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Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of Use of Infrastructure in International Rail Traffic (CUI – Appendix E to the Convention)

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1Scope

§ 1

These Uniform Rules shall apply to any contract of use of railway infrastructure for the purposes of international carriage within the meaning of the CIV Uniform Rules and the CIM Uniform Rules. They shall apply regardless of the place of business and the nationality of the contracting parties. These Uniform Rules shall apply even when the railway infrastructure is managed or used by States or by governmental institutions or organisations

§ 2Subject to Article 21, these Uniform Rules shall not apply to other legal relations, such as in particular

Article 2Declaration concerning liability in case of bodily loss or damage

§ 1

Any State may, at any time, declare that it will not apply to victims of accidents occuring in its territory the whole of the provisions concerning liability in case of bodily loss or damage (death, injury or any other physical or mental harm), when the victims are nationals of, or have their usual place of residence in, that State

§ 2

A State which has made a declaration in accordance with § 1 may withdraw it at any time by notification to the Depositary. This withdrawal shall take effect one month after the day on which the Depositary notifies it to the Member States

Article 3Definitions

For the purposes of these Uniform Rules, the term

Article 4Mandatory law

Unless provided otherwise in these Uniform Rules, any stipulation which, directly or indirectly, would derogate from these Uniform Rules, shall be null and void. The nullity of such a stipulation shall not involve the nullity of other provisions of the contract. Nevertheless, the parties to the contract may assume a liability greater and obligations more burdensome than those provided for in these Uniform Rules or fix a maximum amount of compensation for loss of or damage to property.

TITLE II

CONTRACT OF USE

Article 5Contents and form

§ 1

Relations between the manager and the carrier or any other person entitled to enter into such a contract under the laws and prescriptions in force in the State in which the infrastructure is located shall be regulated in a contract of use

§ 2The contract shall regulate the necessary details for the determination of the administrative, technical and financial conditions of use

§ 3

The contract must be concluded in writing or in an equivalent form. The absence or irregularity of a written form or equivalent form of contract or the absence of one of the matters specified in § 2 shall not affect the existence or the validity of the contract which shall remain subject to these Uniform Rules

Article 5bisLaw remaining unaffected

§ 1

The provisions of Article 5 as well as those of Articles 6, 7 and 22 shall not affect the obligations which the parties to the contract of use of infrastructure have to meet under the laws and prescriptions in force in the State in which the infrastructure is located including, where appropriate, the law of the European Community

§ 2

The provisions of Articles 8 and 9 shall not affect the obligations which the parties to the contract of use of infrastructure have to meet in an EC Member State or in a State where Community legislation applies as a result of international agreements with the European Community

§ 3The provisions of §§ 1 and 2 concern in particular

Article 6Special obligations of the carrier and the manager

§ 1

The carrier must be authorised to undertake the activity of a carrier by rail. The personnel to be employed and the vehicles to be used must satisfy the safety requirements. The manager may require the carrier to prove, by the presentation of a valid licence and safety certificate or certified copies, or in any other manner, that these conditions are fulfilled

§ 2The carrier must notify the manager of any event which might affect the validity of his licence, his safety certificates or other elements of proof

§ 3

The manager may require the carrier to prove that he has taken out a sufficient liability insurance or taken equivalent measures to cover any claims, on whatever grounds, referred to in Articles 9 to 21. Each year, the carrier must prove, by an attestation in due form, that the liability insurance or the equivalent provisions still exist; he must notify the manager of any modification relating to them before it takes effect

§ 4The parties to the contract must inform each other of any event which might impede the execution of the contract they have concluded

Article 7Termination of the contract

§ 1The manager may rescind the contract forthwith when

§ 2The carrier may rescind the contract of use forthwith when the manager loses his right to manage the infrastructure

§ 3

Each party to the contract may rescind the contract of use forthwith in the case of a clear breach of one of the essential obligations by the other party to the contract, when that obligation concerns the safety of persons or goods; the parties to the contract may agree the modalities for the exercise of this right

§ 4

The party to the contract who is the cause of its rescission shall be liable to the other party for the loss or damage resulting from it, unless he proves that the loss or damage was not caused by his fault

§ 5The parties to the contract may agree conditions derogating from the provisions of § 1 letters c) and d) and § 4

TITLE III

LIABILITY

Article 8Liability of the manager

§ 1The manager shall be liable

§ 2The manager shall be relieved of this liability

§ 3

If the incident giving rise to the loss or damage is due to the behaviour of a third party and if, in spite of that, the manager is not entirely relieved of liability in accordance with § 2, letter a), he shall be liable in full up to the limits laid down in these Uniform Rules but without prejudice to any right of recourse against the third party

§ 4

The parties to the contract may agree whether and to what extent the manager shall be liable for the loss or damage caused to the carrier by delay or disruption to his operations

Article 9Liability of the carrier

§ 1The carrier shall be liable

§ 2The carrier shall be relieved of this liability

§ 3

If the incident giving rise to the loss or damage is due to the behaviour of a third party and if, in spite of that, the carrier is not entirely relieved of liability in accordance with § 2, letter a), he shall be liable in full up to the limits laid down in these Uniform Rules but without prejudice to any right of recourse against the third party

§ 4

The parties to the contract may agree whether and to what extent the carrier shall be liable for the loss or damage caused to the manager by disruption to his operations

Article 10Concomitant causes

§ 1

If causes attributable to the manager and causes attributable to the carrier contributed to the loss or damage, each party to the contract shall be liable only to the extent that the causes attributable to him under Article 8 and 9 contributed to the loss or damage. If it is impossible to assess to what extent the respective causes contributed to the loss or damage, each party shall bear the loss or damage he has sustained

§ 2

§ 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis if causes attributable to the manager and causes attributable to several carriers using the same railway infrastructure contributed to the loss or damage

§ 3

§ 1, first sentence, shall apply mutatis mutandis in case of loss or damage referred to in Article 9 if causes attributable to several carriers using the same infrastructure contributed to the loss or damage. If it is impossible to assess to what extent the respective causes contributed to the loss or damage, the carriers shall be liable to the manager in equal shares

Article 11Damages in case of death

§ 1In case of death, the damages shall comprise

§ 2

If, through the death, persons whom the deceased had or would have had in the future a legal duty to maintain, are deprived of their support, they shall also be compensated for that loss. Rights of action for damages by persons whom the deceased was maintaining without being legally bound to do so, shall be governed by national law

Article 12Damages in case of personal injury

In case of personal injury or any other physical or mental harm, the damages shall comprise:

Article 13Compensation for other bodily harm

National law shall determine whether and to what extent the manager or the carrier must pay damages for bodily harm other than that provided for in Articles 11 and 12.

Article 14Form and amount of damages in case of death and personal injury

§ 1

The damages provided for in Article 11 § 2 and in Article 12 letter b) must be awarded in the form of a lump sum. However, if national law permits the award of an annuity, the damages shall be awarded in that form if so requested by the injured person or by persons entitled referred to in Article 11 § 2

§ 2

The amount of damages to be awarded pursuant to § 1 shall be determined in accordance with national law. However, for the purposes of these Uniform Rules, the upper limit per person shall be set at 175,000 units of account as a lump sum or as an annuity corresponding to that sum, where national law provides for an upper limit of less than that amount

Article 15Loss of right to invoke the limits of liability

The limits of liability provided for in these Uniform Rules as well as the provisions of national law, which limit the compensation to a certain amount, shall not apply if it is proved that the loss or damage results from an act or omission, which the author of the loss or damage has committed either with the intent to cause such loss or damage, or recklessly and with knowledge that such loss or damage would probably result.

Article 16Conversion and interest

§ 1

Where the calculation of compensation requires the conversion of sums expressed in foreign currency, conversion shall be at the exchange rate applicable on the day and at the place of payment of the compensation

§ 2

The person entitled may claim interest on compensation, calculated at five per cent per annum, from the day of initiation of a conciliation procedure, of seizure of the Arbitration Tribunal provided for in Title V of the Convention or from the day on which legal proceedings were instituted

Article 17Liability in case of nuclear incidents

The manager and the carrier shall be relieved of liability pursuant to these Uniform Rules for loss or damage caused by a nuclear incident when the operator of a nuclear installation or another person who is substituted for him is liable for the loss or damage pursuant to the laws and prescriptions of a State governing liability in the field of nuclear energy.

Article 18Liability for auxiliaries

The manager and the carrier shall be liable for their auxiliaries.

Article 19Other actions

§ 1

In all cases where these Uniform Rules shall apply, any action in respect of liability, on whatever grounds, may be brought against the manager or against the carrier only subject to the conditions and limitations laid down in these Uniform Rules

§ 2The same shall apply to any action brought against the auxiliaries for whom the manager or the carrier is liable pursuant to Article 18

Article 20Agreements to settle

The parties to the contract may agree conditions in which they assert or renounce their rights to compensation from the other party to the contract.

TITLE IV

ACTIONS BY AUXILIARIES

Article 21Actions against the manager or against the carrier

§ 1

Any action in respect of liability brought by the auxiliaries of the carrier against the manager on account of loss or damage caused by him, on whatever grounds, may be brought only subject to the conditions and limitations laid down in these Uniform Rules

§ 2

Any action in respect of liability brought by the auxiliaries of the manager against the carrier on account of loss or damage caused by him, on whatever grounds, may be brought only subject to the conditions and limitations laid down in these Uniform Rules

TITLE V

ASSERTION OF RIGHTS

Article 22Conciliation procedures

The parties to the contract may agree conciliation procedures or appeal to the Arbitration Tribunal provided for in Title V of the Convention.

Article 23Recourse

The validity of the payment made by the carrier on the basis of the CIV Uniform Rules or the CIM Uniform Rules may not be disputed when compensation has been determined by a court or tribunal and when the manager, duly served with notice of the proceedings, has been afforded the opportunity to intervene in the proceedings.

Article 24Forum

§ 1

Actions based on these Uniform Rules may be brought before the courts or tribunals of the Member States designated by agreement between the parties to the contract

§ 2

Unless the parties to the contract otherwise agree, the competent courts or tribunals shall be those of the Member State where the manager has his place of business

Article 25Limitation of actions

§ 1The period of limitation for actions based on these Uniform Rules shall be three years

§ 2The period of limitation shall run from the day when the loss or damage occurred

§ 3

In case of death of persons, the period of limitation shall be three years from the day after the day the death occurred, but not exceeding five years from the day after the day of the accident

§ 4

A recourse action by a person held liable may be brought even after the expiration of the limitation period provided for in § 1, if it is brought within the period allowed by the law of the State where the proceedings are brought. However, the period allowed shall be not less than ninety days from the day when the person bringing the recourse action has settled the claim or has been served with notice of the proceedings against himself

§ 5

The period of limitation shall be suspended when the parties agree a conciliation procedure or when they seize the Arbitration Tribunal provided for in Title V of the Convention

§ 6Otherwise, suspension and interruption of the limitation period shall be governed by national law

Uniform Rules concerning the Validation of Technical Standards and the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions applicable to Railway Material intended to be used in International Traffic (APTU – Appendix F to the Convention)

Article 1Scope

These Uniform Rules lay down, for railway material intended to be used in international traffic, the procedure for the validation of technical standards and the adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions (UTP).

Article 2Definitions

For the purposes of these Uniform Rules, their Annex(es) and the UTP, in addition to the terms defined in Article 2 of ATMF, the term

Article 3Aim

§ 1The validation of technical standards relating to railway material and the adoption of UTP applicable to railway material shall have as its aim to

§ 2When technical standards are validated or UTP are adopted, only those prepared at the international level shall be taken into account

§ 3To the extent possible

Article 4Preparation of technical standards and UTP

§ 1

The preparation of technical standards concerning railway material and the standardisation of industrial products and procedures shall be the responsibility of recognised national and international standardisation bodies

§ 2

The preparation of UTP shall be the responsibility of the Committee of Technical Experts assisted by appropriate working groups and the Secretary General on the basis of applications made in accordance with Article 6

Article 5Validation of technical standards

§ 1

The Committee of Technical Experts shall decide whether to validate a technical standard or specific parts of it in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 16, 20 and 33 § 6 of the Convention. The decisions shall enter into force in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention

§ 2An application for validation of a technical standard may be made by

§ 3

The references to validated technical standards shall be published by the Secretary General on the website of the Organisation. Once the reference is published, the application of this technical standard gives presumption of compliance with the corresponding UTP

§ 4The application of validated technical standards is voluntary; however, a standard or a part of it may be made obligatory through provisions in a UTP

Article 6Adoption of UTP

§ 1

The Committee of Technical Experts shall decide whether to adopt a UTP or a provision amending it in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 16, 20 and 33 § 6 of the Convention. The decisions shall enter into force in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention

§ 2An application for adoption of a UTP or a provision amending it according to § 1 may be made by

Article 7Form of applications

Applications referred to in Articles 5 and 6 shall be sent to the Secretary General and addressed to the Committee of Technical Experts in one of the working languages according to Article 1 § 6 of the Convention. The Committee of Technical Experts may reject any application, if it considers the application not to be complete, coherent, properly reasoned or justified. The application shall include an assessment of social, economic and environmental consequences.

Article 7aAssessment of consequences

§ 1The Committee of Technical Experts shall take its decision after consideration of the reasoning and justification provided by the applicant

§ 2

The assessment shall indicate the likely impact for all Contracting States, operators and other relevant actors concerned. If the proposal has an impact on UTP other than the one for which the proposal is directly intended, these interfaces shall also be taken into account

§ 3All concerned entities shall participate in the assessment by providing free of charge the requisite data unless covered by intellectual property rights

Article 8UTP

§ 1The adopted UTP shall be published on the website of the Organisation

§ 2In principle, each subsystem shall be subject to one UTP. Where relevant, a subsystem may be covered by several UTP and one UTP may cover several subsystems

§ 2a

The UTP shall apply to new subsystems. They shall also apply to an existing subsystem when it is renewed or upgraded and in accordance with the migration strategy referred to in § 4 f)

§ 3

After the notification process according to Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention and at least one month before entry into force, the Secretary General shall publish on the website of the Organisation

§ 4To the extent necessary to achieve the aim set out in Article 3, the UTP referring to subsystems shall at least

§ 5

Each UTP shall be drawn up on the basis of an examination of an existing subsystem and indicate one or more target subsystems that may be obtained gradually within a reasonable time scale. Accordingly, the gradual adoption of the UTP and compliance therewith will help gradually to achieve the interoperability of the rail system

§ 6

The UTP shall retain, in an appropriate manner, the compatibility of the existing rail system of each Contracting State. With this objective, provision may be made in each UTP for „specific cases” covering one or more Contracting States, with regard to both network and vehicles; special attention must be given to the loading gauge, the track gauge or space between the tracks and to vehicles originating from or destined for third countries. For each specific case, the UTP shall stipulate the implementing rules of the elements indicated in § 4 c) to g)

§ 7

If certain technical aspects corresponding to the essential requirements cannot be explicitly covered in the UTP, they shall be clearly identified in it as „open points”

§ 8The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt UTP which do not refer to subsystems, such as general provisions, essential requirements or assessment modules

§ 9

The UTP shall have a two column format. Text which appears in full width without columns is identical to corresponding texts of the European Community Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI). Text which is split into two columns is different for the UTP and for the corresponding TSI or other corresponding European Community regulations. The left-hand column shows the UTP text (OTIF regulations), while the right-hand column shows the European Community TSI text. On the far right the TSI reference is indicated

Article 8aDeficiencies in UTP

§ 1

If it comes to the attention of the Committee of Technical Experts that an adopted UTP contains errors or deficiencies including where an adopted UTP does not fully meet the essential requirements, the Committee shall take the appropriate measures including

§ 2

The Contracting States, regional organisations and assessing bodies have the obligation to inform the Secretary General without delay if they discover errors or deficiencies in a UTP

Article 9Declarations

§ 1

Any Contracting State may, within a period of four months from the day of notification of the decision of the Committee of Technical Experts by the Secretary General, make a reasoned declaration notifying him that it will not apply or will apply only partially, the validated technical standard or the adopted UTP, so far as it concerns the railway infrastructure situated on its territory and the traffic on that infrastructure

§ 2

The Contracting States which have made a declaration in accordance with § 1 shall not be taken into account in determining the number of States which must formulate an objection in accordance with Article 35 § 4 of the Convention, in order that a decision of the Committee of Technical Experts should not enter into force

§ 3

A State which has made a declaration in accordance with § 1 may withdraw it at any time by notification to the Secretary General. This withdrawal shall take effect on the first day of the second month following the notification

Article 10Abrogation of Technical Unity

The entry into force of the UTP, adopted by the Committee of Technical Experts in accordance with Article 6 § 1, in all the States parties to the 1938 version of the International Convention on the Technical Unity of Railways, signed at Berne on 21 October 1882, shall abrogate that convention.

Article 11Precedence of the UTP

§ 1

With the entry into force of the UTP, adopted by the Committee of Technical Experts in accordance with Article 6 § 1, the technical standards and the UTP shall take precedence, in relations between Contracting States, over the provisions of the 1938 version of the International Convention on the Technical Unity of Railways, signed at Berne on 21 October 1882

§ 2

With the entry into force of the UTP, adopted by the Committee of Technical Experts in accordance with Article 6 § 1, these Uniform Rules as well as the technical standards and the UTP, shall take precedence, in the Contracting States, over the technical provisions

Article 12National technical requirements

§ 1

Contracting States shall ensure that the Secretary General is informed of their national technical requirements which apply to railway vehicles and other railway material. The Secretary General shall publish these requirements in the data bank referred to in Article 13 of the ATMF Uniform Rules The information shall be received by the Secretary General within 3 months from the day when the revised Uniform Rules enter into force.

Such a requirement may stay in force only until it or an analogous requirement is brought into force through the adoption of prescriptions according to the Articles above. The Contracting State may at any time withdraw the temporary provision and notify this to the Secretary General.

§ 2

When a UTP has been adopted or amended, the Contracting State shall ensure that the Secretary General is informed – with justification – of those national technical requirements mentioned in § 1 which it will still require to be complied with in order to ensure the technical compatibility between the vehicles and its network concerned; this includes national rules applicable to „open points” in the technical prescriptions and applicable to the specific cases duly identified in the technical prescription The information shall include indication of the „open point(s)” and/or „specific case(s)” in the UTP to which each national technical requirement relates.

The national technical requirements shall only remain valid if the notification is received by the Secretary General within 6 months from the day when the technical prescription in question or the change to it has entered into force.

§ 3

The information shall include the full text of the national technical provision in an official language of the Contracting State as well as the title and a summary in one of the official OTIF languages

Article 13Equivalence table

§ 1

In order to minimise the assessments and thereby the costs for applying for a technical admission, national technical requirements in accordance with Article 12 shall be classified pursuant to the list of parameters and the principles set out in the Annex to these Uniform Rules. The classification shall be carried out under the responsibility of the Committee of Technical Experts. The Contracting States and the regional organisations shall cooperate with the Committee of Technical Experts and the Secretary General in this task

§ 2The Committee of Technical Experts may review the Annex taking account of the experience with the cross-acceptance of vehicles in the Contracting States

§ 3

The Committee of Technical Experts shall ensure that a reference document is drawn up cross-referencing all the notified national technical requirements. The reference document shall also indicate the relevant provisions in the UTP and the corresponding TSI (Article 8 § 9). The reference document shall be published on the website of the Organisation and shall be kept up to date

§ 4

Taking due account of the opinion of the Contracting States concerned and of the regional organisations involved, the Committee of Technical Experts may decide to declare the equivalence in railway safety terms

The declared equivalence shall be indicated in an equivalence table in the reference document mentioned in § 3 above.

Annex Parameters to be checked in Conjunction with the Technical Admission of Non-UTP Conform Vehicles and Classification of the National Technical Requirements 1. List of Parameters 1.1 General documentation 1.1.1.1. General documentation (including description of new, renewed or upgraded vehicle and its intended use, design, repair, operation and maintenance information, technical file, etc.) 1.2 Structure and mechanical parts 1.1.1.2. Mechanical integrity and interface between vehicles (including draw and buffer gear, gangways), strength of vehicle structure and fittings (e.g. seats), loading capability, passive safety (including interior and exterior crashworthiness) 1.3 Track interaction and gauging 1.1.1.3. Mechanical interfaces to the infrastructure (including static and dynamic behaviour, clearances and fits, gauge, running gear, etc.) 1.4. Braking equipment 1.1.1.4. Braking-related items (including wheel-slide protection, braking control, and braking performance in service, emergency and parking modes) 1.5 Passenger-related items 1.1.1.5. Passenger facilities and passenger environment (including passenger windows and doors, requirements for persons with reduced mobility, etc.) 1.6 Environmental conditions and aerodynamic effects 1.1.1.6. Impact of the environment on the vehicle and impact of the vehicle on the environment (including aerodynamic conditions and both the interface between the vehicle and the trackside part of the railway system and the interface with the external environment) 1.7 External warning, marking, functions and software integrity requirements 1.1.1.7. External warnings, markings, functions and integrity of software, e.g. safety-related functions with an impact on train behaviour including train bus 1.8 Onboard power supply and control systems 1.1.1.8. Onboard propulsion, power and control systems, plus the interface of the vehicle with the power supply infrastructure and all aspects of electromagnetic compatibility 1.9 Staff facilities, interfaces and environment 1.1.1.9. On-board facilities, interfaces, working conditions and environment for staff (including drivers’ cabs, driver machine interface) 1.10 Fire safety and evacuation 1.11 Servicing 1.1.1.10. Onboard facilities and interfaces for servicing 1.12 Onboard control, command and signalling 1.1.1.11.

All the on-board equipment necessary to ensure safety and to command and control movements of trains authorised to travel on the network and its effects on the trackside part of the railway system 1.13 Specific operational requirements 1.1.1.12.

Specific operational requirements for vehicles (including degraded mode, vehicle recovery etc.) 1.14 Freight related items 1.1.1.13.

Freight-specific requirements and environment (including facilities specifically required for dangerous goods) Explanations and examples in italics above are for information only and are not definitions of the parameters.

Group A Group A covers:

Group B Group B covers all rules that do not fall within the scope of Group A or Group C, or that it has not yet been possible to classify in one of these groups.

Group C Group C covers rules that are strictly necessary and are associated with technical infrastructure characteristics, in order to ensure safe and interoperable use in the network concerned (e.g. the loading gauge).

Uniform Rules concerning the Technical Admission of Railway Material used in International Traffic (ATMF – Appendix G to the Convention)

Article 1Scope

These Uniform Rules lay down, for railway vehicles and other railway material, the procedure for the admission to circulation or use in international traffic.

Article 2Definitions

For the purposes of these Uniform Rules and their (future) Annex(es), the APTU Uniform Rules and their Annex(es) and the APTU Uniform Technical Prescriptions (UTP) the following definitions shall apply:

Article 3Admission to international traffic

§ 1Each railway vehicle must, for circulation in international traffic, be admitted in accordance with these Uniform Rules

§ 2The technical admission shall have the aim of ascertaining whether the railway vehicles satisfy

§ 3

§§ 1 and 2 as well as the following articles shall apply mutatis mutandis to the technical admission of other railway material and of elements of construction either of vehicles or of other railway material

Article 3aInteraction with other international agreements

§ 1

Railway vehicles and other railway material which have been placed in service according to applicable European Community (EC) and corresponding national legislation shall be deemed as admitted to operation by all Contracting States according to these Uniform Rules

If these conditions are not fulfilled, the vehicle or other railway material shall be subject to Article 6 § 4.

§ 2

Railway vehicles and other railway material which have been admitted to operation according to these Uniform Rules shall be deemed as placed in service in the Member States of the European Community and in the States which apply Community legislation as a result of international agreements with the European Community in the case of

If these conditions are not fulfilled, the vehicle or other railway material shall be subject to authorisation according to the law applicable in the Member States of the European Community and in the States which apply Community legislation as a result of international agreements with the European Community.

§ 3

The admission to operation, the operation and the maintenance of railway vehicles and other railway material being used only in Member States of the European Community are regulated by the applicable Community and national legislation. This provision is also applicable to Contracting States which apply relevant European Community legislation as a result of international agreements with the European Community

§ 4§§ 1 to 2 apply mutatis mutandis to admissions/authorisations of vehicle types

§ 5

An entity in charge of maintenance (ECM) for a freight wagon, certified according to Article 15 § 2, shall be deemed as certified according to applicable European Community and corresponding national legislation and vice versa in the case of full equivalence between the certification system adopted under Article 14a (5) of the EC Railway Safety Directive 2004/49/EC and rules adopted by the Committee of Technical Experts according to Article 15 § 2

Article 4Procedure

§ 1Technical admission of a vehicle shall be carried out

§ 2

The assessments of the conformity of a vehicle or an element of construction with the provisions of the UTP on which the admission is based may be divided into assessment elements each evidenced by a declaration. The assessment elements and the format of the declaration shall be defined by the Committee of Technical Experts

§ 3The procedures for the technical admission of railway infrastructure are subject to the provisions in force in the Contracting State in question

Article 5Competent authority

§ 1

The technical admission shall be the task of the national or international authority competent in the matter in accordance with the laws and prescriptions in force in each Contracting State

§ 2

The authorities referred to in § 1 may or, according to the provisions in force in their State, shall transfer to bodies with residence in their State recognised as suitable, competence to carry out assessments as a whole or partly, including the issuing of the corresponding declarations The transfer of competence to

§ 3In order to be recognised as suitable the bodies mentioned in § 2 must fulfil the following conditions

§ 4The requirements of § 3 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the authorities carrying out technical admission

§ 5

A Contracting State shall ensure, by notification or where appropriate by the means provided for in the law of the European Community or in the law of the States which apply Community legislation as a result of international agreements with the European Community, that the Secretary General is informed of the bodies responsible for carrying out the assessments, verifications and approvals, indicating each body’s area of responsibility. The Secretary General shall publish a list of bodies, their identification numbers and areas of responsibility, and shall keep the list updated

§ 6

A Contracting State shall ensure the consistent supervision of the bodies indicated in § 2 and shall withdraw the competence from a body which no longer meets the criteria referred to in § 3, in which case it shall immediately inform the Secretary General thereof

§ 7

Should a Contracting State consider that an assessing or approving authority of another Contracting State, or a body having competence transferred from it, does not meet the criteria of § 3, the matter shall be transferred to the Committee of Technical Experts which, within four months, shall inform the Contracting State in question of any changes that are necessary for the body to retain the status conferred upon it. In relation to this, the Committee of Technical Experts may decide to instruct the Contracting State to suspend or withdraw approvals made on the basis of work done by the body or by the authority in question

Article 6Validity of technical certificates

§ 1

Technical certificates issued by the competent authority of a Contracting State in accordance with these Uniform Rules, shall be valid in all the other Contracting States. However the circulation and use on the territories of those other States shall be subject to the conditions specified in this Article

§ 2

An admission to operation allows the rail transport undertakings to operate a vehicle only on infrastructures compatible with the vehicle according to its specifications and other conditions of the admission; it is the responsibility of the rail transport undertaking to ensure this

§ 3

Without prejudice to Article 3a an admission to operation issued for a vehicle which is in conformity with all applicable UTP shall permit the vehicle free circulation on the territories of other Contracting States provided that

The conditions for the free circulation may also be specified in the relevant UTP. § 4 a) Where in a Contracting State an admission to operation has been issued for a vehicle which is

For the part of the vehicle which is compliant with a UTP or part of it, the competent authorities have to accept verifications that have been made by other competent authorities according to the UTP. For the other part of the vehicle the competent authorities shall take full account of the equivalence table referred to in Article 13 of the APTU Uniform Rules.

The fulfilment of

§ 5§§ 2 to 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to an admission of a type of construction

Article 6aRecognition of procedural documentation

§ 1

Assessments, declarations and other documentation made according to these Uniform Rules shall be recognised at face value by the authorities and competent bodies, the rail transport undertakings, the keepers and the infrastructure managers in all the Contracting States

§ 2

If a requirement or a provision has been declared as equivalent in accordance with Article 13 of the APTU Uniform Rules related assessments and tests which have already been carried out and documented shall not be repeated

Article 6bRecognition of technical and operational tests

The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt rules for inclusion in an Annex to these Uniform Rules and requirements for inclusion in one or more UTP concerning the provisions for and the mutual recognition of technical inspections, maintenance record files for the admitted vehicles and operational tests such as train braking tests.

Article 7Prescriptions applicable to vehicles

§ 1In order to be admitted and remain admitted to circulation in international traffic, a railway vehicle must satisfy

§ 2

In the absence of UTP applicable to the subsystem, the technical admission shall be based on the applicable national technical requirements in force according to Article 12 of the APTU Uniform Rules in the Contracting State in which an application for technical admission is made

§ 3If the UTP do not cover all essential requirements or in the case of specific cases or open points, the technical admission shall be based on

Article 7aDerogations

The Committee of Technical Experts shall adopt guidelines or mandatory provisions for derogations from the provisions of Article 7 and for the assessment methods that may or shall be used.

Article 8Prescriptions applicable to railway infrastructure

§ 1

To ensure that a railway vehicle admitted to international traffic in accordance with these Uniform Rules will run safely on and be compatible with the railway infrastructure to be used this railway infrastructure must satisfy

§ 2

Admission of infrastructure and supervision of its maintenance remain subject to the provisions in force in the Contracting State in which the infrastructure is located

§ 3Article 7 and 7a shall apply mutatis mutandis to infrastructure

Article 9Operation prescriptions

§ 1

The rail transport undertakings which operate railway vehicles admitted to circulation in international traffic shall be required to comply with the prescriptions relating to the operation of a vehicle in international traffic, specified in the UTP

§ 2

The undertakings and administrations which manage infrastructure in the Contracting States, including operational safety and control systems, intended and suitable for operation in international traffic, shall be required to comply with the technical prescriptions specified in the UTP and satisfy them permanently in respect of the construction and the management of that infrastructure

Article 10Application and granting of technical certificates and declarations and related conditions

§ 1The grant of a technical certificate shall be related to the type of construction of a railway vehicle or to the railway vehicle itself

§ 2An application for a technical certificate may be made by

§ 3

The application for a technical certificate, including appropriate declarations, may be made to any competent authority or body within its competence referred to in Article 5, of one of the Contracting States

§ 4

If Article 6 § 4 applies to the vehicle, the applicant shall indicate the Contracting States (if applicable the lines) for which the technical certificates are required to permit free circulation; in this case the competent authorities and assessing bodies involved should cooperate in order to make the process easier for the applicant

§ 5

All costs arising from the admission process shall be covered by the applicant, unless provided otherwise according to the laws and prescriptions in force in the State where the approval is granted. Carrying out technical admissions for profit shall not be permitted 5a All decisions, assessments, tests etc. shall be carried out in a non-discriminatory way.

§ 6

The applicant shall elaborate and attach to his application a Technical File and a Maintenance File containing the information required in the UTP. The assessing body shall check, correct and add appropriate information to these files in order that the files reflect the properties of the vehicle

§ 7

Every assessment carried out shall be documented by the assessor in an Assessment Report which shall substantiate the assessments carried out hereby, stating which provisions the object has been assessed against and whether the object passed or failed this assessment

§ 8

A person who applies for a Certificate of Operation by the simplified procedure of technical admission [Article 4 § 1, b)], shall attach to his application the Design Type Certificate, established in accordance with Article 11 § 2, and demonstrate in an appropriate manner that the vehicles for which he is applying for a Certificate of Operation correspond to that type of construction

§ 9A technical certificate shall be granted in principle for an unlimited period; it can be general or limited in scope

§ 10

If relevant provisions in the prescriptions according to Article 7 on the basis of which a type of construction has been admitted have been changed, and if no relevant transitional provisions can be applied, the Contracting State in which the corresponding Design Type Certificate has been issued, and after consultation of the other States where the Certificate is valid according to Article 6, shall decide whether the Certificate may remain valid or need to be renewed. The criteria which shall be checked in the case of a renewed type admission may only concern the changed provisions. The renewal of the type admission does not affect admissions to operation already granted on the basis of previously admitted types

§ 11

In the event of renewal or upgrading, the contracting entity or the manufacturer shall send the Contracting State concerned a file describing the project. The Contracting State shall examine this file and, taking account of the implementation strategy indicated in the applicable UTP, shall decide whether the extent of the work means that a new admission to operation within the meaning of these Uniform Rules is needed Such a new admission to operation shall be required whenever the overall safety level of the subsystem concerned may be adversely affected by the work envisaged. If a new admission is needed, the Contracting State shall decide to what extent the provisions in the related UTP need to be applied to the project.

The Contracting State shall take its decision not later than four months after submission of the complete file by the applicant.

When a new admission is required and if the UTP are not fully applied, the Contracting States shall notify to the Secretary General

The Secretary General shall publish the notified information on the website of the Organisation.

§ 12§ 11 applies mutatis mutandis to a Design Type Certificate and to any declaration concerning the construction or the elements of construction in question

Article 10aRules for withdrawals or suspensions of technical certificates

§ 1

If a competent authority of a Contracting State other than the one which has granted the (first) admission to operation discovers non-compliance it shall, with all details, inform the (first) admitting authority; if the non-compliance relates to a Design Type Certificate, the authority which issued it shall also be informed

§ 2A Certificate of Operation may be withdrawn

§ 3Only the authority which has granted the Design Type Certificate or the Certificate of Operation may withdraw it

§ 4The Certificate of Operation shall be suspended

§ 5

The Certificate of Operation shall become void when the railway vehicle is withdrawn from service. This withdrawal from service shall be notified to the competent authority which has granted the admission to operation

§ 6§§ 1 to 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a Design Type Certificate

Article 10bRules for assessments and procedures

§ 1The Committee of Technical Experts is competent to adopt further mandatory provisions for the assessments and procedural rules for technical admission

§ 2

In addition to, but not in contradiction with the provisions set by the Committee of Technical Experts according to § 1, Contracting States or regional organisations may adopt (or maintain) provisions for non-discriminatory detailed mandatory procedures for the assessments and requirements concerning declarations. These provisions shall be notified to the Secretary General, who shall inform the Committee of Technical Experts, and they shall be published by the Organisation

Article 11Technical Certificates and Declarations

§ 1

The admission of a type of construction and the admission to operation shall be evidenced by separate documents called: „Design Type Certificate” and „Certificate of Operation”

§ 2The Design Type Certificate shall

§ 3The Certificate of Operation shall include

§ 4

The Certificate of Operation may cover a group of individual vehicles of the same type, in which case the information required according to § 3 shall be specified identifiably for each of the vehicles of the group and the Technical File shall contain a list with identifiable documentation concerning the tests made on each vehicle

§ 5The Technical File and the Maintenance File shall contain the information according to the provisions in the UTP

§ 6The certificates shall be printed in one of the working languages according to Article 1 § 6 of the Convention

§ 7The certificates and declarations shall be issued to the applicant

§ 8

The Certificate of Operation is related to the object. Once the vehicle is in operation the holder of the Certificate of Operation (including the Technical File and the Maintenance File), if not the current keeper, shall without delay hand it over to the current keeper together with the Maintenance Record File and make available all (additional) detailed instructions for maintenance and operations that are still in his possession

§ 9

§ 8 applies mutatis mutandis to vehicles and railway material admitted according to Article 19, whereby the documentation in question is the approval documentation and any other documentation containing any information similar to what is included in the requirements for the Technical File, Maintenance File and Maintenance Record File, whether in full or in part

Article 12Uniform formats

§ 1

The Organisation shall prescribe uniform formats of the certificates indicated in Article 11, of the declarations decided according to Article 4 § 2 and of the Assessment Report according to Article 10 § 7

§ 2The formats shall be prepared and adopted by the Committee of Technical Experts

§ 3

The Committee of Technical Experts may decide to allow certificates and declarations made according to another specified format than that prescribed in these Uniform Rules, but containing the information required according to Article 11, to be recognised as equivalent substitutes

Article 13Registers

§ 1

A register in the form of an electronic data bank containing information concerning the railway vehicles in respect of which a Certificate of Operation has been issued and the types of constructions in respect of which a Design Type Certificate has been issued shall be established and kept up to date under the responsibility of the Organisation. The register shall include railway vehicles admitted according to Article 19; it may contain railway vehicles admitted for national traffic only

§ 2

The data bank shall also contain a register with information concerning the competent authorities and bodies to whom competence is transferred according to Article 5 and the accredited/recognised auditors according to Article 15 § 2

§ 3

The Committee of Technical Experts may decide to include other data to be used in railway operations in the data bank, such as information concerning declarations, inspections and maintenance of the admitted vehicles (including next inspection due), information on accidents and incidents and registers concerning coding of vehicles, locations, rail transport undertakings, keepers, infrastructure managers, workshops, manufacturers, entities in charge of maintenance (ECM) etc

§ 4

The Committee of Technical Experts shall establish the functional and technical architecture of the data bank, as well as the necessary data, when and how the data shall be provided, what the access rights will be and other administrative and organisational provisions, including which database structure should be applied. In all cases, change of keeper, change of ECM, withdrawals from service, official immobilisations, suspensions and withdrawals of certificates, declarations or other evidence and modifications to a vehicle which derogate from the admitted type of construction shall be notified to the Secretary General without delay

§ 5

When applying this Article, the Committee of Technical Experts shall consider registers set up by Contracting States and regional organisations in such a way so as to reduce undue burden on the involved parties such as regional organisations, Contracting States, competent authorities and industry. In order also to minimise the cost for the Organisation and obtain coherent register systems, all parties involved shall coordinate with the Organisation their plans and the development of registers which are within the scope of these Uniform Rules

§ 6The data registered in the data bank shall be considered as prima facie evidence of the technical admission of a railway vehicle

§ 7

The Committee of Technical Experts may decide that the costs of setting up and running the data bank shall be covered, in whole or in part, by the users; supplying and amending data shall be free of charge, whereas consulting data may be subject to a fee

Article 14Inscriptions and signs

§ 1Railway vehicles admitted to operation must bear

The competent authority which grants the admission to operation is responsible for ensuring that the alphanumeric identification code is assigned to each vehicle. This code, which shall include the country code of the (first) admitting State, must be marked on each vehicle and be entered in the National Vehicle Register (NVR) of that State as required according to Article 13.

§ 2

The Committee of Technical Experts shall lay down the sign provided for in § 1 a) and the transitional periods during which the railway vehicles admitted to circulation in international traffic may bear inscriptions and signs derogating from those prescribed in § 1

Article 15Maintenance

§ 1

Railway vehicles and other railway material must be in a good state of maintenance in such a way that they comply with the provisions specified in the UTP and satisfy them permanently and that their condition would not in any way compromise operational safety and would not harm the infrastructure, environment and public health by their circulation or their use in international traffic. To that end, railway vehicles and other railway material must be made available for and undergo the service, inspections and maintenance as prescribed in the Maintenance File attached to the Certificate of Operation, the UTP, the special conditions of an admission pursuant to Article 7a and in the provisions contained in RID

§ 2

Each railway vehicle, before it is admitted to operation or used on the network, shall have an entity in charge of maintenance (ECM) assigned to it and this entity shall be registered in the data bank referred to in Article 13. A railway undertaking, an infrastructure manager or a keeper may be an ECM. The ECM shall ensure that the vehicles for which it is in charge of maintenance are in a safe state of running by means of a system of maintenance. The ECM shall carry out the maintenance itself or make use of contracted maintenance workshops The ECM for a freight wagon must hold a valid certificate issued by an external auditor accredited/recognised in one of the Contracting States.

The Committee of Technical Experts shall adopt further detailed rules for certification and auditing of ECM, for accredited/recognised auditors, their accreditation/ recognition, the audits and audit certificates. The rules shall indicate whether they are equivalent to the criteria related to the ECM certification system adopted in the European Community or in the States which apply Community legislation as a result of international agreements with the European Community.

These rules, which shall also include rules for the withdrawal and suspension of certificates and accreditations, shall be defined in an Annex to these Uniform Rules and shall form an integral part thereof.

§ 3

An operating railway undertaking is responsible for the safe operation of its trains and shall ensure that vehicles carried are properly maintained. Therefore, the ECM must ensure that reliable information about maintenance processes and data are available for the operating railway undertaking, and the operating railway undertaking must in due time provide the ECM with information and data concerning its operation of the vehicles and other railway material for which the ECM is in charge. In both cases the information and data in question shall be specified in the Annex indicated in § 2

§ 4

The ECM of an admitted vehicle shall keep and update a Maintenance Record File for that vehicle. The file shall be available for inspection by the competent national authority

§ 5

The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt guidelines or regulations on the certification and auditing of maintenance workshops and the mutual recognition of the certificates and audits. Regulations according to this paragraph shall be defined in an Annex to these Uniform Rules and shall form an integral part thereof and be published on the website of the Organisation

Article 16Accidents, incidents and severe damage

§ 1

In case of accident, incident or severe damage to railway vehicles, all parties involved (the infrastructure managers, the keepers, the ECM, the railway undertakings concerned and possible others), shall be required

1a §

The measures according to § 1 must be coordinated. Such coordination is the obligation of the infrastructure manager unless otherwise prescribed by provisions in force in the State in question. In addition to the duty of investigation placed upon the parties involved, the Contracting State may require an independent investigation to be carried out

§ 2

A vehicle shall be considered severely damaged when it cannot be repaired by a simple operation which would allow it to be joined in a train and to circulate on its own wheels without danger for operations. If the repair can be carried out in less than 72 hours or the cost is less than 0.18 million SDR in total, the damage shall not be considered as severe

§ 3

The accidents, incidents and severe damage shall be notified, without delay, to the authority or body which admitted the vehicle to circulation. That authority or body may require the damaged vehicle to be presented, possibly already repaired, for examination of the validity of the admission to operation which has been granted. If appropriate, the procedure concerning the grant of admission to operation must be repeated

§ 4

The Contracting States shall keep records, publish investigation reports including their findings and recommendations, inform the approval certificate issuing authority and the Organisation of the causes of accidents, incidents and severe damage in international traffic that occurred on their territory. The Committee of Technical Experts may examine the causes of serious accidents and incidents or severe damage in international traffic with a view possibly to developing the construction and operation prescriptions for railway vehicles and other railway material contained in the UTP and may if appropriate decide to instruct the Contracting States within a short time limit to suspend relevant Certificates to Operation, Design Type Certificates or declarations issued

§ 5

The Committee of Technical Experts may prepare and adopt further mandatory rules concerning the investigation of serious accidents, incidents and severe damage, requirements concerning independent State investigation bodies and the form and content of reports. It may also change the values/numbers in § 2 and in Article 2 ff)

Article 17Immobilisation and rejection of vehicles

§ 1

A competent authority, another rail transport undertaking or an infrastructure manager may not reject or immobilise railway vehicles to prevent them from running on compatible railway infrastructures if these Uniform Rules, the prescriptions contained in the UTP, the special conditions, if any, for the admission set out by the admitting authority as well as the construction and operation prescriptions contained in RID, are complied with

§ 2

The right of a competent authority to inspect and immobilise a vehicle is not affected if non-compliance with § 1 is suspected, but the examination to establish certainty should be carried out as quickly as possible and in any case within 24 hours

§ 3

However, if a Contracting State does not suspend or withdraw a certificate within the limit indicated according to Article 5 § 7 or Article 16 § 4, other Contracting States are entitled to reject or immobilise the vehicle(s) in question

Article 18Non-compliance with the prescriptions

§ 1

Subject to § 2 and Article 10 a § 4 c), the legal consequences resulting from failure to comply with these Uniform Rules and the UTP, shall be regulated by the provisions in force in the Contracting State of which the competent authority has granted the first admission to operation, including the rules relating to conflict of laws

§ 2

The consequences in civil and penal law resulting from failure to comply with these Uniform Rules and the UTP shall be regulated, so far as concerns the infrastructure, by the provisions in force in the Contracting State in which the infrastructure manager has his place of business, including the rules relating to conflict of laws

Article 19Transitional provisions

§ 1

Article 3 § 1 applies to upgraded, renewed and existing vehicles. For vehicles which have been approved for international traffic under RIV, RIC or other pertinent international agreements and which are marked accordingly, transitional provisions are prescribed in this Article

§ 2

At the time of entry into force of these Uniform Rules, existing vehicles marked with RIV or RIC as proof of current compliance with the technical provisions of the RIV 2000 agreement (revised edition of 1 January 2004) or the RIC agreement respectively, shall be deemed to be admitted to operation on the networks of the Contracting States in accordance with their compatibility with the railway infrastructures (in respect of the markings on the wagon) for which it is admitted by one of the Contracting States

§ 2a

Existing vehicles not marked RIV or RIC but admitted and marked according to bilateral or multilateral agreements between Contracting States notified to the Organisation shall also be deemed to be admitted to operation on the networks covered by the agreement

§ 3The transitional admission according to §§ 2 and 2a is valid until the vehicle requires a new admission according to Article 10 § 11

§ 4

The inscription RIV, RIC, or another marking on the vehicle accepted by the Committee of Technical Experts, together with the data stored in the database indicated in Article 13, shall be considered as sufficient proof of the approval. Unauthorised changing of this marking shall be considered as fraud and prosecuted according to national law

§ 5

Regardless of this transitional provision, the vehicle and its documentation shall comply with the provisions in force of the UTP concerning marking and maintenance; compliance with the provisions of RID in force shall also be ensured, where applicable. The Committee of Technical Experts may also decide that safety-based provisions introduced in the UTP shall be complied with within a certain deadline regardless of any transitional provisions

§ 6

Existing vehicles which are not covered by the scope of §§ 2 and 2a can be admitted to operation upon the request of an applicant to a competent authority. The latter may request additional technical information from the applicant, risk analysis and/or vehicle tests before granting a complementary admission to operation. However the competent authorities shall take full account of the equivalence table referred to in Article 13 of the APTU Uniform Rules

§ 7The Committee of Technical Experts may adopt other transitional provisions

Article 20Disputes

Disputes relating to the technical admission of railway vehicles and other railway material intended to be used in international traffic, may be dealt with by the Committee of Technical Experts if there is no resolution by direct negotiation between the parties involved. Such disputes may also be submitted, in accordance with the procedure specified in Title V of the Convention, to the Arbitration Tribunal.” „Egységes Szabályok a nemzetközi vasúti forgalomban használt infrastruktúrára vonatkozó szerződésre (CUI – az Egyezmény E Függeléke) I. CÍM ÁLTALÁNOS RENDELKEZÉSEK

1. cikkHatály

1. §

A jelen Egységes Szabályok minden, a CIV Egységes Szabályoknak és a CIM Egységes Szabályoknak megfelelő, a nemzetközi fuvarozás céljára szolgáló vasúti infrastruktúra használatáról szóló szerződésre vonatkoznak. A Szabályok a szerződő felek székhelyétől és nemzetiségétől függetlenül alkalmazandók. A jelen Egységes Szabályokat akkor is alkalmazni kell, ha a vasúti infrastruktúrát államok vagy állami intézmények vagy szervezetek működtetik vagy használják

2. §Tiszteletben tartva a 21. cikket, a jelen Egységes Szabályok más jogviszonyokra nem alkalmazandóak, például különösen

2. cikkA testi károsodással kapcsolatos felelősségre vonatkozó nyilatkozat

1. §

Bármely Tagállam bármikor kijelentheti, hogy a saját területén bekövetkező balesetek áldozataira vonatkozóan nem alkalmazza a testi károsodással (halál, sérülés vagy más testi vagy lelki ártalom) kapcsolatos felelősségre vonatkozó összes rendelkezést, amennyiben az áldozatok saját állampolgárai, vagy állandó lakóhelyük az adott államban van

2. §

Az 1. § szerinti nyilatkozatot tevő Tagállam bármikor visszavonhatja nyilatkozatát a Letéteményes értesítésével. Ez a visszavonás egy hónappal azt a napot követően lép hatályba, hogy a Letéteményes a Tagállamokat erről értesítette

3. cikkMeghatározások

A jelen Egységes Szabályok alkalmazásában

4. cikkKötelező jog

Ha a jelen Egységes Szabályok nem rendelkeznek másképp, semmis minden olyan rendelkezés, amely közvetlenül vagy közvetve eltér a jelen Egységes Szabályoktól. Az ilyen rendelkezés semmissége nem vonja maga után a szerződés más rendelkezéseinek semmisségét. Mindazonáltal a Szerződő Felek vállalhatnak nagyobb felelősséget és súlyosabb kötelezettségeket, mint amilyeneket a jelen Egységes Szabályok előírnak, vagy megállapíthatják az anyagi károkra vonatkozó kártérítés legnagyobb összegét.

II. CÍM HASZNÁLATI SZERZŐDÉS

5. cikkTartalom és forma

1. §

Használati szerződés szabályozza a kapcsolatokat az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető és a fuvarozó, vagy bármely olyan személy között, aki szerződéskötésre jogosult annak a Tagállamnak a jogszabályai és előírásai szerint, ahol az infrastruktúra található

2. §A szerződés szabályozza a használat közigazgatási, műszaki és pénzügyi feltételeinek meghatározásához szükséges részletes adatokat

3. §

A szerződést írásban vagy azzal egyenértékű formában kell megkötni. Az írásos vagy azzal egyenértékű forma hiánya vagy rendellenessége, továbbá a 2. §-ban megadott valamely adat hiánya nem érinti a szerződés érvényességét, amely ilyen esetben is a jelen Egységes Szabályok hatálya alá tartozik 5bis. cikk Továbbra is érvényes jog

1. §

Az 5. cikk, valamint a 6., 7. és 22. cikk rendelkezései nem érintik azokat a kötelezettségeket, amelyek az infrastruktúra használati szerződések szerződő feleit terhelik annak a Tagállamnak a jogszabályai és előírásai szerint, ahol az infrastruktúra található, beleértve adott esetben az Európai Közösség jogszabályait

2. §

A 8. és 9. cikk rendelkezései nem érintik azokat a kötelezettségeket, amelyeket az infrastruktúra használati szerződés szerződő feleinek egy EK Tagállamban vagy egy olyan államban kell teljesíteniük, ahol a közösségi jogszabályokat alkalmazzák az Európai Közösséggel kötött nemzetközi szerződések eredményeként

3. §Az 1. és 2. § rendelkezései vonatkoznak különösen

6. cikkA fuvarozó és az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető különleges kötelezettségei

1. §

A fuvarozónak a vasúti fuvarozási tevékenység folytatására engedéllyel kell rendelkeznie. Az alkalmazott személyzetnek és a használt járműveknek meg kell felelniük a biztonsági előírásoknak. Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető megkövetelheti a fuvarozótól – érvényes engedély és biztonsági tanúsítvány eredetiben vagy hiteles másolatban való bemutatásával vagy más módon – annak bizonyítását, hogy a fenti előírásokat betartja

2. §

A fuvarozó köteles tájékoztatni az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetőt minden olyan eseményről, amely engedélyének, tanúsítványának vagy más bizonyítékának érvényességét érinti

3. §

Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető megkövetelheti a fuvarozótól annak bizonyítását, hogy rendelkezik felelősségbiztosítással, vagy, azzal egyenértékű intézkedést tett, annak érdekében, hogy a 9–21. cikkek szerinti, bármilyen jogcímen alapuló igénynek eleget tud tenni. A fuvarozó évente köteles hiteles formában bizonyítani, hogy felelősségbiztosítása vagy az azzal egyenértékű intézkedés még mindig fennáll; köteles továbbá írásban tájékoztatni az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetőt minden azokkal kapcsolatos változásról, annak hatálybalépése előtt

4. §A szerződő felek tájékoztatják egymást minden olyan eseményről, amely megakadályozhatja a közöttük létrejött szerződés teljesítését

7. cikkA szerződés megszüntetése

1. §Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető azonnali hatállyal felmondhatja a használati szerződést, ha

2. §

A fuvarozó azonnali hatállyal felmondhatja a használati szerződést, ha az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető elveszíti az adott infrastruktúrára vonatkozó üzemeltetési jogát

3. §

Bármely szerződő fél azonnali hatállyal felmondhatja a használati szerződést, ha a másik szerződő fél nyilvánvalóan nem tett eleget alapvető kötelezettségének, ha az adott kötelezettség a személyek vagy az áruk biztonságát érinti. A szerződő felek megállapodhatnak e jog gyakorlásának módjáról

4. §

Az a szerződő fél, aki a felmondásra okot adott, felel a másik félnek ebből eredő káráért, kivéve, ha bizonyítani tudja, hogy a kár nem az ő hibájából származott

5. §A szerződő felek megállapodhatnak az 1. § c) és d) pontjában és a 4. §-ban foglalt rendelkezésektől eltérő feltételekről

III. CÍM FELELŐSSÉG

8. cikkAz infrastruktúra-üzemeltető felelőssége

1. §Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető felelős

2. §Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető mentesül a fenti felelősség alól

3. §

Ha a kárt okozó esemény egy harmadik személy magatartásának következménye, és az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető ennek ellenére a 2. § a) pontjának értelmében, nem mentesül teljes mértékben a felelősség alól a jelen Egységes Szabályok által megállapított határig felelős anélkül, hogy a harmadik személy elleni visszkereseti joga sérülne

4. §

A szerződő felek megállapodhatnak abban, hogy az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető felel-e, és milyen mértékben a fuvarozónak a késedelemből vagy üzemzavarból eredő káráért

9. cikkA fuvarozó felelőssége

1. §A fuvarozó felelős

2. §A fuvarozó mentesül a fenti felelősség alól

3. §

Ha a kárt okozó esemény egy harmadik személy magatartásának következménye, és a fuvarozó ennek ellenére a 2. § a) pontjának értelmében, nem mentesül teljes mértékben a felelősség alól a jelen Egységes Szabályok által megállapított határig felelős anélkül, hogy a harmadik személy elleni visszkereseti joga sérülne

4. §

A szerződő felek megállapodhatnak abban, hogy a fuvarozó felel-e, és milyen mértékben az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetőnek a késedelemből vagy üzemzavarból eredő káráért

10. cikkKözösen okozott kár

1. §

Ha a kárhoz az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetőnek felróható okok és a fuvarozónak felróható okok egyaránt hozzájárultak, minden szerződő fél csak olyan mértékben felelős, amilyen mértékben a 8. és 9. cikk értelmében a neki felróható okok a kárhoz hozzájárultak. Amennyiben nem lehet megállapítani milyen mértékben járultak hozzá az egyes feleknek felróható okok a kárhoz, mindegyik fél viseli azt a kárt, amely őt érte

2. §

Az 1. § megfelelően alkalmazandó, ha a kárhoz az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetőnek és az adott vasúti infrastruktúrát használó több fuvarozónak felróható okok is hozzájárultak

3. §

A 9. cikkben említett kár esetén az 1. § első mondata értelemszerűen alkalmazandó, ha a kárhoz több, ugyanazt az infrastruktúrát használó fuvarozónak felróható okok járultak hozzá. Ha nem lehet megállapítani, hogy az egyes fuvarozóknak felróható okok milyen mértékben járultak hozzá a kárhoz, az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetővel szemben a fuvarozók egyenlő arányban felelősek

11. cikkKártérítés halál esetén

1. §Halál esetén a kártérítés kiterjed

2. §

Ha az elhalálozás folytán olyan személyek, akiknek eltartására az elhunyt a törvény szerint kötelezett volt, vagy a jövőben kötelezett lett volna, ellátásukat elveszítették, ezért a veszteségért is kártérítés illeti őket. Olyan személyek kárára vonatkozó kereseti jogra, akiknek az elhunyt törvényes kötelezettség nélkül eltartást nyújtott, a nemzeti jog az irányadó

12. cikkKártérítés sérülés esetén

Sérülés vagy egyéb testi vagy lelki sérelem esetében a kártérítés magába foglalja:

13. cikkEgyéb testi károsodások megtérítése

A nemzeti jog irányadó arra nézve, hogy az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető vagy a fuvarozó köteles-e és milyen mértékben a 11. és 12. cikk szerinti károkon kívül más testi károkért is kártérítést nyújtani.

14. cikkA kártérítés formája és összege halál és sérülés esetében

1. §

A 11. cikk 2. §-ában és a 12. cikk b) pontjában megállapított kártérítést átalány formájában kell teljesíteni. Ha azonban a nemzeti jog szerint járadék megállapítása lehetséges, a kártérítést ilyen formában kell teljesíteni, ha a sérült személy vagy a 11. cikk 2. §-a szerinti jogosultak kívánják

2. §

Az 1. § szerint teljesítendő kártérítés összegét a nemzeti jognak megfelelően kell megállapítani. A jelen Egységes Szabályok alkalmazásában azonban a személyenkénti felső határ 175 000 elszámolási egység átalányként, vagy ennek az összegnek megfelelő járadék, ha a nemzeti jog ennél alacsonyabb felső határt állapít meg

15. cikkA felelősség korlátozására való hivatkozás jogának elvesztése

A jelen Egységes Szabályokban, valamint a nemzeti jogban előírt felelősségi korlátozások, amelyek egy adott összegre korlátozzák a kártérítést, nem alkalmazhatók, ha bizonyított, hogy a kár olyan cselekményből vagy mulasztásból származik, amelyet a károkozó követett el akár ilyen kár előidézésének a szándékával, akár gondatlanságból, de annak tudatában, hogy ilyen kár valószínűleg bekövetkezik.

16. cikkÁtszámítás és kamatozás

1. §

Ha a kártérítés során külföldi pénznemben kifejezett összegeket kell átszámítani, az átszámítást a kártérítés kifizetésének napján és helyén érvényes árfolyamon kell végezni

2. §

A jogosult a kártérítés után évi ötszázalékos kamatot követelhet a békéltetési eljárás kezdeményezésének, vagy az Egyezmény V. Címében előírt Választott bírósághoz való folyamodásnak, vagy a jogi eljárás megindításának a napjától számítva

17. cikkFelelősség nukleáris baleset esetében

Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető és a fuvarozó mentesülnek a jelen Egységes Szabályok alapján az őket terhelő felelősség alól, ha a kárt nukleáris baleset okozta, és a kárért valamely Tagállamban a nukleáris energia terén fennálló felelősségre vonatkozó jogszabályok és előírások szerint a nukleáris berendezés üzemben tartója vagy az annak helyébe lépő más személy felelős.

18. cikkFelelősség a kisegítő munkaerőért

Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető és a fuvarozó felelős az általuk igénybe vett kisegítő munkaerőért.

19. cikkEgyéb igények

1. §

A jelen Egységes Szabályok hatálya alá tartozó minden esetben, az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetővel vagy a fuvarozóval szemben a felelősségük alapján bármilyen jogcímen keresetet csak a jelen Egységes Szabályok feltételei és korlátozásai megtartásával lehet indítani

2. §

Ugyanez vonatkozik azokra a keresetekre is, amelyeket olyan kisegítő munkaerővel szemben indítanak, akiért az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető vagy a fuvarozó a 18. cikk értelmében felelős

20. cikkKártérítési megállapodások

A szerződő felek megállapodhatnak olyan feltételekben, amelyek alapján érvényesítik kártérítési jogaikat a másik féllel szemben, vagy lemondanak azokról.

IV. CÍM A KISEGÍTŐ MUNKAERŐ ÁLTAL INDÍTOTT KERESETEK

21. cikkAz infrastruktúra-üzemeltető vagy a fuvarozó elleni keresetek

1. §

A fuvarozó által igénybe vett kisegítő munkaerő a felelősség tekintetében az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető ellen, az általa okozott károkra vonatkozóan bármilyen jogcímen keresetet csak a jelen Egységes Szabályokban megállapított feltételek és korlátozások megtartásával indíthat

2. §

Az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető által igénybe vett kisegítő munkaerő a felelősség tekintetében a fuvarozó ellen, az általa okozott károkra vonatkozóan, bármilyen jogcímen keresetet csak a jelen Egységes Szabályokban megállapított feltételek és korlátozások megtartásával indíthat V. CÍM A JOGOK GYAKORLÁSA

22. cikkBékéltetési eljárás

A szerződő felek megállapodhatnak békéltetési eljárásban vagy az Egyezmény V. Címében meghatározott választott bírósághoz fordulnak.

23. cikkVisszkereset

A fuvarozó által a CIV Egységes Szabályok vagy a CIM Egységes Szabályok alapján fizetett kártérítés érvényességét nem lehet vitatni, ha a kártérítést bíróság állapította meg, és az infrastruktúra-üzemeltetőnek szabályos értesítés útján lehetővé tették, hogy az eljárásba beavatkozzék.

24. cikkHatáskör

1. §A jelen Egységes Szabályok alapján kereset a szerződő felek közötti megállapodással kijelölt Tagállamok bíróságai előtt indítható

2. §

Ha a felek nem állapodnak meg ezzel ellentétesen, annak a Tagállamnak a bírósága rendelkezik joghatósággal, amelynek területén az infrastruktúra-üzemeltető székhelye van

25. cikkElévülés

1. §A jelen Egységes Szabályokon alapuló igények három év alatt évülnek el

2. §Az elévülési idő azon a napon kezdődik, amelyen a kár keletkezett

3. §Halál esetén az elévülési idő a halál napját követő naptól számított három év, de nem haladhatja meg a baleset napját követő naptól számított öt évet

4. §

Olyan személy, akinek a felelősségét megállapították, az 1. §-ban előírt elévülési idő lejárta után is indíthat visszkeresetet, ha azt annak a Tagállamnak a törvényei szerinti határidőn belül indítja, ahol az eljárás folyik. Ez a határidő azonban nem lehet kevesebb, mint kilencven nap attól a naptól számítva, amelyen a visszkeresetet indító személy elismerte az igényt, vagy az ellene indított eljárásról értesítették

5. §Az elévülési idő szünetel, ha a felek békéltetői eljárásról állapodnak meg, vagy ha az Egyezmény V. Címében említett választott bírósághoz fordulnak

6. §Az elévülési idő szünetelésére és félbeszakadására egyebekben a nemzeti jog az irányadó

Egységes szabályok a nemzetközi forgalomban használni tervezett vasúti berendezésekre vonatkozó műszaki szabványok érvényesítésére és egységes műszaki előírások elfogadására (APTU – az Egyezmény F függeléke)

1. cikkHatály

Jelen Egységes Szabályok a nemzetközi forgalomban használni tervezett vasúti berendezésekre vonatkozó műszaki szabványok érvényesítésének és egységes műszaki előírások (EME) elfogadásának az eljárásait állapítják meg.

2. cikkMeghatározások

Jelen Egységes Szabályok és mellékleteik és az egységes műszaki előírások (EME) értelmében, az ATMF (Egységes Szabályok a nemzetközi forgalomban használt vasúti berendezések műszaki engedélyezésére) 2. cikkében meghatározott fogalmakon kívül, az alábbi fogalmak a következőket jelentik:

3. cikkCél

1. §A vasúti berendezésre vonatkozó műszaki szabványok érvényesítése és az egységes műszaki előírások elfogadása azzal a céllal történik, hogy

2. §

A vasúti járművekre vonatkozó műszaki szabványok érvényesítésénél és az egységes műszaki előírások elfogadásánál kizárólag a nemzetközi szinten kidolgozott szabványok és eljárások vehetők figyelembe

3. §Amennyire csak lehetséges

4. cikkA műszaki szabványok és az egységes műszaki előírások kidolgozása

1. §

A vasúti berendezésre vonatkozó műszaki szabványok kidolgozása, valamint az ipari termékek és eljárások szabványosítása az elismert országos és nemzetközi szabványügyi szervek feladata

2. §

Az EME elkészítése a Műszaki Szakértői Bizottság feladata, amelyet megfelelő munkacsoportok és a Főtitkár segítenek a 6. cikknek megfelelően benyújtott kérelmek alapján

5. cikkA műszaki szabványok érvényesítése

1. §

A Műszaki Szakértői Bizottság dönt a műszaki szabványnak vagy meghatározott részeinek az Egyezmény 16., 20. cikkében és a 33. cikk 6. §-ában rögzített eljárás szerinti érvényesítése tárgyában. Döntéseik az Egyezmény 35. cikk 3. és 4. §-a szerint lépnek hatályba

2. §Egy műszaki szabvány engedélyezésére vonatkozó kérelmet benyújthatja

3. §

Az érvényesített műszaki szabványokra vonatkozó hivatkozásokat a Főtitkár teszi közzé a Szervezet honlapján. Amint a hivatkozás megjelenik, e műszaki szabvány alkalmazása feltételezi a megfelelő EME betartását

4. §Az érvényesített műszaki szabványok alkalmazása önkéntes; azonban a szabvány vagy annak valamely része – EME-rendelkezéssel – kötelezővé tehető

6. cikkEgységes műszaki előírások elfogadása

1. §

A Műszaki Szakértői Bizottság dönt az egységes műszaki előírás vagy az azt módosító/kiegészítő rendelkezés elfogadásáról az Egyezmény 16., 20. cikkében és a 33. cikk 6. §-ában rögzített eljárás szerint. Döntései az Egyezmény 35. cikk 3. és 4. §-a szerint lépnek hatályba

2. §Egységes műszaki előírás vagy az azt módosító/kiegészítő rendelkezés elfogadása iránti kérelmet nyújthat be

7. cikkKérelmek benyújtása

Az 5. és a 6. cikkben ismertetett kérelmeket – a Műszaki Szakértői Bizottságnak címezve – a Főtitkárnak kell benyújtani valamelyik munkanyelven az Egyezmény 1. cikk 6. §-ának megfelelően. A Műszaki Szakértői Bizottság elutasíthatja a kérelmet, ha úgy ítéli meg, hogy az nem teljes körű, nem egységes, nem megfelelően indokolt vagy alátámasztott. A kérelemnek tartalmaznia kell a társadalmi, gazdasági és környezeti következményekről készült hatásvizsgálatot.

1. §A Műszaki Szakértői Bizottság a kérelmező indokolásának figyelembe vételével hozza meg döntését

2. §

A hatásvizsgálat jelzi az összes Tagállamra, az üzemeltetőkre és más érintett releváns szereplőkre gyakorolt lehetséges hatást. Ha a javaslatnak a javaslatban közvetlenül kifejezett szándéktól eltérő hatása van az EME-re, ezeket az interfészeket is figyelembe kell venni

3. §Minden érdekelt szervezetnek részt kell vennie a hatásvizsgálatban a szükséges adatok ingyenes átadásával, kivéve, ha azokat szerzői jog védi

8. cikkEME

1. §Az elfogadott EME-t a Szervezet honlapján kell nyilvánosságra hozni

2. §Elvben minden alrendszerre egy EME vonatkozik. Ahol ez releváns, egy alrendszerre vonatkozhat több EME, illetve egy EME vonatkozhat több alrendszerre is