1999/569/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 on the basic parameters for the command-and-control and signalling subsystem relating to the trans-European high-speed rail system (notified under document number C(1999) 2475) - (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, high-speed transport, rail transport, technical regulations, trans-European network, transport safety

14. 8. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 216/23

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 July 1999

on the basic parameters for the command-and-control and signalling subsystem relating to the
trans-European high-speed rail system

(notified under document number C(1999) 2475)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(1999/569/EC)

tion; whereas the AEIF will have to take account of the
‘command-and-
existing system when drafting the
control and signalling' technical specification for intero-
perability (TSI);

(7) Whereas Recommendation T/R 25-09 E (Chester 1990,
revised at Budapest 1995) related to reserved railway
frequencies in the 900 MHz band; whereas the decision
by the ECPT Working Group on FM related to Euroba-
lise (Tallinn 1998) and the updating of Recommanda-
tion 70/03 resulting therefrom;

(8) Whereas the provisions of this Decision are in keeping
the Committee on Directive

with the opinion of
96/48/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The frequency used to telepower (downlink) Eurobalise-type
beacons shall be 27 095 MHz and the radiation intensity at 10
metres shall be less than 42 dBlA/m.

Article 2

The frequency bands used for GSM-R radio links shall be
876-880 MHz for the train-to-ground link and 921/925 MHz
for the ground-to-train link.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Neil KINNOCK

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996
on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail
system (1), and in particular Article 21 thereof,

(1) Whereas, the problem of the frequency and of the radia-
tion intensity of the spot ground-to-train transmission
interface, known as Eurobalise, was raised by Sweden at
the meeting held on 10 July 1997 of the Committee set
up under Article 21 of Directive 96/48/EC;

(2) Whereas, the European Association for Railway Intero-
perability (AEIF) confirmed, during the session held on
16 October 1997, that the Eurobalise interface is a basic
parameter for the command-and-control and signalling
subsystem;

(3) Whereas

the
the AEIF presented an analysis
Committee meeting held on 19 February 1998 and
several Member States requested that the situation be
summed up in terms of all of the radio frequencies
needed for the command-and-control and signalling
subsystem;

at

(4) Whereas there is a need to avoid any interference with
the frequency band for the ECPT PR 27 radio equipment
(see ERC Decision of 7 March 1996), while at the same
time retaining the same level of telepowering;

the Eurobalise spot

(5) Whereas there is an urgent need to lay down the value
interface and the GSM-R
for
ground-to-train radio in order not
to jeopardise the
planning of ERTMS project tests, which in turn would
cause delays that would adversely affect the placing in
service of several lines within the trans-European high-
speed network;

(6) Whereas this Decision has no impact on signalling
systems already in service, provided that they have not
been brought back into service following a reorganisa-

(1) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 6.