From 16 June 2019 onwards, the EU Agency for Railways (ERA) is entering a new era of single and simplified authorisation and certification processes in Europe. The European Union Agency for Railways takes responsibility for vehicle authorisation, safety certification, and ERTMS trackside approval.

The Directors of the Bulgarian and Slovenian National Safety Authorities and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed the cooperation agreements.

The Directors of the French, Greek and Romanian National Safety Authorities and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed the cooperation agreements.

Today the Agency signed a cooperation agreement with the Italian National Safety Authority (ANSF).

The Joint Network Secretariat (JNS) has issued the European Action Plan containing short-term risk mitigation measures on the use of pocket wagons. All the railway players across Europe are committed to maintaining rail as the safest land transport mode.

The Director General of Rail Transport Sector of Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) Yrjö Mäkelä and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed a cooperation agreement between the European Union Agency for Railways and the Transport and Communications Agency of Finland in Helsinki.

The President of the Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport (ILT) Roeland Nieuweboer and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed a cooperation agreement between the European Union Agency for Railways and the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate of the Netherlands in Utrecht.

We are pleased to announce the signature of the Headquarters Agreement between the Agency and the French government.

The President of the Eisenbahn-Bundesamt (EBA) Gerald Hörster and ERA’s Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer signed a cooperation agreement between the European Union Agency for Railways and the German Federal Railway Authority.

Workshop on safety culture assessment aiming to produce guidelines on safety culture assessment.
Material developed during this event will be tested within Nordjyske Jernbaner (DK).