European Railway Agency
| European Union Railway Agency | |
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 Agency logo (since 2016) |
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| English name | European Union Agency for Railways |
| French name | Agence de l'Union européenne pour les chemins de fer |
| Organization type | European Union Agency |
| status | Establishment of European public law with its own legal personality |
| Seat of the organs | Valenciennes , France |
| Chair | Josef Doppelbauer |
| founding |
April 29, 2004 |
| ERA | |
The Rail Agency of the European Union ( English European Union Agency for Railways ; 2016: European Railway Agency ; English European Railway Agency , ERA ) is an agency of the European Union with the main task of the security and interoperability of rail transport in the EU to strengthen. The development of an integrated rail system in the European Union has so far been hampered by different technology and regional safety regulations .
history
A common concept on questions of railway safety and compatibility of regional systems is to be developed, implemented and controlled. In mid-2006, the agency began its work in full, initially with around 100 employees, mainly specialists from the railway sector.
The managing director has been the Austrian Josef Doppelbauer since January 2015. The doctor of physics was most recently Vice President for Research and Technology at Bombardier.
As part of the fourth railway package , the agency was renamed "Railway Agency of the European Union" with effect from June 15, 2016 and assumed central responsibility for safety certificates from railway companies as well as responsibility for the approval of cross-border vehicles. For inland vehicles, operators should be given the choice of approving them by a national authority or by the ERA.
Legal bases
As part of its common transport policy , the EU has passed various pieces of legislation that should enable European railway law to be integrated from a technical point of view . The ERA was created on the basis of one of these regulations, Regulation (EC) No. 881/2004 of April 29, 2004. Regulation (EU) 2016/796 has been the legal basis since 2016.
Seat
The agency's headquarters are both in northern France. The nominal headquarters and offices are in Valenciennes , while most of the conferences take place in neighboring Lille .
Web links
- European Union Agency for Railways official website (English)
- European Union Railway Agency on the European Union official website europa.eu
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timon Heinrici, Werner Balsen: It is progressing, albeit slowly . In: Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung . No. 75 , September 2016, ISSN 0342-166X , p. 10 .
- ^ European Union Agency for Railways - The Agency - About us. Retrieved March 15, 2017 (English).
- ^ European Parliament approves Fourth Railway Package technical pillar. In: railwaygazette.com. April 28, 2016, accessed May 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 881/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29, 2004 on the establishment of a European Railway Agency ("Agency Regulation") , accessed on June 3, 2013
- ↑ Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the Railway Agency of the European Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 881/2004
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