. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EEC/382 
10 June 2011  
 (11-2869) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  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):  Rolling stock - freight 
wagons 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft revision of the 
Technical Specification for Interoperability ( TSI) relating to the subsystem 'rolling stock - 
freight wagons' of the trans-European conv entional rail system (63 pages, in English 
(reference version), French and German)     
6. Description of content:  The draft  revised TSI on c onventional rail freight wagons:  
a) indicates its intended scope (chapter 2);  b) lays down essential requirements for the concerned doma in and for its interfaces vis-à-vis 
other subsystems (chapter 3);  
c) establishes the functional and technical specif ications to be met by the subsystem and its 
interfaces vis-à-vi s other subsystems (chapter 4);  
d) determines the interoperability constituen ts and interfaces which must be covered by 
European specifications, including European standards, which are necessary to achieve interoperability within the rail system (chapter 5);  
e) states, in each case under consideration, whic h procedures are to be used in order to assess 
the conformity or the suitability for use of the in teroperability constituents on the one hand, or 
the 'EC' verification of the subsyste ms on the other hand (chapter 6);  G/TBT/N/EEC/382 
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  f) indicates the strategy for impl ementing the TSIs (chapter 7);  
g) indicates, for the staff concerned, the pr ofessional qualifications and health and safety 
conditions at work required for the operation and maintenance of the above subsystem, as 
well as for the implementation of this TSI ( chapter 4).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
contribute to the interoperability of the rail syst em within the European Union.  This will 
facilitate, improve and help deve lop international rail transport services within the European 
Union and with third countries.  This will also  contribute to the development of an EU-wide 
market in railway equipment and services.  
8. Relevant documents:   Not applicable   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Adoption mid-2012 
Entry into force end of 2012 - beginning of 
2013 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [  ], or addre ss, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, 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/  and on the 
ERA website:  http://www.era.europa.eu /Document-Register/Pages /era-con-2011-03-int.aspx  
 
and http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2011/tbt/EEC/11_1779_00_e.pdf