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• Independent Verification & other Certifications
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Notified Body

Railway Approvals appointed by the Department for Transport [DfT] as a Notified Body (No.1125) against EC directives 96/48/EC* ‘Interoperability of the trans-European High-speed rail system’ and 2001/16/EC* ‘Interoperability of the trans-European Conventional rail system’ (*subsequently modified by 2004/50/EC ‘Railways Amendment Directive’ and 2007/32/EC ‘Annex VI Railways Amendment Directive’).

Railway Approvals offers certification of new vehicles, replacement components, and interoperability components across a whole range of vehicle types. In Europe, and beyond, we have successfully managed many cross border projects relating to the design, modification, safety approvals and authorisation of locomotives and wagons.

This increases the value of assets by introducing existing vehicle types into new markets. Notified Body (NoBo) conformity assessment system is designed to ensure that any such certification work is carried out in accordance with The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006 & the Railways (Interoperability)(Amendment) Regulations 2007, the supporting guidance documentation produced by the DfT, Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI’s) and Notified National Technical Rules (NNTR).

We can undertake NoBo assessment and certification work within the scope of our appointment as follows:

HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEMS

• Rolling Stock (Sub-systems & Constituents
• Associated NNTR’s and UK National Processes in the above High Speed area

CONVENTIONAL RAIL SYSTEMS

• Rolling Stock (Sub-systems & Constituents
• Noise (Sub-systems)
• Associated NNTR’s and UK National Processes in the above Conventional areas

TSIs UNDER DEVELOPMENT (Assessed by NNTR’s & National Processes)

• Locomotives and Passenger Rolling Stock (Sub-systems & Constituents)

TRANSVERSE TSIs

• Safety in Railway Tunnels (Sub-systems)
• Passengers with Reduced Mobility (Sub-systems & Constituents)
• Associated NNTRs and UK National Processes in the above Transverse areas

INTERFACES WITH OTHER TSIs

Railway Approvals can undertake certification of constituents and subsystems indicated above while making provision for the defined interfaces with other TSI, such as traine-borne Co-Co-Sig and Energy Constituents.

NoBo Certification work is undertaken in accordance with the principles of EN45011 (Bodies operating product certification systems) and EN45012* (Bodies operating assessment and certification/registration of quality systems) in order to work to the corresponding assessment modules in the TSI's.

This is summarised below:

EN45011 Scope	NoBo Conformity Assessment Module
Type testing or examination	B, SB Type examination
(Batch) Testing/inspection of type sample(s)	A1, F Product Verification
Testing / inspection of every one of a type	A1, F, SF Product Verificationn
Design appraisal	H2, SH2 (part), Design examination

EN45012 Scope	NoBo Conformity Assessment Module
Quality system certification / registration	D, SD Production Quality Assurance
Quality system certification / registration	H1, H2, SH2(part) Full Quality Assurance