Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/424 of 4 March 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2584 as regards an update of the referenced standards and the addition of new referenced standards
Date: 2025-03-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: European standard, harmonisation of standards, rail network, safety standard, systems interconnection, technical standard, trans-European network, vehicle on rails








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/424


6.3.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/424
of 4 March 2025
         
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2584 as regards an update of the referenced standards and the addition of new referenced standards


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), and in particular Article 10(6) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 17 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), interoperability constituents and subsystems which are in conformity with harmonised standards or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, are to be presumed to be in conformity with the essential requirements covered by those standards or parts thereof set out in that Directive.












(2)


By Commission Implementing Decision C(2023) 1057 (3) the Commission made a request to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (Cenelec) for the drafting and the revision of harmonised standards in support of Directive (EU) 2016/797.












(3)


The Commission, together with CEN and Cenelec, has assessed whether the standards drafted or revised by CEN and Cenelec comply with the request set out in Implementing Decision C(2023) 1057.












(4)


The harmonised standards drafted, revised and amended by CEN and Cenelec based on Implementing Decision C(2023) 1057 satisfy all the requirements which they aim to cover, except for standards EN 15313:2024 and EN 16207:2024. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of those standard in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(5)


Standard EN 50716:2023 should confer, within the limits of its scope, presumption of conformity with certain requirements of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/919 (4) insofar Article 14 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 (5) applies. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of that standard in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(6)


With respect to standard EN 16207:2024, the Commission has concluded that regarding Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014, the standard should only give presumption of conformity for the points 4.2.4.8.2 (2) and (4) of the Annex to that Regulation per Annex ZA of the standard, and to point 4.2.4.8.2 (1) by applying the clause 8.1 of the standard. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of that standard, with restrictions, in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(7)


As regards standard EN 15313:2024, the Commission has concluded that regarding points 4.2.3.5.2.1 and 4.2.3.5.2.2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 and points 4.2.3.6.2 to 4.2.3.6.5 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 321/2013, the tolerances given by the standard should not be accumulated with the values given in the previously mentioned points, the values in those points should be considered as limit values. It is therefore appropriate to publish the references of that standard, with restrictions, in the Official Journal of the European Union.












(8)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2584 (6) should therefore be amended accordingly.












(9)


Compliance with a harmonised standard confers a presumption of conformity with the corresponding essential requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation from the date of publication of the reference of such standard in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the date of its publication. However, to give all impacted stakeholders sufficient time to prepare for the application of the revised standards, the withdrawal of references of harmonised standards EN 14587-2:2009, EN 15313:2016, EN 15355:2019, EN 15624:2021, EN 16116-2:2021, EN 16286-1:2013, EN 45545-3:2013 and EN 45545-4:2013 should be deferred by 18 months from the date of entry into force of this Decision,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2584 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Points (1), (4), (6), (8), (10), (13), (15) and (17) of the Annex shall apply from 6 September 2026.




Done at Brussels, 4 March 2025.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/1025/oj.

(2)  Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/797/oj).

(3)  Commission Implementing Decision C(2023) 1057 final of 20.2.2023 on a standardisation request to the European Committee for Standardisation and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation as regards products in support of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(4)  Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/919 of 27 May 2016 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘control-command and signalling’ subsystems of the rail system in the European Union (OJ L 158, 15.6.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/919/oj).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 of 10 August 2023 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/919 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 380, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/1695/oj).

(6)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2584 of 15 November 2023 on harmonised standards for the interoperability of the rail systems drafted in support of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2023/2584, 21.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2584/oj).




ANNEX
Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2584 is amended as follows:






(1)


row 29 is deleted;










(2)


the following row 29a is inserted:






‘29a.


EN 14587-2:2024
Railway applications – Infrastructure – Flash butt welding of new rails – Part 2: R200, R220, R260, R260Mn, R320Cr, R350HT, R350LHT, R370CrHT and R400HT grade rails by mobile welding machines at sites other than a fixed plant’;














(3)


the following rows 34a and 34b are inserted:






‘34a.


EN 15085-4:2023
Railway applications – Welding of railway vehicles and components – Part 4: Production requirements













34b.


EN 15085-5:2023
Railway applications – Welding of railway vehicles and components – Part 5: Inspection, testing and documentation’;














(4)


row 39 is deleted;










(5)


the following row 39a is inserted:






‘39a.


EN 15313:2024






 


Railway applications – In-service wheelset operation requirements – In-service and off-vehicle wheelset maintenance




Restriction: Concerning 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 points 4.2.3.5.2.1 and 4.2.3.5.2.2 of its Annex; and Commission Regulation (EU) No 321/2013 of 13 March 2013 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock – freight wagons’ of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Decision 2006/861/EC points 4.2.3.6.2 to 4.2.3.6.5: the tolerances given by the standard cannot be accumulated with the values given in the previously mentioned points, the values in those points must be considered as limit values’;














(6)


row 40 is deleted;










(7)


the following row 40a is inserted:






‘40a.


EN 15355:2019+A1:2023
Railway applications – Braking – Distributor valves and distributor-isolating devices’;














(8)


row 48 is deleted;










(9)


the following row 48a is inserted:






‘48a.


EN 15624:2021+A1:2024
Railway applications – Braking – Empty-loaded changeover devices’;














(10)


row 58 is deleted;










(11)


the following row 58a is inserted:






‘58a.








 


EN 16116-2:2024




Railway applications – Design requirements for steps, handrails and associated access for staff – Part 2: Freight wagons’;














(12)


the following row 61a is inserted:






‘61a.


EN 16207:2024
Railway applications – Braking – Functional and performance criteria of magnetic track brake systems for use in railway rolling stock






 


Restriction: Regarding 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, the standard gives presumption of conformity for the clauses 4.2.4.8.2 (2) and (4) of the Annex to that Regulation per Annex ZA of the standard and to clause 4.2.4.8.2 (1) of the Annex by applying the clause 8.1 of the standard’;


















(13)


row 64 is deleted;










(14)


the following row 64a is inserted:






‘64a.


EN 16286-1:2024
Railway applications – Gangway systems between vehicles – Part 1: Main applications’;














(15)


row 89 is deleted;










(16)


the following row 89a is inserted:






‘89a.


EN 45545-3:2024
Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles – Part 3: Fire resistance requirements for fire barriers’;














(17)


row 90 is deleted;










(18)


the following row 90a is inserted:






‘90a.


EN 45545-4:2024
Railway applications – Fire protection on railway vehicles – Part 4: Fire safety requirements for rolling stock design’;














(19)


rows 104, 105 and 106 are replaced by the following:






‘104.


EN 50463-1:2017
Railway applications – Energy measurement on board trains – Part 1: General
EN 50463-1:2017/A1:2024













105.


EN 50463-2:2017
Railway applications – Energy measurement on board trains – Part 2: Energy measuring
EN 50463-2:2017/A1:2024













106.


EN 50463-3:2017
Railway applications – Energy measurement on board trains – Part 3: Data handling
EN 50463-3:2017/A1:2024’;














(20)


the following row 114a is inserted:






‘114a.


EN 50716:2023
Railway Applications – Requirements for software development’.











ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/424/oj
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