Busi­ness Brunch – the 4th rail­way packa­ge: respon­si­bi­li­ty and liability

The new aut­ho­ri­sa­ti­on regulation

Respon­si­bi­li­ty and lia­bi­li­ty for manu­fac­tu­r­ers and operators

Busi­ness Brunch with Phil­ipp Reusch & Sebas­ti­an Gie­ra on 9 Novem­ber 2018 in Berlin

The chan­ges in the rail indus­try are not only making them­sel­ves felt in the chal­lenges rela­ting to the aut­ho­ri­sa­ti­on of new pro­ducts. The legal posi­ti­on with refe­rence to con­ver­si­on and main­ten­an­ce will also lead to shifts in terms of lia­bi­li­ty law bet­ween the ope­ra­tor and the manu­fac­tu­rer, and the­se are such that they can­not be coped with using the pre­vious models and methods. 

Of cour­se, the impacts of the tech­ni­cal pil­lar rela­te to the aut­ho­ri­sa­ti­on pro­ce­du­res for manu­fac­tu­r­ers’ new vehic­les – but not only. Ope­ra­tors, les­sors, com­po­nent manu­fac­tu­r­ers, tech­ni­cal inspec­tion orga­ni­sa­ti­ons and other par­ties to the pro­cee­dings are also being con­fron­ted with com­plex issues of very con­sidera­ble significance:

• the design of pro­ce­du­res with mem­ber sta­tes which do not con­vert in June 2019
• the right to make appli­ca­ti­ons and the con­se­quen­ces of application
• the mea­ning of engi­nee­ring stan­dards, cur­rent sta­te of tech­no­lo­gy, sta­te of the art in sci­ence and tech­no­lo­gy for appr­oval, ope­ra­ti­on and conversion
• aut­ho­ri­sa­ti­on owner­ship and its signi­fi­can­ce for third parties
• dura­ti­on, scope and con­tent of con­ver­si­on procedures 
• con­fi­gu­ra­ti­on manage­ment after approval
• track com­pa­ti­bi­li­ty inspec­tion pri­or to com­mence­ment of operation
• future of series appr­oval and the defi­ni­ti­on of standards 

New approa­ches are cal­led for here, and we would like to pre­sent and dis­cuss them at our busi­ness brunch. Once again we have been able to enlist the ser­vices of Sebas­ti­an Gie­ra, seni­or legal coun­sel and seni­or expert for appr­oval at Bom­bar­dier Trans­por­ta­ti­on GmbH, as a spea­k­er. Herr Gie­ra con­tri­bu­ted to the nego­tia­ti­on of the 4th rail­way packa­ge on behalf of the rail indus­try and is now actively invol­ved in the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the tech­ni­cal pillar.

Event­lo­ca­ti­on

Agen­da (Ger­man version)

Fol­der (Ger­man ver­si­on)