The service is received by the entity in charge of maintenance’ who is responsible for the maintenance of the vehicle.
The applicant shall establish a maintenance system for those vehicles for the maintenance of which it is in charge and ensure the safe operation of these vehicles.
- The maintenance system shall be composed of the following functions:
- system management function;
- maintenance development function;
- fleet-maintenance management function;
- maintenance delivery function.
The system management function is to supervise and coordinate the implementation of all functions of the maintenance system. This function may not be delegated by the entity in charge of maintenance to other contractors.
The maintenance development function shall include activities that ensure the management of maintenance documentation, including the configuration management, based on design and operational data as well as on performance and return on experience. This function, or part of it, may be entrusted to other contractors.
The fleet-maintenance management function includes actions to ensure that the vehicle is taken out of service for maintenance and it is returned to operation after maintenance. This function, or part of it, may be entrusted to other contractors.
The maintenance function includes activities that ensure the required technical maintenance of the vehicle or its parts, including the issuance of documentation related to the release to service documentation. This function, or part of it, may be entrusted to other contractors.
In order to obtain the certificate of the entity in charge of maintenance, the applicant shall ensure the safe operation of vehicles through the vehicle maintenance system and shall demonstrate that the functions of the system set up by him meet the requirements and assessment criteria with regard to the functions it decided to outsource (entrusted to another contractor). Applicant shall submit an application to the State Railway Technical Inspectorate in compliance with the requirements specified in Regulation No. 2019/779.
In order to obtain a certificate of conformity of maintenance functions only in relation to relevant maintenance function, the applicant shall submit an application to the State Railway Technical Inspectorate, observing the requirements specified in Regulation No. 2019/779 for each relevant maintenance function.
Certificates shall be issued, renewed, amended or revoked by the State Railway Technical Inspectorate in compliance with the requirements specified in Regulation No. 2019/779 for organisations applying for an entity in charge of maintenance certificate or for a certificate in respect of maintenance functions outsourced by an entity in charge of maintenance and the criteria for their assessment.