News (221)
![Luxembourg has been migrated to EVR](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-09/new_logo_news_13_1_1_0_5_0_3_0.png)
Telematics application for freight and passengers - ERA and RNE announce the publication of European Rail Primary Codes
Thanks to the joint effort of ERA and RNE in the scope of the telematics applications for freight and passengers European Rail Primary Codes are publicly available.
![Luxembourg has been migrated to EVR](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-09/new_logo_news_13_1_1_0_5_0_3_0.png)
ERA and DG NEAR sign the second contract for support to IPA II beneficiaries for 2020-2022
At the beginning of December 2019, ERA and the European Commission’s Directorate General DG NEAR signed a three years contract "Continuation of support to the IPA II beneficiaries by the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) 2020 – 2022".
![Setting a common approach to reducing rail noise pollution](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/martos_pravdik_grr_issue6_2019_cover.jpg)
Setting a common approach to reducing rail noise pollution
![Term of ERA Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer extended for another five-year term](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/josef_doppelbauer_01.png)
Term of ERA Executive Director, Josef Doppelbauer extended for another five-year term
The Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) today extended the term of the Executive Director Josef Doppelbauer for a second five-year term.
![ERA issues a single safety certificate for THALYS](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/press_release_ssc_01.png)
ERA issues a single safety certificate for THALYS
Josef Doppelbauer, Executive Director of ERA, signed today the single safety certificate for THALYS (THI Factory). This certificate is valid for a period of five years and covers an area of operation currently limited to France.
![EUMedRail Annual Steering Committee held in Brussels](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/eumedrail_01.png)
EUMedRail Annual Steering Committee held in Brussels
The Annual Steering Committee of the EUMedRail project was held in Brussels on 6 November 2019.
![Euromed and Western Balkans participate to the ERTMS Seminar and CCRCC 2019 organised by the EU Agency for Railways](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/ccrcc_2019_001.png)
Euromed and Western Balkans participate to the ERTMS Seminar and CCRCC 2019 organised by the EU Agency for Railways
The EU Agency for Railways organised 15 October an ERTMS seminar addressed to IPA and EUMedRail representatives with the objective of increasing their understanding on ETCS technology and exchanging practices on signaling systems.
![Dutch railway industry leaders signed the European Railway Safety Culture Declaration in Utrecht](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/dutch-railway-industry-leaders-sign-the-era-safety-culture-declaration.jpg)
Dutch railway industry leaders signed the European Railway Safety Culture Declaration in Utrecht
Dutch railway industry leaders signed the European Railway Safety Culture Declaration in Utrecht, committing to raise awareness and promote a positive safety culture throughout the entire industry.
![Can space technology be used to transform the future of rail?](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/era_s2s_gsa_grr_issue_5_2019_cover.jpg)
Can space technology be used to transform the future of rail?
![First 100 days of new processes at ERA have proven successful](https://www.era.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-10/blue-train-with-yellow-star-ds.png)
First 100 days of new processes at ERA have proven successful
The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has successfully managed the first 100 days of new processes after the implementation of the new EU legislation (Fourth Railway Package).