Management Board Meeting 48 on 24 January 2019

THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR RAILWAYS MANAGEMENT BOARD

• The minutes of the 47th Management Board meeting of 28 November 2018
• DECISION n°192 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways adopting the statement of estimates 2020 and endorsing SPD 2020
  In its communication COM(2013)519 of 10/07/2013 on the programming of human and financial resources for decentralised agencies 2014-2020, the Commission foresaw for the ERA 2020 budget an EU contribution of 26,75 Mio€ with 148 TA and 36 CA.  This Decision provides a forecast of the expenditure and revenue for 2020. There is, however, not yet enough information in order to estimate the volume and complexity of the projects for vehicle authorisation, safety certification, which will arise in 2019-2020.  The Agency will be able to provide more accurate estimates for 2020 and amend the SPD draft accordingly before its adoption by the Management Board in November, based on the progress of work in the second half of 2019.
• DECISION n°193 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways adopting the ERA Communication Plan for 2019.
  This Decision refers to the annual Communication plan of the Agency which needs to be adopted by the Board. It provides an overview of (1) the major milestones for 2019, (2) the Communication events of the year, (3) Newsletter editions, and (4) Other publications.
• DECISION n°194 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways establishing procedures for decision-making by the Executive Director in relation to authorisations for placing vehicles on the market, single safety certificates, and ERTMS track-side approvals
  In order for the Executive Director to take decisions on Vehicle Authorisation, Single Safety Certificates, and ERTMS trackside deployment approvals in accordance with Articles 14, 20, 21 and 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796, and considering that the timeframe for the decisions would be quite tight and that the decisions will need to be taken quickly as well as recognising that in case of absences of the decision-maker, the delivery of approvals system should be able to function, the Board adopted rules on which such decisions should be taken in terms of business continuity, availability of expertise, and controls at the appropriate levels.
• Agreed to meet on 4 June 2019 in Lille