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Cooperation agreement signed with France, Greece and Romania
The Directors of the French, Greek and Romanian National Safety Authorities and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed the cooperation agreements.

Signature of Cooperation agreement with Italy
Today the Agency signed a cooperation agreement with the Italian National Safety Authority (ANSF).

JNS urgent procedure ‘Great Belt Bridge accident 2nd Jan. 2019’
The Joint Network Secretariat (JNS) has issued the European Action Plan containing short-term risk mitigation measures on the use of pocket wagons. All the railway players across Europe are committed to maintaining rail as the safest land transport mode.

Cooperation agreement signed with Traficom (FI)
The Director General of Rail Transport Sector of Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) Yrjö Mäkelä and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed a cooperation agreement between the European Union Agency for Railways and the Transport and Communications Agency of Finland in Helsinki.

Cooperation agreement signed with Dutch National Safety Authority
The President of the Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (ILT) Roeland Nieuweboer and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed a cooperation agreement between the European Union Agency for Railways and the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate of the Netherlands in Utrecht.

Signature of Headquarters Agreement
We are pleased to announce the signature of the Headquarters Agreement between the Agency and the French government.

Cooperation agreement signed with German Federal Railway Authority
The President of the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA) Gerald Hörster and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed a cooperation agreement between the European Union Agency for Railways and the German Federal Railway Authority.

1st workshop on Safety Culture Assessment by the Institute for an Industrial Safety Culture (ICSI) and the EU Agency for Railways
Workshop on safety culture assessment aiming to produce guidelines on safety culture assessment.
Material developed during this event will be tested within Nordjyske Jernbaner (DK).

Simplification to support a dynamic market

ERA and ICSI (Institute for an Industrial Safety Culture) sign Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of safety culture and safety management in railways
ERA and the Institute for an Industrial Safety Culture (ICSI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of safety culture and safety management. This cooperation aims at improving railway safety by developing a positive safety culture in any EU railway organisation.