JSC Railway Research Institute (VNIIZhT)

1. JSC Railway Research Institute (VNIIZhT) Methods of Harmonising Standards in Railway Transport in View of the Russian Legislation on Technical Regulation Speaker: Lidiya Ivanovna Kopchugova Head of the Centre for Standardisation and Methodology of Technical Regulation, JSC VNIIZhT Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 00, 2012 | VNIIZhT

2. The Russian Federation is a Member of the World Trade Organisation ACHIEVING THE AIMS OF THE WTO AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE Create conditions ensuring that technical regulations and standards, including requirements on packaging, marking and labelling, as well as procedures for assessing compliance with the technical regulations and standards, do not create unnecessary barriers to international trade Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

3. SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL NORMS AND REGULATIONS IN RAILWAY TRANSPORT Constitution of the Russian Federation LAWS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 184-FZ On technical regulation 17-FZ On railway transport in the Russian Federation Technical regulations of the Customs Union 18-FZ Charter of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation Interstate standards Norms and regulations subject to registration with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation National standards of the Russian Federation Rules for safe operation (operational, signalling, traffic, etc.) Norms and regulations of the federal executive branch Shipping rules Rules and regulations Standards of JSC RZD Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

4. Technical Regulations of the Customs Union Approved by the Customs Union Committee National interests Technical regulations of the CU forrailway transport Essential (minimum) requirements on subjects of technical regulation On the safetyof railwayrolling stock On the safetyof the railwayinfrastructure On the safetyof high-speed railway transport Body of evidence regarding compliance with the technical regulations Interstatestandards Regionalrules and regulations Specific requirements on the subjectsof technical regulation Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

5. Draft technical regulations in railway transportationwithin the “1520 area” Interests ofCIS member states Interests ofCIS member states Draft technical regulations within the “1520 area” On the safetyof railwayrolling stock On the safetyof the railwayinfrastructure Body of evidence regarding compliance with the technical regulations Regionalrules andregulations Interstatestandards Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

6. APPLYING INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL (EUROPEAN) STANDARDS AS NATIONAL AND INTERSTATE STANDARDS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

7. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL / INTERSTATE STANDARDS AND THE CORRESPONDING INTERNATIONAL / REGIONAL (EUROPEAN) STANDARDS Three degrees of national and interstate standard conformity with the international (regional) standard Identical (IDT): an identical standard must not contain changes to the structure, technical contents or presentation. Editing corrections to the technical contents of an identical standard are allowed. Modified (MOD): a modified standard contains changes to the technical contents and/or structural changes, where the reasons for such changes are provided. May contain editing corrections allowed in identical standards. Non-equivalent (NEQ): a non-equivalent standard contains an insignificant portion of an international standard’s provisions Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

8. DIRECT APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL STANDARDS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL Federal law On Technical Regulation (art. 44, clauses 3–8) GOST R 1.7-2008 (annex B) DIRECT APPLICATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD WITHOUT EXECUTING A GOST R CONDITIONS TECHNOLOGY Availability of a Russian version of the international standard Rosstandart’s decree on adopting the international standard as a national standard (GOST R) The international standard is discussed publicly in Russia Findings of a specialist technical committee on standardisation Information on adoption is published The Federal Information Collection contains official Russian versions of the cited international standards The international standard is rolled out and directly applied in Russia Rosstandart decision on registering the international standard Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

9. European normative documents EC Directive Law of EU Member States, defines objectives for life and health of people and product safety European Parliament Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) Mandatory requirements to ensure conditions for interoperability during the design, manufacturing, construction, modernization and operation of infrastructure and rolling stock European Commission European Committeefor Standardization (CEN) European Committeefor Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) European Telecommunications Standards Institute(ETSI) CEN Standards for products, services, processes,test methods, quality assurance systems, accreditation CENELEC Standards for electrical engineering and electronics products, electromagnetic compatibility, metrological assurance ETSI Standards equipment compatibility,harmonization of standards in the telecommunications field, television broadcasting Harmonization of requirements in joint documents European Railway Agency (ERA) Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT

10. Thank you! Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 2012 | VNIIZhT