Status of notified body No. 1467 and designated body

On 27 June 2022, by decision of the President of the Office of Rail Transport no. DTW-SJOZ.810.4.2022.KP, the Railway Research Institute was designated to perform the tasks of a designated body for assessing the conformity of the INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY, CONTROL-COMMAND AND SIGNALLING Track-side and On-board, and ROLLING STOCK subsystems with the relevant national technical specifications and standardisation documents, the application of which enables meeting the essential requirements of the railway system. Due to this decision, which is required by Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union and the Act of 28 March 2003 on railway transport (consolidated text Journal of Laws.2021 item 1984, as amended), which implements it into Polish legislation, the Railway Research Institute will be able to continue its certification activities in this respect. Currently, the Railway Research Institute has the status of Notified Body no. 1467 and Designated Body. All matters related to the implementation of conformity assessment processes, certification and verification are conducted on behalf of the Railway Research Institute by the Quality and Certification Centre (tel.: +48 22 47 31 392, fax: +48 22 61 23 132, e-mail: ik@ikolej.pl).