Le programme de l'agence ferroviaire européenne face aux défis du 4ème paquet Conférence "Quelle actualité de l'espace ferroviaire unique européen?" Université de Valenciennes, 11 Juin 2015 Hugues Delsoir, Head of Sector V1.0
The vision Establish a common approach to safety and progressive technical harmonisation 2
4 th Railway Package Programme Full programme by ERA Executive Director to Council including : Safety Certification Authorisation for Placing in Service of Vehicles One Stop Shop - Information and Communication System Appeal board and process Fees & Charges Collaboration with NSAs Competence building 3
Basic assumptions ERA responsible for: Drafting and submission of recommendations on implementing acts to EC Based on the implementing acts: - Setting up cooperation agreements with the NSAs in time - Putting in place procedures and tools / databases (OSS, single rules database, accounting /planning system for staff and charges) EC responsible for: Giving ERA a Mandate to draft recommendations on implementing acts Producing the implementing acts in time (eg authorisation and certification process, roles and documentation, fees and charges) Providing adequate budget for ERA Member States responsible for: Full implementation of European Legal Framework (e.g. 4th Railway Package) before ERA starts to deliver certificates/authorisations Providing NSA support (staff, budget) to ERA All parties responsible for: Carrying out the tasks laid upon them (based on DV29bis - 2014/897/EU) Ensuring NoBos and DeBos appointment, accreditation and acting ensures a robust application of the European approach 4
Overall Agency + EC 4RWP preparation ToR adopted Monitoring (project) Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Transposition in MS EC Task Force on Single Safety Certificate NSA/ERA subgroup real life Single Safety Certificate + Vehicle Authorisation cases build competency/capability (+ secondments + expert pool outside) communication protocol (initial) Other Implementing acts Draft proc. Author./Cert. Draft pcy fees/charges Monitoring real authorisation cases 1. N (services) Procedure. Author./Cert. Policy on fees&charges Draft RISC coop. agreements Shadow Running Shadow Running (ERA/NSAs) Shadow (ERA/NSAs) Running Shadow (ERA/NSAs) Running (ERA/NSAs) Coop agreem. Coop agreem. Coop agreem. Coop. agreements ICS draft specs ICS Spec/Dev ICS Spec/Dev ICS Dev/Operation ICS Operation RISC Draft coop. agreements communication protocol (revised) communication protocol (final) ERA / NSAs OSS effective today Board of appeal (definition) Board of appeal (finalisation) BoA effective Integrated Management System (in ERA) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 e.i.f. of legal text Adoption by Mgt Board 5
Single Safety Certificate 7
A programme for the evolution Boost the implementation of a harmonised certification process Prepare for new roles in the certification process 8
Programme monitoring EC Programme monitored by a RISC Task Force Involving several ERA projects SSC RISC Railway Interoperability and Safety Commitee 9
Single Safety Certificate Programme Consolidation of the planning for the SSC programme: Target : SSC regime into force beginning 2019 1 year of shadow running in collaboration with NSAs All necessary Implementing Acts : beginning 2018 including revision of the Common Safety Methods for Conformity Assessment (Regulation (EU) No 1158/2010 and No 1069/2010) and the Common Safety Method on Supervision (Regulation (EU) No 1077/2012) 4th RP Technical pillar mid 2015 / Entry into force beginning 2016 10
Development Phase Legal Framework Revision of Common Safety Methods on Conformity Assessment (Commission Regulations n 1158/2010/EU and 1169/2010/EU) Common Safety Method on Supervision (Commission Regulation n 1077/2012/EU) 11
Internal project/programme organisation 12
ERA internal 4RWP preparation programme Main / Now Horizontal / in parallel Later Programme Management ERTMS System Authority + Trackside Projects Issuing Vehicle Authorisations Issuing Safety Certificates Audits ERA Headquarter / facilities Organisation Quality Management Learning from others/ benchmark: in all WPs Legal aspects incl. Appeal Boards Staff Competencies Manage Money Cultural Change Business-IT Alignment 13
Fees & charges 14
Principles Fees and Charges to be defined by EC in an appropriate act. The following principles shall be considered: ERA is a non-profit organisation Learning from best practice in other EU agencies The requirements that fees and charges to be set in a transparent, fair, and uniform manner should take due account of the ability of the undertakings to pay should not jeopardise the competitive position of the rail sector To be fixed at a level so as to ensure the revenue in respect thereof is sufficient to cover the full cost of services including the costs resulting from the tasks carried out by NSAs (NSAs acting as DeBos will need to invoice applicants separately for that work) 15
Appeal Board(s) 16
Appeal Board(s) Applicants may appeal On the process of decision making made by the Agency On the content of ERA decisions. Consequences: The Appeal Board(s) Members should be qualified experts on the grounds of relevant competence and experience (=> members will need at least the same knowledge and technical competence as ERA, NSA staff, NoBos, DeBos and CSM assessors each of whom create the content) It follows that the Appeal Board(s) and its members (who cannot be ERA staff or have any other position at the Agency) must take the same responsibility / liability for decisions they make as ERA and its staff Rules of procedure to be established by the EC after consultation with the Management Board 17
Management Board (based on proposal for ERA Regulation version 20 May 2014, political agreement Council) 18
Management Board Enhanced Role in strategic aspects through adoption of important decisions on: Cooperation agreements Agency-NSA: guidelines + main elements Policy, working methods and procedures on visits, audits and inspections Communication and dissemination plans Working parties and other groups: rules of procedure and scales for travel and subsistence expenses Fees: framework model for financial apportioning 19
Resources 20
Resource needs Additional resource needs in ERA for Safety Certificates Vehicle Type Authorisation Vehicle Authorisation ERTMS trackside opinion Administration Managing Appeal Boards (e g registrar, legal, secretariat) Other tasks 21