G/TBT/N/EU/209  
 
2 April 2014  
(14-2023)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):  Subsystem 
'rolling stock - noise'. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the 
subsystem 'rolling stock - noise' (5 pages + Annex 16 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  The draft Commission Regulation establishes in its Annex the 
technical specification for interoperability (TSI) relating to the subsystem 'rolling stock - 
noise'. The TSI:  
a) indicates its intended scope (chapter 1);  b) gives the definition of the subsystem (chapter 2); 
c) lays down essential requirements for the concerned domain and their link to the 
 essential requirements (chapter 3);  
d) establishes the functional and technical specifications to be met by the subsystem 
 and its interfaces vis-à-vis other subsystems (chapter 4);  
e) states, in each case under consideration,  which procedures are to be used for the 
 'EC' verification of the subsystems (chapter 6);  
f) further defines the application of the TSI to new and existing rolling stock and 
 indicates country specific cases (chapter 7).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In order to keep pace with technological progress and better protect 
citizens from rail noise.  G/TBT/N/EU/209 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability  of the rail system within the Community 
(Recast) (OJ L 191, 18.7.2008, p. 1-45) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:191:0001:0045:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    4th quarter 2014 1st quarter 2015 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
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