G/TBT/N/EU/210  
 
2 April 2014  
(14-2025)  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):  Control 
Command and Signalling system. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Decision amending Commission Decision 2012/88/EU on the technical 
specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems 
of the trans-European rail system (8 pages + Annex of 9 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This Decision amends the current Decision in the following 
way: 
- it updates the Annex A to take into account changes to the detailed system 
 specifications managed by the European Railway Agency; 
- it extends the scope of the Decision to "off-TEN" networks; 
- it clarifies the conformity assessment in case of partial conformity; 
- it makes Baseline 3 mandatory for on-board equipment; 
- it reduces the open point on reliability. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To update the Decision to take into account changes to the system 
specifications, extend its geographical scope and clarify some provisions.  G/TBT/N/EU/210 
 
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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  
2012/88/EU - Commission Decision of 25 January 2012 on the technical specification for 
interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems of the trans-
European rail system (OJ L 051, 23.2.2012, p.1) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/E N/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32012D0088&rid=3 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October 2014 April 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1683_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1683_01_e.pdf