Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 187/2015 of 10 July 2015 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2017/27]
Date: 2015-07-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: Community certification, EC conformity marking, European Economic Area, high-speed transport, rail network, revision of an agreement, technical specification, trans-European network, vehicle on rails




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 187/2015
of 10 July 2015
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2017/27]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock — locomotives and passenger rolling stock’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union (1), as corrected by OJ L 10, 16.1.2015, p. 45, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following indent is added in points 37ah (Commission Decision 2008/232/EC) and 37di (Commission Decision 2011/291/EU):






‘—



32014 R 1302: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 228), as corrected by OJ L 10, 16.1.2015, p. 45.’;














(2)


the following is inserted after point 37dn (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1301/2014):






‘37do.



32014 R 1302: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the “rolling stock — locomotives and passenger rolling stock” subsystem of the rail system in the European Union (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 228), as corrected by OJ L 10, 16.1.2015, p. 45.
The Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The following shall be added in section 7.3.2.12 of the Annex:


                                                               “Specific case Norway (‘T’)

For unrestricted operation on the Norwegian network, the following applies to electric traction units:






—


The capacitive power factor shall not be less than 0,95 at contact line voltages of more than 16,5 kV when the traction unit is actively consuming power










—


The capacitive power shall not exceed 60 kVAr when the traction unit regenerates power










—


The inductive power factor shall not be less than 0,95 at contact line voltages below 16,5 kV when the traction unit regenerates power.”
                                                         














(b)


The following shall be added in section 7.3.2.14 of the Annex:


                                                               “Specific case Norway (‘T’)

This specific case is applicable for units operated on lines with non-upgraded catenary system. Lines with TSI compliant catenary system are indicated in the net-work statement.
The pantograph head geometry shall be according to EN 50367:2011 Figure B.6 (1 800 mm).”
                                                   










(c)


The following shall be inserted after section 7.3.2.15 of the Annex:






“7.3.2.15bis


Pantograph static contact force (IC level) (4.2.8.2.9.5)

Specific case Norway (‘T’)

This specific case is applicable for units operated on lines with non-upgraded catenary system. Lines with TSI compliant catenary system are indicated in the network statement.
At standstill, pantographs should have a static contact force of 55 N.”
                                                         














(d)


The following shall be added in section 7.3.2.16 of the Annex:


                                                               “Specific case Norway (‘T’)

This specific case is applicable for units operated on lines with non-upgraded catenary system. Lines with TSI compliant catenary system are indicated in the net-work statement.
In addition to the TSI requirements, pantographs must comply with a curve based on the following formula: Fm
 = 0,00097v2
 + 55, with a tolerance of ± 10 %.”
                                                   










(e)


The following shall be added in section 7.4 of the Annex:


                                                               “Specific conditions Norway

For unrestricted access of rolling stock on the Norwegian network under winter conditions, it shall be demonstrated that the rolling stock meets the following requirements:






—


Temperature zone T2 as specified in clause 4.2.6.1.1 shall be selected.










—


Snow, ice and hail severe conditions as specified in clause 4.2.6.1.2 shall be selected.”
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Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014, as corrected by OJ L 10, 16.1.2015, p. 45, in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 11 July 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 10 July 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Atle LEIKVOLL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 228.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.