#TRET2309704AOrder of July 10, 2023, on Technical and Safety Rules for Local Passenger Transport Infrastructures
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The law outlines the technical and safety regulations applicable to infrastructures for local passenger transport in France. It integrates existing European regulations, specifying the requirements for compliance, innovation processes, and safety management across systems. Additionally, it addresses interoperability and risk management in the deployment of railway systems, ensuring that innovations do not compromise safety standards while allowing for certain exceptions under strict conditions.
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Key Changes
- Incorporation of updated European regulations into national law regarding the technical and safety requirements for local passenger transport infrastructures.
- Introduction of a process for handling innovations that deviate from established safety rules, requiring detailed risk analysis.
- Clarification of specific requirements regarding train detection systems and integration of safety management practices.
Obligations
What this law requires
Infrastructure managers must define and implement technical and safety rules applicable to subsystems within the scope of Decree No. 2022-664 of April 25, 2022, in accordance with EU Regulations 1299/2014, 1300/2014, 1301/2014, and 1303/2014.
Applicants proposing innovations that do not comply with technical or safety rules must submit a non-application request to the Établissement public de sécurité ferroviaire, including risk analysis per EU Regulation 402/2013 and an evaluation report from an assessment body, submitted no later than the subsystem authorization request.
Infrastructure managers must establish and document in their safety management system the dimensional limit values for track defects (straightness, longitudinal/transverse leveling, gauge, twist, cant variance, and point protection) that trigger corrective or restrictive measures.
Infrastructure managers must implement surveillance policies and procedures specifying how they will maintain railway operation safety when track defects are detected, with measures chosen based on actual operating conditions and common safety methods.
When reusing rail material, the modification applicant must demonstrate that safety levels are maintained and technical compatibility between track and vehicles is ensured, if the rail does not comply with EU Regulation 1299/2014 requirements.