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Conference on "Railway Safety: the way forward"

Charlemange building, rue de la loi 170, Brussels

8 September 2009

10:00 - 17:00

The conference sets out to:

List the measures in place concerning safety checks of rail transport, to evaluate their efficiency and the level of application, and clarify the division of responsibilities;
Discuss the opportunity and possibility of speeding up the development of new control measures of which the principle has already been halted or is being developed at European level;
Identify any further initiatives needed.

Related documents

Press Room

Antonio Tajani Vice-President della Commissione europea responsabile per i Trasporti Conferenza "Railway Safety – The way forward". Discorso d'apertura Conferenza "Railway Safety – The way forward" Bruxelles, 8 settembre 2009 [SPEECH/09/367]

Commission to promote rail safety rules and monitor their implementation [IP/09/1283]

Commission Report on Railway Safety and Interoperability [IP/09/1282]

Background on Railway safety [MEMO/09/377]

Conference material

Agenda pdf - 16 KB [16 KB]

The European legal background for the safety of the rail freight transport including dangerous goods pdf - 750 KB [750 KB] (Technical Document prepared by the European Railway Agency)

Draft Action Plan pdf - 106 KB [106 KB] (Document prepared by the European Railway Agency)

"The Railway Safety Performance in the European Union"

Presentations

EPSF - Sécurité Infrastructure et Exploitation pdf - 130 KB [130 KB]

EPSF - Safety Infrastructure and Operation pdf - 129 KB [129 KB]

ERFA - Rail Freight Safety in the EU pdf - 3 MB [3 MB]

CER - Railway Operations - Safety by rechnology and regulation pdf - 126 KB [126 KB]

CER - Vehicles and safety critical components pdf - 355 KB [355 KB]

UNIFE - Railway Safety : The way forward pdf - 66 KB [66 KB]

UK Department for Transport - Railway safety supervision and investigation in the UK pdf - 2 MB [2 MB]

CEFIC - Safe transport of chemicals by rail pdf - 374 KB [374 KB]

UIP - Wagon Workshops and Maintenance - an Advanced Set Up for the Safety of Rail Transport pdf - 85 KB [85 KB]

OTIF - Safety at the level of goods transported pdf - 616 KB [616 KB]