G/TBT/N/EU/598  
 
10 September 2018  
(18-5573) 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 telephone 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: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
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): Composite 
brake blocks, freight wagons  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Implementing Regulation amending Commission Regulation 
(EU) No 1304/2014 as regards application of the technical specification for interoperability 
relating to the subsystem 'rolling stock - noise' to the existing freight wagons (and its 
accompa nying annex) (5 pages + annex 11 pages, in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation concerns the application of the 
NOI TSI (rolling stock - noise) pass -by limit values to the existing freight wagons  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health and preservation of the interoperability of the rail 
system within the European Union.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/797 on the int eroperability of the rail system within the 
European Union http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016L0797  
 Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/1474 of 8 June 2017 http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32017D1474  
 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 on the technica l specification for 
interoperability relating to the subsystem 'rolling stock - noise' https://eur -
lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32014R1304   G/TBT/N/EU/598  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: End of 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: This Regulation shall enter into force on the 
twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. 
(The provisions regarding operations on " quieter routes" shall apply from 
8 December  2024)  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website:  
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_4774_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/EEC/18_4774_01_e.pdf