Article: Full-service provider for approvals
of new and modernised rail vehicles
We offer you a complete range of services for obtaining approvals or notify to the authorising entity of the changes made to your vehicles both nationally and at a European level under the current frameworks.
We support you in planning your approval and work together with you to draw up a concept for the approval procedure.
In doing so, we determine the best course of action for you, e.g.
- By precisely selecting and coordinating national and European requirements (requirements capture)
- By coordinating and fine-tuning approval procedures in several countries
- By coordinating the NoBo, DeBo and AsBo bodies involved in the project,
- By generating a tailor-made approval strategy for innovative solutions or conversions
- By assisting with the application for approval
We can access any or all of the following, depending on your specific needs:
- Our own test rigs and laboratories for tests
- Our own rail company with our own drivers, traction units and track geometry cars
- Our own assessors and experts for all technical topics relevant to approval
- Recognised bodies for assessments and certifications:
- Designated Body (certification of national requirements)
- Notified Body (certification of European requirements)
- Assessment Body (inspection of safety requirements)
Our partner: Notified Body (NoBo)
We carry out EC certification both as a partner to our German NoBo Railway Approvals Germany (RAG), our British NoBo Railway Approvals Limited (RAL) and as an associate partner to NoBo Eisenbahn-CERT (EBC).
Assessments:
- The Notified Body assesses compliance with the European approval requirements defined in the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) according to the Interoperability Directive.
- The conformity assessment is carried out according to the requirements of the LOC & PAS TSI, the WAG TSI, the PRM TSI, the NOISE TSI, the SRT TSI, the ZZS TSI, the ENE TSI and the INF TSI.
Our partner: Designated Body (DeBo)
We carry out NNTR certification in Germany both as a partner to our German NoBo Railway Approvals Germany (RAG), our British NoBo Railway Approvals Limited (RAL) and as an associate partner to NoBo Eisenbahn-CERT (EBC).
We also carry out NNTR certification in Luxembourg.
Assessments:
- The Designated Body checks and certifies compliance with national requirements (Notified National Technical Rules, NNTR).
- The conformity assessment is carried out according to the requirements in all valid NNTR checklists.
Our partner: Assessment Body (AsBo)
As an independent Assessment Body (AsBo) recognised throughout Europe, we provide independent safety assessments for your systems (energy, control-command and signalling, rolling stock, traffic operation and management, maintenance and system safe integration).
Assessments:
- According to Regulation (EU) 402/2013 (CSM-RA), an Assessment Body must perform an independent safety assessment on the risk management procedure for safety-relevant and significant changes.
- Risk management procedures and safety assessments for on-line running tests, which must be carried out in accordance with the Railway Commissioning Authorisation Regulation (Eisenbahn-Inbetriebnahmegenehmigungsverordnung, "EIGV") that has been in force since August 2018, must also be conducted by an AsBo.
In addition, since the introduction of the Fourth Railway Package based on Regulation (EU) 2018/545, requirements capture and the impact on the overall safety level have to be assessed by an AsBo.
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