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Reference Document Database (RDD)

The European Union Agency for Railways makes available the Reference Document Database RDD in order to facilitate the access to the rules applied in conjunction with the authorisation of railway vehicles in the Member States of the European Union plus Norway and Switzerland.

Direct access

For any questions regarding RDD, please send an email to servicedeskatera [dot] europa [dot] eu (servicedesk[at]era[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Content type(s)

National rules applied for the authorisation of railway vehicles and their equivalence applied in the Member States of the European Union (plus Norway and Switzerland)

Supporting documents :

User manual

English (7.92 MB - PDF)
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Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - DE

Deutsch (5.36 MB - PDF)
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Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide -BG

български (5.73 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - HR

hrvatski (5.45 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - CS

čeština (5.11 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - DA

dansk (5.32 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - NL

Nederlands (5.62 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide

English (5.44 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - ET

eesti (5.34 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - FI

suomi (5.41 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - FR

français (5.46 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - EL

ελληνικά (5.75 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - HR

magyar (5.54 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - IT

italiano (5.57 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - LV

latviešu (5.44 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - LT

lietuvių (5.6 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - PL

polski (5.64 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - PT

português (5.57 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - RO

română (5.56 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - SK

slovenčina (5.53 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - ES

español (5.01 MB - PDF)

Part 1 of the Reference Document - Application Guide - SV

svenska (5.39 MB - PDF)