ERA Railway Terminology Collection
Last updated: 5 December 2025.
The ERA Railway Terminology Collection gathers terms and abbreviations that are contained in the EU legal framework for railway, technical documents produced by bodies which are engaged in the development of important evolution in the railway system and other relevant glossaries.
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Entity in Charge of Maintenance |
Sectorial Scheme |
Sectorial Scheme for accreditation and recognition of ECM certification bodies under Regulation (EU) 2019/779. ERA 1172/002 V3.1 on 15/06/2020 |
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Telematics Applications for Passenger |
Application Guide |
TAP TSI Annex B.50 Timetable application_guide - version 1.0 of 06/12/2013 |
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Telematics Applications for Passenger |
Application Guide |
TAP TSI Annex B.51 Tariff application_guide - version 1.0 of 06/12/2013 |
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Telematics Applications for Passenger |
Application Guide |
TAP TSI Annex B.52 Reservation application_guide - version 1.0 of 06/12/2013 |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 5658-2:2006(en) Reaction to fire tests — Spread of flame — Part 2: Lateral spread on building and transport products in vertical configuration |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 5660-1:2015(en) Reaction-to-fire tests — Heat release, smoke production and mass loss rate — Part 1: Heat release rate (cone calorimeter method) and smoke production rate |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO/IEC 17020:2012(en) Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection |
Latest release |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO/IEC 17065:2012(en) Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services |
Latest release |
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Single Market Mutual Recognition Conformity Assessment |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU) 2023/988 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 on general product safety, amending Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and the Council, and repealing Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 87/357/EEC |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 22163:2023(en) Railway applications — Railway quality management system — ISO 9001:2015 and specific requirements for application in the railway sector |
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Single Market Mutual Recognition Conformity Assessment |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 |
Latest release |
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Single Market Mutual Recognition Conformity Assessment |
Regulation |
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 |
Latest release |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO/IEC 17065:2012(en) Conformity assessment — Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services |
Latest release |
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EU Policy |
Regulation |
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 22163:2023(en) Railway applications — Railway quality management system — ISO 9001:2015 and specific requirements for application in the railway sector |
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International Standard |
ISO |
ISO 22163:2023(en) Railway applications — Railway quality management system — ISO 9001:2015 and specific requirements for application in the railway sector |
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Vehicles / VA |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014 of 18 November 2014 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the rolling stock — locomotives and passenger rolling stock subsystem of the rail system in the European Union |
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Freight |
TSI |
Commission Regulation (EU) No 321/2013 of 13 March 2013 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — freight wagons’ of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Decision 2006/861/EC |
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Control-Command and Signalling |
Regulation |
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 of 10 August 2023 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/919 |
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EU Policy |
Glossary |
The Social Costs of Transport - February 1997 |
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