The EU sets its position on international technical standards for freight wagons and railway locomotives
10 Jun 202670 views
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Railway companies, rolling stock manufacturers and railway certification authorities
Summary
The EU Council approves the European stance to update technical standards for freight wagons, locomotives and railway telematics systems in an international body.
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The Council Decision establishes the official position of the EU at the 18th session of the OTIF technical experts committee, the body that regulates international railway transport. It addresses revisions of uniform technical prescriptions (UTP) for freight wagons and passenger rolling stock and locomotives, as well a…
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OJ:L_202601303: Decisión (UE) 2026/1303 del Consejo, de 4 de junio de 2026, relativa a la posición que debe adoptarse en nombre de la Unión Europea en la 18.a sesión del Comité de expertos técnicos de la Organización Intergubernamental para los Transportes Internacionales por Ferrocarril en relación con la revisión del reglamento interno del Comité de expertos técnicos, a la revisión de las prescripciones técnicas uniformes aplicables al subsistema «material rodante-vagones de mercancías» y al subsistema «material rodante-locomotoras y material rodante de viajeros», a la adopción de un formato uniforme de certificados, y a la revisión de la prescripción técnica uniforme aplicable al subsistema «aplicaciones telemáticas para el transporte de mercancías»
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