We are developing a common approach to the evaluation and acknowledgement of requirements and processes used by Member States for the authorisation to place in service railway vehicles and their subsystems.

Our objective is to eliminate duplication of checks and authorisations by recognising equivalence of rules and associated checks. 

We are facilitating the cooperation between Member States in the publication and the classification of the equivalence of their national rules.

We manage the reference document listing and cross referencing the national rules and their equivalence.

We are supporting geographical interest groups in their Cross-Acceptance works.

We cooperate with Member States authorities and the Sector in order to achieve a coherent and efficient implementation of the Directives regarding the authorisation processes for placing in service of vehicles.

• a secretariat and two business sectors:
• Technical Evaluation and
• Authorisation Processes.

Decision 2009/965/EC on the reference document – List of parameters