Authorisation on placing in service of new fixed installations

A fixed installation shall be placed in service only after its entry into service if it is designed, constructed and installed in accordance with the essential requirements specified in Annex 1 to Regulation No 374.

Fixed installations shall include:

• infrastructure subsystems;
• energy sub-systems;
• track-side control and signalling sub-systems.

For the granting of an authorisation for placing in service, the applicant shall implement all the activities necessary for obtaining an authorisation for operation in the course of the establishment of a fixed installation, in particular:

• the attachment and cooperation of the notified body;
• attracting and cooperating with the national claims assessment body, if necessary;
• attracting and cooperating with an independent assessment body;
• the involvement of the European Union Railway Agency with regard to the Control-Command and Signalling stationary field subsystems using the European Train Control System (ETCS) and (or) railway Global Mobile Communications System (GSMR) equipment;
• performance of the processes specified in the railway building regulations.

In order to put into service stationary installations, the applicant shall submit an application to the Inspectorate. The following documents shall be appended:

• declarations of verification made by the applicant “EC” pursuant to the Declarations Regulation;
• documents demonstrating the technical compatibility of subsystems with the railway system in which they are incorporated on the basis of the relevant technical specifications for interoperability (TSIs), national requirements and registers;
• documents demonstrating the safe integration of subsystems on the basis of the relevant TSIs, national requirements and common safety methods referred to in the Railway Act;
• for the Control-Command and Signalling stationary field subsystems using the European Train Control System (ETCS) and (or) Rail Global Mobile Communication System (GSMR) equipment, a positive decision by the European Union Railway Agency (ERA);
• if the regulatory enactments regarding railway construction regulations are also applied to a stationary installation, which certify compliance with the requirements of these regulatory enactments, if such information is not already at the disposal of the Inspectorate;
• information on procedures to ensure the use, maintenance and maintenance of subsystems in accordance with the essential requirements. This is information on the inclusion of the operational and maintenance requirements of a fixed installation in the safety management system of the infrastructure manager.