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Guide for the application of the Art 14 (a) of the Safety Directive and Commission Regulation (EU) No 445/2011
on a system of certification of entities in charge of maintenance for freight wagons – VERSION 1.0
Suspension and revocation of ECM certificates imply that the ECM registered in NVRs
is not compliant anymore to the legislation in force and therefore that the registration of
the freight wagon should be suspended forbidding this latter to be operated.
‣ The keeper should specify to the RUs the conditions of use of the wagons, especially if
there are specific conditions (e.g. type of goods transportable, specific operational
limitations).
‣ In any case the keeper should participate actively to the exchange of information
between ECMs and RUs when there is no direct contractual arrangement on exchange
of information between ECMs and RUs
For international transport the provisions of the OTIF CUV and GCU (General Contract of Use)
apply to keepers and RUs as users of freight wagons 12 . The obligations and rights of the keepers of
freight wagons are described in chapter II of the GCU.
9.3 You are a RU, what are your responsibilities?
• restore the
vehicle in its
conditions of use
(design
operating state)
MAINTENANCE
DESIGN
OPERATING STATE
USE
USE
DEGRADATION OF
PERFORMANCE
• described in the
technical file
• the vehicle is
operated
• vehicle no more
in a design
operating state
RU
12 GCU only for wagon keepers and RUs who signed up the GCU. For the others, the mutual obligations
and rights of wagon keepers and RUs regarding the use of wagons contained in the GCU may be used as
a base for setting up their contractual arrangements.
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