2008/386/EC: Commission Decision of 23 April 2008 modifying Annex A to Decision 2006/679/EC concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European conventional rail system and Annex A to Decision 2006/860/EC concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system (notified under document number C(2008) 1565) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-04-23
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 23 April 2008

modifying Annex A to Decision 2006/679/EC concerning the technical
specification for
interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the trans-European
conventional rail system and Annex A to Decision 2006/860/EC concerning the technical
specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystem of the
trans-European high-speed rail system

(notified under document number C(2008) 1565)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/386/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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,

the European
Having regard to Directive 2001/16/EC of
Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the inter-
operability of the conventional rail system (2), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

technical
to

specification (TSI)

Commission Decision 2006/679/EC (3)
first
for
relating
subsystem of
system.

the

the

control-command
trans-European conventional

laid down the
interoperability
signalling
and
rail

technical
to

specification (TSI)

Commission Decision 2002/731/EC (4)
laid down the
interoperability
for
first
relating
signalling
and
control-command
subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system;
it was repealed and replaced by Commission Decision
2006/860/EC (5).

the

(4) With a view to take account of the agreement reached
within the working groups of
the European Railway
Agency on the subset 108, there is a need to update
Annex A.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

In accordance with Article 6.2 of Directive 96/48/EC and
Article 6.2 of Directive 2001/16/EC, the Agency shall be
responsible for preparing the review and updating of TSIs
and making any recommendations to the Committee
referred to in Article 21 in order to take account of
developments in technology or social requirements.

the European Parliament and of

In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No
881/2004 of
the
Council (6), the European Rail Agency shall ensure that
the TSIs are adapted to technical progress and market
trends and to the social requirements and propose to
the Commission the amendments to the TSIs which it
considers necessary.

a

recommendation

The European Railway Agency adopted on 14 January
list
2008
of
mandatory specifications and the list of
informative
specifications set out in the TSIs for the conventional
rail and the high-speed rail systems.

regarding

the

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up
by Article 21 of Directive 96/48/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(3)

Decision 2007/153/EC adapted Annex A to Decisions
2006/679/EC and 2006/860/EC to technical progress.

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

last amended by

Commission Directive 2007/32/EC (OJ L 141, 2.6.2007, p. 63).

(2) OJ L 110, 20.4.2001, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2007/32/EC.

(3) OJ L 284, 16.10.2006, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/153/EC (OJ L 67, 7.3.2007, p. 13).

(4) OJ L 245, 12.9.2002, p. 37. Decision as amended by Decision
2004/447/EC (OJ L 155, 30.4.2004, p. 65, as corrected by OJ
L 193, 1.6.2004, p. 53).

(5) OJ L 342, 7.12.2006, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision

2007/153/EC.

The list of mandatory specifications and the list of informative
specifications set out
in Annex A to the TSI attached to
Decision 2006/679/EC relating to the control-command and
signalling subsystem of
the trans-European conventional rail
system and Annex A to the TSI attached to Decision
2006/860/EC relating to the control-command and signalling
subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system, are
replaced by the list of mandatory specifications and the list of
informative specifications attached to the present Decision.

(6) OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 220, 21.6.2004,

p. 3.

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Article 2

Before 31 December 2008, the European Train Control System
(ETCS) specifications attached to the present Decision will be
completed to include updated common test specifications and
to correct any errors.

Article 3

Before 31 December 2008, and without prejudice to Article 7
of Directive 96/48/EC and Article 7 of Directive 2001/16/EC,
Member States shall notify to the Commission which of their
lines equipped with ETCS operate, or will operate, with the
mandatory specifications applicable prior to the entry into
force of the present Decision.

By the same date, Member States shall also notify to the
Commission the time by which trains compliant with the speci-

fications referred to in this Decision can operate on each of
their ETCS lines.

Article 4

This Decision shall apply from 1 June 2008.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 April 2008.

For the Commission

Jacques BARROT
Vice-President

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ANNEX

‘LIST OF MANDATORY SPECIFICATIONS

Index N

Reference

Document name

Version

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

25.

26.

27.

ERA/ERTMS/003204

ERTMS/ETCS Functional requirement specification

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET-023

Glossary of terms and abbreviations

UNISIG SUBSET-026

System requirement specification

UNISIG SUBSET-027

FFFIS Juridical recorder-downloading tool

UNISIG SUBSET-033

FIS for man-machine interface

UNISIG SUBSET-034

FIS for the train interface

UNISIG SUBSET-035

Specific transmission module FFFIS

UNISIG SUBSET-036

FFFIS for Eurobalise

UNISIG SUBSET-037

EuroRadio FIS

Reserved 05E537

Offline key management FIS

UNISIG SUBSET-039

FIS for the RBC/RBC handover

UNISIG SUBSET-040

Dimensioning and engineering rules

UNISIG SUBSET-041

Performance requirements for interoperability

ERA SUBSET-108

Interoperability related consolidation on TSI annex A documents

UNISIG SUBSET-044

FFFIS for Euroloop subsystem

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET-046

Radio infill FFFS

UNISIG SUBSET-047

Trackside-trainborne FIS for radio infill

UNISIG SUBSET-048

Trainborne FFFIS for radio infill

UNISIG SUBSET-049

Radio infill FIS with LEU/interlocking

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET-054

Assignment of values to ETCS variables

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET-056

STM FFFIS Safe time layer

UNISIG SUBSET-057

STM FFFIS Safe link layer

5.0

2.0.0

2.3.0

2.2.9

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.1.1

2.4.1

2.3.0

2.1.2

2.0.0

2.1.0

1.2.0

2.2.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.0.0

2.2.0

2.2.0

UNISIG SUBSET-091

Safety requirements for the technical
and 2

interoperability of ETCS in levels 1

2.2.11

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Index N

Reference

Document name

Version

28.

29.

30.

31.

32.

33.

34.

35.

36a.

36b.

36c.

37a.

37b.

37c.

37d.

37e.

38.

39.

40.

41.

42.

43.

44.

45.

46.

47.

48.

49.

50.

Reserved

Reliability — availability requirements

UNISIG SUBSET-102

Test specification for interface “k”

1.0.0

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET-094

UNISIG Functional requirements for an onboard reference test facility

2.0.0

EIRENE FRS

EIRENE SRS

A11T6001 12

ECC/DC(02)05

Intentionally deleted

Intentionally deleted

GSM-R Functional requirements specification

GSM-R System requirements specification

(MORANE) Radio transmission FFFIS for EuroRadio

ECC Decision of 5 July 2002 on the designation and availability of
frequency bands for railway purposes in the 876-880 and 921-925 MHz
bands

UNISIG SUBSET-074-2

FFFIS STM Test cases document

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET-076-5-2

Test cases related to features

UNISIG SUBSET-076-6-3

Test sequences

UNISIG SUBSET-076-7

Scope of the test specifications

Intentionally deleted

06E068

ETCS Marker-board definition

UNISIG SUBSET-092-1

ERTMS EuroRadio conformance requirements

UNISIG SUBSET-092-2

ERTMS EuroRadio test cases safety layer

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET 028

Intentionally deleted

JRU Test specification

UNISIG SUBSET 085

Test specification for Eurobalise FFFIS

Reserved

Odometry FIS

UNISIG SUBSET-101

Interface “K” specification

UNISIG SUBSET-100

Interface “G” specification

Reserved

Reserved

Safety requirements and requirements to safety analysis for interoperability
for the control-command and signalling subsystem

Test specification for mobile equipment GSM-R

UNISIG SUBSET-059

Performance requirements for STM

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET-103

Test specification for Euroloop

7

15

12

1.0.0

2.2.2

2.0.0

1.0.0

1.0

2.2.5

2.2.5

2.2.2

1.0.0

1.0.1

2.1.1

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51.

52.

53.

54.

55.

56.

57.

58.

59.

60.

61.

62.

63.

B1.

B2.

B3.

B4.

B5.

B6.

B7.

B8.

Index N

Reference

Document name

Version

Reserved

Ergonomic aspects of the DMI

UNISIG SUBSET-058

FFFIS STM Application layer

2.1.1

Reserved
AEIF-ETCS Variables manual

Intentionally deleted

Reserved

Reserved
05E538

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET-107

AEIF-ETCS Variables manual

Juridical recorder baseline requirements

ERTMS Key management conformance requirements

Requirements on pre-fitting of ERTMS onboard equipment

UNISIG SUBSET-097

Requirements for RBC-RBC safe communication interface

1.1.0

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET-105

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET-104

Requirements on pre-fitting of ERTMS trackside equipment

ETCS Version management

Reserved

GSM-R Version management

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET-099

RBC-RBC Test specification for safe communication interface

UNISIG SUBSET-098

RBC-RBC Safe communication interface

1.0.0’

‘LIST OF INFORMATIVE SPECIFICATIONS

Index N

Reference

Document name

Version

Type

EEIG 02S126

EEIG 97S066

RAM requirements (chapter 2 only)

Environmental conditions

6

5

2 (Index 28)

2 (Index A5)

UNISIG SUBSET-074-1

Methodology for testing FFFIS STM

1.0.0

2 (Index 36)

EEIG 97E267

O_2475

Odometer FFFIS

ERTMS GSM-R QoS test specification

UNISIG SUBSET-038

Offline key management FIS

UNISIG SUBSET-074-3

FFFIS STM Test specification traceability of test cases with
specific transmission module FFFIS

UNISIG SUBSET-074-4

FFFIS STM Test
packets specified in the FFFIS STM application layer

specification traceability of

testing the

B9.

B10.

B11.

UNISIG SUBSET 076-0

ERTMS/ETCS Class 1, test plan

UNISIG SUBSET 076-2

Methodology to prepare features

UNISIG SUBSET 076-3

Methodology of testing

5

1.0.0

2.1.9

1.0.0

1 (Index 44)

2

1 (Index 11)

2 (Index 36)

1.0.0

2 (Index 36)

2.2.3

2.2.1

2.2.1

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

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Index N

Reference

Document name

Version

Type

UNISIG SUBSET 076-4-1

Test sequence generation: methodology and rules

UNISIG SUBSET 076-4-2

ERTMS ETCS Class 1 states for test sequences

UNISIG SUBSET 076-5-3

Onboard data dictionary

UNISIG SUBSET 076-5-4

SRS v.2.2.2 traceability

1.0.0

1.0.0

2.2.0

2.2.2

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

UNISIG SUBSET 076-6-1

UNISIG test database

2.2.2.

2 (Index 37)

UNISIG SUBSET 076-6-4

Test cases coverage

2.0.0

2 (Index 37)

Intentionally deleted

UNISIG SUBSET 077

UNISIG causal analysis process

UNISIG SUBSET 078

RBC interface: failure modes and effects analysis

UNISIG SUBSET 079

MMI: failure modes and effects analysis

UNISIG SUBSET 080

TIU: failure modes and effects analysis

2.2.2

2.2.2

2.2.2

2.2.2

2 (Index 27)

2 (Index 27)

2 (Index 27)

2 (Index 27)

UNISIG SUBSET 081

Transmission system: failure modes and effects analysis

2.2.2

2 (Index 27)

UNISIG SUBSET 088

ETCS Application levels 1 and 2 — safety analysis

2.2.10

2 (Index 27)

B12.

B13.

B14.

B15.

B16.

B17.

B18.

B19.

B20.

B21.

B22.

B23.

B24.

B25.

TS50459-1

B26.

TS50459-2

B27.

TS50459-3

B28.

TS50459-4

B29.

TS50459-5

B30.

TS50459-6

Railway applications — Communication,
signalling and
processing systems — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 1 — Ergonomic principles of ERTMS/ETCS/GSM-R
information

Railway applications — Communication,
signalling and
processing systems — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 2 — Ergonomic
information

arrangements of ERTMS/ETCS

Railway applications — Communication,
signalling and
processing systems — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 3 — Ergonomic arrangements of ERTMS/GSM-R
information

Railway applications — Communication,
signalling and
processing systems — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 4 — Data entry for the ERTMS/ETCS/GSM-R systems

Railway applications — Communication,
signalling and
processing systems — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 5 — Symbols

Railway applications — Communication,
signalling and
processing systems — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 6 — Audible information

2005

2 (Index 51)

2005

2 (Index 51)

2005

2 (Index 51)

2005

2 (Index 51)

2005

2 (Index 51)

2005

2 (Index 51)

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Index N

Reference

Document name

Version

Type

B31.

B32.

B33.

B34.

B35.

Reserved

EN50xxx

Reserved

EN 301 515

Railway applications — European Rail Traffic Management
System — driver machine interface
Part 7 — Specific transmission modules

Guideline for references

Global
Requirements for GSM operation in railways

System for Mobile

communication

(GSM);

2.1.0

2 (Index 51)

None

2 (Index 32,
33)

06E225

Operational DMI information

1

1 (Index 51)

Reserved
UNISIG SUBSET-069

ERTMS Key management conformance requirements

1 (Index 56)

B36.

04E117

ETCS/GSM-R Quality of
Operational analysis

service user

requirements —

1

2 (Index 32)

B37.

UNISIG SUBSET-093

GSM-R Interfaces — Class 1 requirements

2.3.0

1 (Index 32,
33)

UNISIG SUBSET-107A

Requirements on pre-fitting of ERTMS onboard equipment 1.0.0

2 (Index 57)

UNISIG SUBSET-076-5-1

ERTMS ETCS Class 1 feature list

UNISIG SUBSET-076-6-7

Test sequences evaluation and validation

UNISIG SUBSET-076-6-8

Generic train data for test sequences

UNISIG SUBSET-076-6-10

Test sequence viewer (TSV)

04E083

Safety requirements and requirements to safety analysis for
interoperability for
the control-command and signalling
subsystem

B44.

04E084

Justification report
and
the
requirements to safety analysis for interoperability for the
control-command and signalling subsystem

requirements

safety

for

B45.

ERA/ERTMS/003205

Traceability of changes to ETCS FRS

2.2.2

1.0.0

1.0.0

2.10

1.0

1.0

0.1

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

2 (Index 37)

1 (Index 47)

2 (Index B43)

2 (Index 1)’

B38.

B39.

B40.

B41.

B42.

B43.