Decree No 352 / 2004 Coll.
Ordinance on the operational and technical interconnection of runways and railway vehicles
Valid
Order
Effective from 01.07.2004
352
DECLARATION
of 20 May 2004
on the operational and technical interconnection of runways and railway vehicles
The Ministry of Transport provides pursuant to § 66 (1) of Act No. 266 / 1994 Coll., on Railways, as amended by Act No. 23 / 2000 Coll. and Act No. 103 / 2004 Coll., ("the Act ') for the implementation of § 49a (2) and (3), § 49o (9) and § 49p (7) of the Act:
INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
Subject matter
This decree implements the relevant provisions of the European Union1) and provides for:
(a) the breakdowns and parts of the runways covered by their technical and operational interconnection requirements in the European Union;
(b) the breakdown of railway vehicles subject to technical and operational interconnection requirements within the European Union;
(c) essential requirements for interoperability constituents, subsystems, runways and railway vehicles;
(d) the procedure of the notified body or designated body for EC verification; and
(e) the content of the technical documentation attached to the EC declaration of verification.
MEMBERS AND PARTS OF DRAGES AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLES RELATING TO THEIR TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS IN EUROPEAN UNION
Breakdowns and sections of runways subject to technical and operational interconnection requirements in the European Union
(1) Railways covered by the requirements for their technical and operational interconnection in the European Union shall be broken down into runways.
(a) built for the operation of railway vehicles with a speed of at least 250 km / h;
(b) upgraded for the operation of railway vehicles at a speed of at least 200 km / h;
(c) upgraded for the operation of groove vehicles at speeds of at least 200 km / h, where the operation of groove vehicles in certain sections is below 200 km / h due to field, urban or geographical constraints, including runways
1. connecting the paths referred to in (a) or (b) to the other runways;
2. in stations and stops; and
3. providing access to freight terminals;
(d) intended for the operation of railway vehicles up to 200 km / h for passenger transport;
(e) intended for the operation of railway vehicles up to 200 km / h for freight;
(f) intended for the operation of railway vehicles up to 200 km / h for passenger and freight transport;
(g) at stations and stops and ensuring access to freight terminals at which the operation of railway vehicles is below 200 km / h; and
(h) connecting the routes referred to in points (d) to (f), or connecting them to stations, passenger stops or freight terminals.
(2) Railway stations and stops, freight terminals, including transports between modes of transport, rail traffic control systems, track-side tracking systems and navigation systems, technical data-processing equipment and technical equipment for telecommunications intended for remote passenger and freight transport are parts of the runways covered by their technical and operational interconnection requirements in the European Union.
Breakdown of railway vehicles subject to technical and operational interconnection requirements in the European Union
Railway vehicles subject to technical and operational interconnection requirements in the European Union shall be subdivided into:
(a) electric or power-driven railway vehicles;
(b) passenger cars;
(c) freight wagons, including low-floor wagons and road vehicles; and
(d) special vehicles designed for the maintenance, repair and reconstruction of the runway or for the control of the track condition and the removal of the consequences of incidents.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INTEROPERABILITY, SUBSYSTEMS, SPECIES AND VEHICLES
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Security
(1) The design, construction, installation, maintenance and monitoring of safety critical components, in particular those relating to train running, must guarantee safety at a level consistent with the objectives set out in the technical specifications of interoperability 15) for the subsystem, including those set for emergency situations, while respecting the requirements of national systems.
(2) Parameters related to wheel / rail contact must meet the stability requirements required to guarantee safe driving up to the maximum permissible speed, in particular with regard to the correct operation of the safety equipment and the permissible values of interference. The parameters of the braking devices shall allow the train to stop at a specified stopping distance 16) even at the maximum permitted speed.
(3) The components used shall withstand any normal or exceptional stress which is expected to occur during the period of operation, including facing the effects of any random failure.
(4) The construction of track and track components and the choice of materials used must be aimed at limiting the formation, propagation and effects of fire and smoke in the event of fire.
(5) All devices intended for user handling shall be designed in such a way that, even if used in a manner which does not comply with published instructions, it does not interfere with the safe operation of the equipment or the safety and health of users.
Reliability and availability
The control and maintenance of fixed or movable components related to train movements shall be organised, implemented and secured in such a way that the operation of such components continues under the conditions specified in the technical documentation.
Security and health
(1) Materials which may constitute a danger to the safety and health of persons having access to them by means of their use shall not be used in the construction of railway vehicles and parts of the runway. 6)
(2) Materials used on railway vehicles and parts of the runway must be selected, deployed and used in such a way as to limit emissions of harmful and dangerous smoke or gases, in particular in the event of fire.
Environmental protection
(1) At the design stage of the system, it is necessary to assess the environmental impact of the operation of runways and railway vehicles in accordance with specific legislation7.
(2) Materials used on railway vehicles and parts of the runway must prevent the emission of smoke or gases which are harmful and dangerous to the environment.
(3) Vehicle park and energy supply systems must be designed and manufactured in such a way as to meet the requirements of electromagnetic compatibility (8) with installations, infrastructure installations and public or private networks.
(4) In the operation of runways and railway vehicles, the limits of noise harassment laid down in specific legislation shall be respected. 9)
(5) The leakage of operating liquids from railway vehicles into the rail superstructure and the emissions from combustion engines of traction vehicles must not exceed the limits set.
(6) The operation of runways and railway vehicles shall not, under the proper state of their maintenance, result in exceeding the permissible human vibration values at the workplace, in the structures used for the residence of persons and in total vertical vibrations of a frequency below 0,5 Hz determined under a specific legislation. 9)
Technical compatibility
(1) The technical characteristics of the track components must be compatible with each other as well as with the technical characteristics of the groove vehicles intended to operate on that track. The technical characteristics of the train tracks used shall be adapted to the technical characteristics of track components, unless it is a new track construction or a reconstruction thereof, the components of which allow the operation of new vehicles.
(2) If, for technical or economic reasons, it is not possible to achieve compatibility with the technical characteristics of certain sections of the European railway network immediately, it is necessary to implement temporary administrative and technical measures to enable the operation of runways and railway vehicles and to ensure compatibility with the immediate reconstruction or modernisation, while respecting the requirements of the systems in the Czech Republic.
Accessibility
(1) The infrastructure, railway vehicles, the operation and organisation of rail transport and telematics for passenger transport include measures to prevent and eliminate barriers to access to and equal access to transport services for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility to transport services for passengers.
(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph 1 must be met for infrastructure and railway vehicles subsystems in accordance with the technical specifications of interoperability in their design, construction, maintenance, renewal, upgrading and operation. In the case of the rail operation and organisation subsystem, the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be contained in the internal rules of the rail operator and the carrier.
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH SUBSYSTEM
Infrastructure
(1) Any accessible element on the runway road intended to ensure the safe operation of the runway and rail transport shall be secured against unauthorised access or intrusion of unauthorised persons.
(2) At stations and stops intended for the carriage of passengers, it is necessary to take measures to limit the danger to which persons are particularly exposed in the movement of railway vehicles.
(3) Construction and premises on the road to which the public has access must be designed and carried out in such a way as to limit the potential risks to persons in terms of the stability of construction, fire, access, evacuation and the like. 10)
(4) Measures shall be taken in tunnels and bridges with a length of more than 500 m to respect specific safety conditions (e.g. lighting conditions, escape routes, emergency evacuation plans).
Energy
(1) The operation of rail-based energy supply systems must not interfere with the safety of rail operation and rail transport, as well as the safety of passengers, transporters and workers and third parties present in the railway protection zone.
(2) The operation of systems for the supply of electrical or thermal energy or fuels must not result in exceeding the defined limits of environmental degradation laid down by specific legislation. 11)
(3) The electrical and thermal energy supply systems used must ensure technical compatibility and allow the train vehicles to achieve a specified power level.
(4) The electric traction energy supply systems used shall be compatible with the defined parameters of electric traction vehicles, including the conditions for cooperation of their traction pantographs.
Control-Command
(1) Control, communication, control and signalling equipment and procedures used must enable trains to travel at a level of safety which corresponds to the objectives set for the runway. In addition, control, control, communication, signalling and signalling systems shall ensure the safe running of trains permitted to travel under exceptional conditions of replacement or emergency traffic control.
(2) All new track components and all new railway vehicles manufactured or assembled after approval of compatible control, communication, signalling and signalling systems shall be adapted for the use of such systems. No device shall interfere with the safe operation of control, control and signalling devices.
(3) The control, communication, control and signalling equipment installed at the station of persons controlling the railway vehicle must enable normal operation on the national, regional and selected runway of other Member States, while respecting the requirements of national systems, subject to operating conditions.
Operation
(1) The adaptation of the rules on the operation of the runway, the rules on the operation of railway transport and the adaptation of the professional competence of persons driving a railway vehicle, train crew and rail traffic staff in the internal rules of the rail operator and the carrier shall be such as to ensure the safe operation of the runway and railway transport and to ensure the operational efficiency of the railways and railway vehicles, while respecting the different requirements of international and national transport.
(2) The activities and intervals of training and competence of train crew staff, railway crew and maintenance personnel included in the runway and the maintenance and quality of work system established by the operators concerned for the management and maintenance workplaces must ensure reliably the level of safety of the system set out in the interoperability technical specifications. The phases and activities of maintenance, training and competence of staff of train crew, railway crew and maintenance personnel of track components and the quality assurance system established by the relevant operators for the management and maintenance workplaces shall ensure the level of reliability and applicability of the system as set out in the interoperability technical specifications.
(3) The adaptation of the rules for the operation of railway transport and the adaptation of the competence of train crew members, railway crew members and maintenance and inspection of railway vehicles shall ensure the level of reliability and usability of vehicles as set out in the interoperability technical specifications in order to achieve the operational efficiency of railway and railway vehicles, while respecting the different requirements of international and national transport.
Railway vehicles
(1) Railway vehicles for passenger transport, including the crossing between vehicles, shall be so addressed that passenger spaces and driving spaces are protected in the event of a railway accident.
(2) No device shall interfere with the safe operation of control, control and signalling devices on the track vehicles.
(3) The braking systems, the braking methods and the stress incurred must be compatible with the structure of the tracks, the artificial structure of the railway underfloor and the signalling system.
(4) Free access to components powered by low and high voltage electric current on track vehicles shall be limited or constructed in such a way as not to endanger the safety of persons.
(5) In the event of danger, the installed equipment shall enable passengers to notify the person driving the railway vehicle of the occurrence of the danger and shall enable the train crew to establish contact with the person driving the railway vehicle.
(6) The doors of the vehicle intended for the entry and exit of passengers shall have a built-in passenger safety system.
(7) Emergency exits shall be provided in passenger vehicle grooves, which shall be clearly marked as such.
(8) For railway vehicles operating in tunnels with a length of 1000 m or greater, appropriate measures shall be laid down taking into account the specific safety conditions of an emergency in the tunnel.
(9) An emergency lighting system with sufficient intensity and operating time is mandatory in passenger vehicles.
(10) Trains are equipped with recording equipment. The requirements for the harmonisation of data obtained from such equipment and the processing of information from such equipment shall be laid down in the relevant technical specifications of interoperability.
(11) Trains for passenger transport shall be equipped with a communication system ensuring communication of train crew and persons controlling rail transport with passengers.
(12) Passenger trains must be equipped with specified fire-fighting equipment.
(1) The front windows at the station of persons driving a railway vehicle must be fitted with safety glasses meeting the safety requirements for the specified design speed of the vehicle.
(2) The design of an operationally important road, traction and braking equipment, the control and control system of the train vehicles must be so designed as to enable the train to continue running in specific fault situations without adversely affecting the equipment which remains operational.
(3) Electrical equipment on the groove of the vehicle must be compatible with the operation of control, control and signalling devices. Electrical heating and air conditioning of railway vehicles for passenger transport, except those of historical vehicles, shall be adapted for the supply of electricity from the continuous line of the train by the specified voltage.
(4) Electric traction vehicles shall have electrical current collectors so designed as to allow driving when using the power supply in the traction system on which they will be used.
(5) The design and operational characteristics of the groove vehicles must be such as to enable them to travel on each line on which the operation of the vehicles is permitted.
Maintenance
(1) The technical equipment and procedures prescribed by maintenance staff must ensure the safe operation of the subsystems and must not endanger human health and safety at work.
(2) The technical equipment and procedures used at the maintenance workplaces must not exceed the permitted environmental degradation levels.
(3) Equipment for the maintenance of railway vehicles shall be such as to permit the performance of activities relating to the safe operation of the vehicle without fault, the safety of the operation of the runway and railway transport, the health and hygiene conditions and the comfortable conditions of transport on all railway vehicles the construction of which has been considered for these functions.
Use of telematics in freight and passenger transport
(1) The essential requirements for telematics use are to guarantee the required level of quality of passenger and freight transport for carriers and carriers, in particular with regard to technical compatibility.
(2) It shall be ensured that:
(a) databases, programmes and procedures enabling the transmission of traffic-related and transport-related data have been developed in such a way as to ensure the greatest possible exchange of data between users for different applications, with the exception of confidential and commercial data;
(b) users' access to information was easy.
(3) The methods of use, management, updating and maintenance of databases, data transmission programmes and procedures must guarantee the reliability of these systems and create conditions for optimal decision-making on transport and transport processes.
(4) The interface between these systems and users shall comply with ergonomics and health protection rules. 12)
(5) The necessary levels of integrity and reliability of the transmission and archiving of that information shall be ensured for the storage and transmission of information relating to safety or the nature of business secrets.
PROCEDURE FOR EC VERIFICATION OF THE SUBSYSTEM
EC verification procedure of notified body
(1) Where an interim opinion has been delivered, it is taken into account by the notified body in the EC verification of the subsystem and before the EC certificate is issued
(a) verify that the interim opinion complies with the technical specifications for interoperability;
(b) assess aspects which have not been taken into account in the verification prior to the issue of an interim opinion; and
(c) assess the conduct of the final testing of the subsystem as a whole.
(2) The EC certificate issued by a notified body must contain a reference to the technical specifications for interoperability with which conformity has been assessed in accordance with the directly applicable European Union19). Where compliance with all relevant technical specifications for interoperability has not been assessed, the notified body shall indicate in the EC certificate a reference to the technical specification for interoperability or part thereof which has not been used.
(3) In the case of upgrading or renewal of a subsystem for which an EC certificate has already been issued, the notified body shall assess only:
(a) parts of the upgrading or renewal subsystem concerned; and
(b) the interface of the parts referred to in point (a) with the parts of the modernization subsystem or of the unaffected ones.
(4) The notified body shall carry out regular and random checks on the construction site, on the premises intended for production and storage or on the premises intended for testing in the EC verification. The notified body shall request from the manufacturer or his authorised representative the documents necessary to carry out the inspection.
(5) Where such a requirement arises from the technical specification for interoperability for a subsystem containing an interoperability constituent, the notified body shall evaluate its suitability for use for the intended purpose. When checking EC verification, the notified body shall assess compliance with the requirements set out in the relevant technical specifications for interoperability. The notified body shall establish:
(a) a report on the control carried out by the manufacturer or his authorised representative; and
(b) a record showing the EC verification activity carried out by it.
(6) Where the notified body verifies compliance only with parts of the subsystem with the technical specification for interoperability, paragraphs 1 to 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Procedure of the designated body for EC verification
(1) A national certificate issued by a designated body must contain a reference to implementing legislation with which conformity has been assessed in accordance with the directly applicable European Union19).
(2) In the case of the application of the implementing legislation to subsystems forming a railway vehicle, the designated body shall divide the national certificate into:
(a) the part containing references to the requirements laid down in this Regulation relating solely to the technical compatibility of the track-side contact vehicle; and
(b) the part concerning the other requirements laid down in this Regulation.
Content of the technical documentation accompanying the EC declaration of verification
The technical documentation attached to the EC declaration of verification shall include:
(a) a description of the technical characteristics of the subsystem design to the extent necessary to substantiate the EC verification of the subsystem, in particular the general and detailed drawings corresponding to the design of the subsystem, drawings of the electrical, hydraulic, fuel, cooling and pressurised air circuits, drawings of control circuits, description of data processing and automatic systems, operational and maintenance manuals;
(b) the list of interoperability constituents included in the subsystem;
(c) copies of the EC declaration of conformity or suitability for use of interoperability constituents and copies of the test reports and tests carried out by notified bodies on the basis of the general European ICT specifications (20);
(d) the EC certificate issued by the notified body, including the relevant calculations and reports of checks carried out by notified bodies;
(e) the interim opinion, if issued, and the results of its verification by the notified body;
(f) a safety assessment report pursuant to the directly applicable European Union Regulation amending the common safety method for risk assessment and assessment (21);
(g) documentation accompanying the national certificate issued by the designated body, containing technical data relating to the assessment of the conformity of the subsystem with national requirements; and
(h) other certificates issued under European Union legislation, if they have been issued.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Efficacy
This Decree shall take effect on 1 July 2004.
Minister:
Ing. Šimonovský v. r.
1) Directive (EU) 2016 / 797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system in the European Union.
2) Communication from the Ministry of Transport No. 111 / 2004 Coll., on the list of railway tracks included in the European railway system.
5) Article 4a of Act No. 22 / 1997 Coll., on technical requirements for products and amending and supplementing certain laws, as amended by Act No. 205 / 2002 Coll.
6) Article 3 of Act No. 102 / 2001 Coll., on General Product Safety and on the amendment of certain laws (Act on General Product Safety), as amended by Act No. 146 / 2002 Coll. and Act No. 277 / 2003 Coll.
7) For example, Act No. 100 / 2001 Coll., on Environmental Impact Assessment and on the amendment of certain related laws (Act on Environmental Impact Assessment), Act No. 50 / 1976 Coll., on Territorial Planning and Construction Regulations (Construction Act), as amended, Act No. 114 / 1992 Coll., on Nature and Landscape Protection, as amended.
8) Government Decree No. 18 / 2003 Coll., laying down technical requirements for products with regard to their electromagnetic compatibility.
9) Government Decree No. 502 / 2000 Coll., on the protection of health against adverse effects of noise and vibration, as amended by Government Decree No. 88 / 2004 Coll.
10) For example, Act No. 50 / 1976 Coll., as amended, Decree No. 246 / 2001 Coll., laying down conditions for fire safety and performance of state fire control (Fire Prevention Order).
11) Act No. 86 / 2002 Coll., on Air Protection and on the amendment of certain other laws (Air Protection Act), as amended by Act No. 521 / 2002 Coll. and Act No. 92 / 2004 Coll.
12) Articles 11 and 12 of Decree of the Government No 178 / 2001 Coll., laying down conditions for the protection of the health of workers at work, as amended by Decree of the Government No 523 / 2002 Coll.
16) § 8 and § 37 (8) of Decree No. 173 / 1995 Coll., which is issued by the Railway Regulations, as amended by Decree No. 242 / 1996 Coll. and Decree No. 174 / 2000 Coll.
19) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019 / 250 of 12 February 2019 on the models of the EC declaration and certificates for interoperability constituents and subsystems, the model declaration of conformity with the authorised type of railway vehicle and the EC verification procedures for subsystems in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016 / 797 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 201 / 2011, as amended.
20) Article 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 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, as amended.
21) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 402 / 2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk assessment and assessment and repealing Regulation (EC) No 352 / 2009, as amended.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree No 352 / 2004 Coll., on the operational and technical interconnection of railway and railway vehicles |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | Order |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 07.06.2004 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.2004 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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