DECISION n°285 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways endorsing the recommendations from the Fourth Railway Package Steering Group on the implementation of the Fourth Railway Package

The 4RP Steering Group created a subgroup to develop proposals for improvements following the implementation of the 4RP. The 6 recommendations are:

1. Recommendation addressed to the Agency to establish two Advisory Groups for vehicle authorisation (VA) and Operations/single safety certification (SSC) and test their functioning
2. Recommendation addressed to the Agency on a short-list of subjects for testing the Advisory Groups
3. Recommendation addressed to the Agency a list of other subjects for discussing in the Advisory Groups
4. Recommendation addressed to the European Commission regarding cross-border agreements
5. Recommendation addressed to the Agency on the cooperation between ERA and NSA’s in the PoE mandatory part
6. Recommendation addressed to the VA Advisory Group for short and mid-term solutions for reducing standstill for CTT in case of upgrading (ex. ERTMS upgrading)

This decision was adopted in meeting 58 on 19 January 2022