European Union Agency for Railways

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European Union agency railway safety authority

The European Union Agency for Railways is an EU body responsible for improving rail safety, interoperability, and cross-border rail operations across member states.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Railway Agency	1
European Union rail interoperability framework	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union agency ⓘ railway safety authority ⓘ
appliesTo	EU Member States NERFINISHED ⓘ rail infrastructure managers in the EU ⓘ railway undertakings operating in the EU ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
employerType	public sector ⓘ
formerName	European Railway Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	creating a Single European Railway Area without frontiers ⓘ promoting modal shift to rail through improved safety and interoperability ⓘ reducing rail accidents and incidents in the EU ⓘ
headquartersLocation	France ⓘ Valenciennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	2004 ⓘ
legalBasis	Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2016/796 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
nativeName	Agence de l’Union européenne pour les chemins de fer NERFINISHED ⓘ Agencia de la Unión Europea para los Ferrocarriles NERFINISHED ⓘ European Union Agency for Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesInJurisdiction	European Economic Area NERFINISHED ⓘ European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	enhancing interoperability of the European rail system ⓘ facilitating cross-border rail operations ⓘ improving rail safety in the European Union ⓘ
sector	rail transport ⓘ
shortName	ERA NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	national safety authorities in the rail sector ⓘ
task	authorising placing on the market of railway vehicles ⓘ authorising trackside and onboard control-command and signalling subsystems ⓘ developing common safety indicators ⓘ developing common safety methods ⓘ developing common safety targets ⓘ harmonising technical specifications for interoperability ⓘ issuing single safety certificates for railway undertakings ⓘ maintaining a register of infrastructure and vehicles ⓘ monitoring national safety authorities ⓘ providing recommendations to the European Commission on rail legislation ⓘ supporting implementation of the Single European Railway Area ⓘ
website	https://www.era.europa.eu ⓘ
worksWith	European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport NERFINISHED ⓘ national railway safety authorities ⓘ rail infrastructure managers ⓘ railway undertakings ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union agencies → hasExample → European Union Agency for Railways ⓘ

European Train Control System → developer → European Union Agency for Railways ⓘ

ETCS Level 2 → developedUnder → European Union Agency for Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union rail interoperability framework

ETCS Level 2 → developedBy → European Union Agency for Railways ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Railway Agency