2001/260/EC: Commission Decision of 21 March 2001 on the basic parameters of the command-control and signalling subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system referred to as "ERTMS characteristics" in Annex II(3) to Directive 96/48/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 746)
Date: 2001-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, high-speed transport, rail transport, technical regulations, trans-European network, transport safety

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 March 2001

on the basic parameters of the command-control and signalling subsystem of the trans-European
high-speed rail system referred to as ‘ERTMS characteristics’ in Annex II(3) to Directive 96/48/EC

(notified under document number C(2001) 746)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/260/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The second objective of this Decision is to establish a
common basis for the elaboration of the TSIs. It does
not preclude the need to establish these parameters in
the corresponding TSI, which will be adopted in accord-
ance with Article 6(1) of Directive 96/48/EC. These
parameters can also be updated as part of the review of
the TSIs provided for in Article 6(2) of that Directive.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by
Directive 96/48/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The definitions and characteristics to be respected for the basic
parameters of the control-command and signalling subsystem
of the trans-European high-speed railway system referred to as
‘ERTMS characteristics’ in Annex II(3) to Directive 96/48/EC
are given in the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 21 March 2001.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

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 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The first stage in developing technical specifications for
interoperability (TSIs) is to establish the characteristics of
the basic parameters referred to in Article 5(3)(b) of
Directive 96/48/EC.

The Committee set up by Directive 96/48/EC has
appointed the European Association for Railway Intero-
perability (AEIF) as the joint representative body in
accordance with Article 2(h) of that Directive.

The AEIF has drafted a text that includes definitions and
proposals for
the control-
the basic parameters of
command and signalling subsystem referred to in Annex
II(3) to Directive 96/48/EC as ‘ERTMS (2) characteristics’.

The first objective of this Decision is to guide the tech-
nical choices made by authorities responsible for plan-
ning, constructing, upgrading and operating the infra-
structure and rolling stock to be put into service after
the date on which this Decision takes effect, contributing
to the operation of
the rail system referred to in
Directive 96/48/EC.

(1) OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 6.
(2) European Rail Traffic Management System.

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ANNEX

ERTMS CHARACTERISTICS

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARAMETER

The unifed control/command and signalling subsystem (ERTMS — European rail traffic management system) comprises
two elements:

— the control/command and signalling element (ERTMS/ETCS — European rail traffic management system/European

train control system) covers both the onboard subsystems and trackside subsystems,

— the radio and telecommunication element (ERTMS/GSM-R — GSM for railways) is based on the standards applied to
the public GSM network and also covers both trackside and onboard equiment. GSM-R is based on ETSI standard
GSM phase 2+,

including GPRS (global packet radio services), extended to railway-specific applications.

2. CHARACTERISTICS TO BE RESPECTED

2.1. ERTMS/ETCS:

The basis for the control-command and signalling subsystem shall be the set of specifications listed hereafter (1). If
necessary, these specifications will be revised after the ERMTS master plan pilot tests; such a revision will be prepared by
the AEIF under a change control procedure, then submitted to the Committee as provided in Article 6 of Directive
96/48/EC.

Document name

Reference No

Version No

Mandatory/informative

ERTMS/ETCS functional requirements specification

—

ERTMS/ETCS functional statements

99E5362

ERTMS/ETCS system requirements specification

SUBSET-026

Clarification and amendment specification (*)

SUBSET-055

ERTMS/ETCS SSRS Part 1: system macro functions over-
view

SUBSET-030

4.29

2.00

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Informative

ERTMS/ETCS SSRS Part 2: Onboard subsystem require-
ments specification

SUBSET-031

2.0.0

Informative

ERTMS/ETCS SSRS Part 3: trackside subsystem require-
ments specification

SUBSET-032

2.0.0

Informative

FFFIS for Eurobalise

SUBSET-036

Description for the Euroloop subsystem

SUBSET-050

FFFS for Euroloop subsystem

FFFIS ‘A
L

’ Euroloop subsystem

FFFIS ‘C
L

’ Euroloop subsystem

Euroradio FIS

SUBSET-043

SUBSET-044

SUBSET-045

SUBSET-037

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

Mandatory

Informative

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Transmission of the MSISDN number to the applica-
tion

037_0022a

29.3.2000

Informative

Version upgrade

037_0023a

29.3.2000

Informative

Euroradio FFFIS class 1 requirements

SUBSET-052

2.0.0

Mandatory

(1) The specifications are available at http://forum.europa.eu.int or from the EC services on request.

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Document name

Reference No

Version No

Mandatory/informative

Radio infill FFFS

FIS for the man-machine interface

FIS for the train interface

Trackside-trainborne FIS for radio infill

Trainborne FFFIS for radio infill

Radio infill FIS with LEU/interlocking

Specific transmission module FFFIS

STM FFFIS safe time layer

STM FFFIS safe link layer

SUBSET-046

SUBSET-033

SUBSET-034

SUBSET-047

SUBSET-048

SUBSET-049

SUBSET-035

SUBSET-056

SUBSET-057

FFFIS STM application layer supervision connection

SUBSET-058

Performance requirements for STMs

Key management FIS

FIS key management second phase

Key management migration

FIS for RBC/RBC handover

Dimensioning and engineering rules

SUBSET-059

SUBSET-038

SUBSET-051

SUBSET-060

SUBSET-039

SUBSET-040

Performance requirements for interoperability

SUBSET-041

FFFIS juridical recorder downloading tool

SUBSET-027

Assignment of values to ETCS variables

SUBSET-054

Glossary of terms and abbreviations

SUBSET-023

Radio transmission FFFIS for Euroradio

A11 T6001 3

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

0.0.1

0.0.6

2.0.0

2.0.0

1.1.1

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

3

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Informative

Informative

Mandatory

Informative

Informative

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

Mandatory

ERTMS driver machine interface part
arrangement of ERTMS/ETCS information

I ergonomic

PrEN 50XX6-1

March 2000

Informative

ERTMS driver machine interface part
procedures

III data entry

PrEN 50XX6-3

March 2000

Informative

ERTMS driver machine interface part IV symbols

PrEN 50XX6-4

March 2000

Informative

ERTMS driver machine interface part V audible informa-
tion

PrEN 50XX6-5

March 2000

Informative

ERTMS driver machine interface part VI specific trans-
mission modules

PrEN 50XX6-6

March 2000

Informative

RAM requirements (chapter 2 only)

Environmental conditions

96S126

97S066

6

5

Informative

Informative

(*) Including supplementary UNISIG letter of 21 April 2000.

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2.2. ERTMS/GSM-R:

The train-ground communication system shall comply with the following list of specifications. If necessary, these
specifications will be revised after the ERMTS master-plan pilot tests; such revision will be prepared by the AEIF under a
change control procedure, then submitted to the Committee as provided in Article 6(1) of Directive 96/48/EC.

Document

Reference

Version

Status

UIC project Eirene — functional requirements specifica-
tion

ITA078D017

4.00

Mandatory

UIC project Eirene — system requirements specification

ITA078D018

Morane FFFIS radio transmission FFFIS for Euroradio

A11 T6001 3

12.00

3.00

Mandatory

Mandatory

ERTMS driver machine interface part II Eirene informa-
tion shown on an integrated ERTMS/Eirene DMI

PrEN 50XX6-2

March 2000

Informative

3.

LIST OF ACRONYMS

DMI

driver machine interface

ERTMS

European rail traffic management system

FFFIS

FIS

LEU

form fit function interface specification

functional interface specification

lineside electronic unit

MSISDN

mobile subscriber ISDN (integrated services digital network)

RAM

RBC

SSRS

STM

reliability availability maintainability

radio block centre

subsystem requirements specification

specific transmission module