Placing a vehicle on the market if area of use is more than one Member State

• The application for a vehicle authorisation for placing on the market shall be accompanied by documentation concerning the vehicle or vehicle type and including documentary evidence of:
  • the placing on the market of the mobile subsystems of which the vehicle is composed on the basis of "EC" declarations of verification;
  • the technical compatibility of the subsystems within the vehicle, established on the basis of the relevant technical specifications for interoperability and national rules;
  • the safe integration of the subsystems within the vehicle, established on the basis of the relevant technical specifications for interoperability, national rules and common safety methods referred to in the Railway Law, in particular the report of the Assessment body on the application of the CSM on risk assessment in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 402/2013;
  • the technical compatibility of the vehicle with the network in the area of use (including verifications thereof), established on the basis of the relevant technical specifications for interoperability, national rules, the register of railway infrastructure and Regulation (EU) No. 402/2013.

The European Union Railway Agency evaluates the documents submitted by the applicant regarding the use of the vehicle and its type in the European railway system, in compliance with the requirements of the technical specifications for interoperability and common safety methods. The State Railway Technical Inspectorate evaluates the ability of the applicant to operate safely in the railway system in conformity to national rules.

All decisions following an application for a single safety certificate can be found in the One-Stop Shop (OSS). The applicant can only access information pertaining to its respective applications.

• The following authorisation for placing on the market are determined:
  • first authorization (A) (vehicle type authorization and authorization to place the vehicle on the market);
  • renewed vehicle type authorization (B) (renewal of a vehicle type authorization if no change to the vehicle type design is required);
  • authorisation for extended area of use (C);
  • new authorization (D) (the vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market after a change of an already authorised vehicle and/or vehicle);
  • authorization in conformity to type (E) (authorization to place on the market a vehicle or a series of vehicles which conform to an already authorized and valid vehicle type).

The European Union Railway Agency issues the vehicle authorisation on placing on the market to an applicant who has confirmed its ability to operate safely the vehicle and its type in European railway network.

This is a paid service to which the Commission 02.05.2018 Implementing Regulation Nr. 2018/764 on the fees and charges payable to the European Union Agency for Railways and their conditions of payment is applied.