Topic: Standard harmonisation | October 00, 2012 | VNIIZhT1 |

JSC Railway Research Institute(VNIIZhT)

Methods of Harmonising Standards in Railway Transport in View of the Russian Legislation on Technical Regulation

Speaker: Lidiya Ivanovna KopchugovaHead of the Centre for Standardisation and Methodology of Technical Regulation, JSC VNIIZhT

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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 | VNIIZhT3 |

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

Interstate standards

National standards of the Russian Federation

Rules and regulations

Standards of JSC RZD

18-FZ Charter of Railway Transport of the Russian Federation

Norms and regulations subject to registration with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation

Rules for safe operation (operational, signalling, traffic, etc.)

Shipping rules

Norms and regulations of the federal executive

branch

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Technical Regulations of the Customs Union Approved by the Customs Union Committee

National interests Technical regulations of the CU forrailway transport

On the safetyof railway

rolling stock

On the safetyof the railwayinfrastructure

On the safetyof high-speed

railway transport

Essential (minimum) requirements on

subjects of technical regulation

Interstatestandards

Regionalrules and regulations

Specific requirements on the subjectsof technical regulation

Body of evidence regarding compliance with the technical regulations

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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 railway

rolling stock

On the safetyof the railwayinfrastructure

Interstatestandards

Regionalrules and

regulations

Body of evidence regarding compliance with the technical regulations

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APPLYING INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL (EUROPEAN) STANDARDS AS NATIONAL AND INTERSTATE STANDARDS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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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 | VNIIZhT8 |

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

The international standard is discussed publicly in Russia

The Federal Information Collection contains official Russian versions of the cited

international standards

Findings of a specialist technical committee on standardisation

Rosstandart decision on registering the international standard

Rosstandart’s decree on adopting the international standard as a national

standard (GOST R)

Information on adoption is published

The international standard is rolled out and directly applied in Russia

European normative documents

European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization(CENELEC)

European TelecommunicationsStandards Institute (ETSI)

European Parliament

CEN Standards for products, services, processes, test methods,quality assurance systems, accreditationCENELEC Standards for electrical engineering and electronicsproducts, electromagnetic compatibility, metrological assuranceETSI Standards equipment compatibility, harmonization of standards in the telecommunications field, television broadcasting

EC DirectiveLaw of EU Member States, defines objectives for life andhealth of people and product safety

Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) Mandatory requirements to ensure conditions for interoperability during the design, manufacturing, construction, modernizationand operation of infrastructure and rolling stock

European Railway Agency (ERA) Harmonization of requirements in joint documents

European Commission

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Thank you!