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and safe railway system without frontiers.
An Opinion is a non-binding formal act of the Agency, providing specialized expertise on railway issues to decision-makers, be it the European Commission, National Regulatory Bodies or Member States. The Agency’s Opinions do not represent the view of any other EU institution or body and are without prejudice to the decision-making processes foreseen by the applicable EU legislation.
Opinions are published in a version from which all commercially confidential material has been removed, together with the outcomes of their impact assessments.
According to Art. 6 of Directive (EU) 2016/797, at the request of the Commission, some opinions shall constitute an acceptable means of compliance (AMOC) and may therefore be used for the assessment of projects, pending the adoption of a revised TSI. The Commission shall inform the RISC committee, referred to in Art. 51 of Directive (EU) 2016/797, of its conclusions over the opinion. Outcomes of the discussion can be found in the minutes of meetings of the RISC committee (please check CIRCA). A similar rule applied in the past under Art. 7 of Directive 2008/57/EC.
Disclaimer for the opinions related to the evaluation of national rules:
The content of each technical opinion published on the Agency’s website contains the Agency’s assessment at the time when the rule was notified and assessed. The State-recipient of each technical opinion might have amended or withdrawn the rule/draft rule referred in the Agency’s assessment.
The list of Opinions published by the Agency can be found below.
21/11/2022
21/11/2022
16/03/2022
17/01/2022
20/12/2021
25/05/2021
06/05/2021
19/03/2021
17/12/2020
08/09/2020
17/07/2020
16/07/2020
09/07/2020
11/06/2020
11/06/2020
25/05/2020
18/05/2020
13/05/2020
05/05/2020
16/04/2020
31/12/2019
17/12/2019
04/12/2019
08/10/2019
19/09/2019
12/09/2019
12/09/2019
12/09/2019
13/08/2019
13/05/2019
20/07/2018
15/02/2018
31/12/2017
28/11/2017
26/10/2017
19/09/2017
22/06/2017
04/02/2017
31/12/2016
20/12/2016
15/12/2015
ERA/OPI/2015-9 - Request for an opinion on ERTMS on-board equipment for regional lines under CCS TSI
02/10/2013
A Technical Advice is a non-binding formal act of the Agency, covering any issue linked to the implementation of the Union legislation on railway interoperability and safety. It has non-binding, consultative value, but can only be issued to the European Commission, upon its request.
Technical Advices to the European Commission are made available, upon request, following a case-by-case assessment based on Regulation (EC) 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The list of Technical Advices published by the Agency can be found below.
03/03/2016
30/06/2014
30/05/2014
30/03/2014
02/03/2014
01/12/2013
05/04/2013
01/02/2013
14/01/2013
02/07/2012
02/04/2012
29/02/2012
01/01/2012