Twelfth UIC ebusiness Conference - Passenger Workshop The TAP TSI Legal Framework and implementation strategy by Ugo Dell Arciprete Paris, 23 October 2008
TAP TECHNICAL STANDARDS INTEROPERABILITY COMPETITION TSI PASSENGER RIGHTS
Legal framework (1) Directive 2001/16 on interoperability Main target : improve the interlinking and interoperability of the national rail networks as well as access thereto Definition of Subsystems : (a) structural areas: infrastructure; energy; control and command and signalling; traffic operation and management; rolling stock; (b) operational areas: maintenance; telematics applications for passenger and freight services. Description of the Subsystem Telematic Applications for Passengers : "applications for passenger services, including systems providing passengers with information before and during the journey, reservation and payment systems, luggage management and management of connections between trains and with other modes of transport".
Legal framework (2) Art. 23 of Directive 2001/16 sets a priority order for the adoption of the TSIs The first ones (e.g. Telematic Applications for Freight - TAF, defined in Reg. 62/2006), have been defined by working groups of the Association Européenne pour l Intéroperabilité Ferroviaire (AEIF) In 2006 was created the European Rail Agency (ERA), as prescribed by the Reg. 881/2004, with the task among others of drafting the remaining TSIs On 9.2.2006 the European Commission gave to the ERA the mandate to draft the TAP TSI, allowing a time span of 36 months The mandate specifies that this TSI : o should take account of the latest development of the proposal on a Regulation on International Rail Passengers Rights and Obligations o should be the basis for the future evolution of the CRST (Computerised Information and Reservation System for Rail Transport)
Legal framework (3) The Passenger Rights Regulation (PRR) was published on the OJ of the EU on 3.12.2007 as Regulation 1371/2007, and will entry into force on 3.12.2009 Art. 10 states that The Commission shall adopt the TSI of telematics applications for passengers by 3 December 2010 Artt. 3 6 allow Member States to grant exemptions: NO exemption International rail passenger services (unless significant part outside the EU) Long distance domestic rail passenger services 5 years + 5 years + 5 years Regional Suburban Urban rail passenger services Unlimited exemption possible International Regional Suburban Urban?
Legal framework (4) Annex II of PRR defines the Minimum information to be provided by railway undertakings and/or by ticket vendors Part 1: Pre-journey information Accessibility, access conditions and availability on board of facilities for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility Accessibility and access conditions for bicycles Availability of seats in smoking and non-smoking, first and second class as well as couchettes and sleeping carriages Any activities likely to disrupt or delay services Availability of on-board services Procedures for reclaiming lost luggage Procedures for the submission of complaints.
Legal framework (5) Part II: Information during the journey On-board services Next station Delays Main connecting services Security and safety issues"
Bodies working for the drafting of the TAP ERA Working Party ERA officers 3 CER Speakers other Speakers (EIM, UITP, ) UIC Sounding Board Common TAP Support Group 3 CER Speakers 2 UITP Speakers (*) other rail experts in: - Commercial - Operations - Infrastructure EIM, UITP, Support Groups Members of DSSG Members of Support Group Commercial Workshops RU/IM Workshops (*) EIM has withdrawn from the Common TAP Support Group
Common structure of all TSIs Chapter Title Drafted 1 Introduction 2 Definition of the Subsystem/Scope 3 Essential requirements 4 Characterisation of the Subsystem 5 Interoperability constituents 6 Assessment of conformity and/or suitability for use of the constituents and verification of the Subsystem 7 Implementation Annexes Chapters 4 (describing the functionalities to be implemented, called Basic Parameters, or BPs) and 7 (describing the implementation process) are the most important ones
Commercial BPs 1. Handling of timetable data 2. Handling of tariff data 3. Handling of information on products 4. Handling of conditions of carriage information 5. Handling of registered luggage 6. Handling of carriage of PRM 7. Handling of bikes 8. Handling of cars 9. Handling of availability/reservation 10. Handling of security elements for product distribution 11. Handling of fulfilment 12. Handling of information provision in station area 13. Handling of information provision in vehicle area RU / IM BPs 14. Train preparation 15. Train running forecast 16. Handling of short term timetable data Each BP contains one or more processes (elementary components of the BP s functionality). At present 41 processes are defined (small changes possible). A BP can be left as open point, when in that field there are no established European technical standards, nor UIC leaflets. In that case CEN will be required to develop such standards.
Main points agreed with ERA Minimize costs, making use whenever possible of processes already established Adoption of the UIC leaflets as minimum technical standard General info to the public (conditions of carriage, submission of complaints, ) published on RU s website in local language + English No obligation to inform the passenger about timetables of other RUs, but freedom for all RUs to do so Obligation to make available its own timetable to other RUs, international timetables harmonized by a central entity No obligation to sell anything or to let others sell anything, unless under distribution agreements No technical standards for domestic sales, only for international and foreign sales Obligation to inform the passenger about fastest trip and lowest fares (see PRR) limited to products sold by the RU Exchange of reservation messages in Hermes style (918-1) as default, additional protocols allowed on bi/multilateral agreement Dialogue RU/IM conform to TAF whenever possible
Use of the UIC leaflets (1) As mentioned, the UIC leaflets currently used in the processes relevant for TAP TSI will be used as basis for the technical standards. This has always been the intention of the ERA, but until recently it was not clear how to make reference to proprietary norms in a European law The Directive 2008/57, approved on 17 June 2008, finally stated that TSIs may make an explicit, clearly identified reference to European or international standards or specifications or technical documents published by the Agency where this is strictly necessary in order to achieve the objective of this Directive. In such case, these standards or specifications (or the relevant parts) or technical documents shall be regarded as annexes to the TSI concerned and shall become mandatory from the moment the TSI is applicable.
Use of the UIC leaflets (2) ERA is therefore negotiating with UIC a right of use of the needed leaflets, and a modus operandi for their update. The basic idea, in order to ensure an efficient, flexible and transparent updating of the ERA Technical Documents derived from the leaflets, is to setup an appropriate Change Control Management (CCM) Board, in a similar way to what has been done for ERTMS. The UIC technical groups will continue to study and propose amendments to the leaflets, as they do today. Before approving the amendments, the UIC will discuss them with the ERA within the CCM Board, and after agreement the amendments will be applied to both the UIC leaflets and the ERA technical documents.
Next steps (1) MS : Member State SDC : Social Dialogue Committee
Next steps (2) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Work of ERA WP Preliminary draft TAP TSI Member States, Social Dialogue Final draft TAP TSI Translation, Publication Adoption of the TSI until 3.12.2010 Strategic European Deployment Plan (SEDP) Implementation of TAP TSI
Strategic European Deployment Plan (1) The SEDP is the roadmap to realise the TAP TSI, it enables the project controlling during the realisation on European level The SEDP must support: the co-ordination, synchronisation and prioritisation within the sector the overall cost/benefit optimisation the protection of the individual stakeholders investment during implementation phase the progress monitoring on individual- and European-wide level Prerequisite to launch a SEDP is the definition of a commonly agreed TAP TSI Deployment Strategy Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe: - how the stakeholders will work together at European level to deliver the SEDP - the necessary steps to develop the SEDP and the various individual and joint deployment plans and their synchronisation
Strategic European Deployment Plan (2) Basics to define the SEDP Focus on cost/benefit optimisation Awareness of competition aspects Best in class solutions evaluation in other industries Protection of investments already done (e.g. Software components, processes) Integration/usage of existing European projects, initiatives Individual Stakeholders, having already realised process- and IT-solutions required to implement TAF TSI as well as TAP TSI, may sell the product to other stakeholders to speed up the realisation Common development of new functionalities, needed by a group of stakeholders, should be the first option, compared with individual development by every single stakeholder
Conclusions Long process, final results in 6 to 8 years, but basis are laid now In general good cooperation with ERA, positive decision to use UIC leaflets as standards Obligations for the RUs kept in this phase to a minimum Risk of worsening conditions introduced in further steps by political bodies (Commission, Member States, Social Dialogue Committee) need of lobby at CER level towards the Commission, and by all RUs towards Member States Need to start early reflections on the SEDP governance Need to monitor an efficient and effective deployment of the Change Control Management
Thanks for your kind attention, feel free to contact me for any additional question on TAP not solved during the Questions & Answers session: Ugo Dell Arciprete DSSG chairman and CER speaker for TAP TSI Tel: + 39 06 4410 6705 Fax: + 39 06 4410 4543 E-mail: u.dellarciprete@trenitalia.it