisions of Union law, and should therefore be supported by the Union, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 16th session of the Committee of Technical Experts (CTE) of the the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards the revision of the Uniform Technical Prescriptions (UTP) concerning the subsystem ‘Rolling stock — Freight Wagons’ (UTP WAG), concerning the subsystem ‘Rolling stock — Noise’ (UTP Noise), concerning train composition and route compatibility checks (UTP TCRC), and as regards updating the references to the Technical Documents of technical specifications for...
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