Council Decision (EU) 2023/2116 of 22 May 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union at the 15th meeting of the Committee of Technical Experts of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards the modification of the uniform technical prescriptions concerning the qualifications and independence of assessing entities and concerning a common safety method on risk evaluation and assessment, the modification of the rules of procedure of the Committee of Technical Experts, and the modification of the references to the technical documents of TAF TSI listed in Appendix I to the uniform technical prescriptions concerning telematics applications for freight

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/2116
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf at the 15th session of the Committee of Technical Experts (CTE) of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) as regards the modification of the uniform technical prescriptions (UTPs) concerning the qualifications and independence of assessing entities (UTP GEN-E); and concerning a Common Safety Method on risk evaluation and assessment (UTP GEN-G); as regards the modification of the rules of procedure of the CTE; and as regards the modification of the references to the Technical Documents of TAF TSI listed in Appendix I to the uniform technical prescriptions concerning telematics applications for freight (UTP TAF) shall be the following:

(1)

to vote in favour of the CTE proposed revision of UTP GEN-E (CTE Working Document TECH-23005);

(2)

to vote in favour of the CTE proposed revision to UTP GEN-G (CTE Working Document TECH-23006);

(3)

to vote in favour of the CTE proposed revision of the rules of procedure of the CTE (CTE Working Document TECH-23002);

(4)

to vote in favour of the CTE proposal to update the references to the Technical Documents of TAF TSI listed in Appendix I to the UTP TAF (CTE Working Document TECH-23007).

Article 2

Once adopted, the decisions of the CTE shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union , indicating the date of their entry into force.

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.