. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/SWE/10
31 January 2002
(02-0496)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SWEDEN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Järnvägsinspektionen (The Swedish Railway Inspectorate)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Kommerskollegium (the National Board of Trade)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Swedish Railway
Inspectorate’s regulations on the approval of rolling stock. (8 pages, in  Swedish)
6. Description of content:   The Swedish Railway Safety Act (1990:1157) states that rolling
stock has to be approved before taking into operation in Sweden.  Today there are no
regulations for application of the Act.  These new regulations establish the conditions to be
met regarding the process and the documents required for the approval of rolling stock.However, the regulations do not embody functional or technical requirements on rolling
stock.  The process required in the regulations is in accordance with the standard
SS-EN 50126.
There are four chapters in the regulations; 1)  general requirements, 2) new rolling stock,
3) imported rolling stock, and 4) foreign temporarily used rolling stock.
Chapter 1 contains exemptions, definitions, applicant, classification and issues for
infrastructure managers.
Chapter 2 contains requirements for approval of new and redesigned rolling stock.  It states
which documents the applicant has to produce and present to the Inspectorate.
Chapter 3 contains requirements for approval of imported rolling stock, already approved in
its own country.  Like chapter 2 it states which documents the applicant has to produce and
what he has to present to the Inspectorate.
Chapter 4 contains requirements for approval of foreign rolling stock for temporary use in
Sweden (track working machines, transit vehicles, exhibition vehicles etc.).  Theserequirements are a simplification of the approval process for rolling stock approved in its
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The purpose of these regulations is to establish a process for the Inspectorate’s approval of
rolling stock according to § 18 and § 19 of the Railway Safety Act (1990:1157). The
Inspectorate claims that the regulations are needed in order to make sure that the general
requirements of the Railway Safety Act can be applied uniformly. The suppliers and therailway operators also need to consider the practical effect of these regulations at an early
stage.
8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 June 2002
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2002
10. Final date for comments:   5 April 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: