2010/245/: Commission Decision of 28 April 2010 granting France a partial derogation from Decision 2006/66/EC concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem rolling stock — noise of the trans-European conventional rail system and from Decision 2006/861/EC concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to the subsystem rolling stock — freight wagons of the trans-European conventional rail system (notified under document C(2010) 2588)

The partial derogation from TSI noise and TSI freight wagons requested by France on 27 August 2009 for LOHR wagons type NA and AFA in accordance with Article 9(1)(d) of Directive 2008/57/EC is granted with the following limitations: (a) with regard to provisions of section 4.2.1.1 of the TSI noise, for as long as no technical solution to achieve compliance is available; (b) with regard to provisions of sections 4.2.2.1.2.2, 4.2.2.3.2.4, 4.2.2.3.2.5 (type NA only), 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.4, 4.2.4.1.2.8 of the TSI freight wagons, until the revised decision on TSI freight wagons enters into force. In any case, this partial derogation is no longer valid for wagons of these two types placed into service later than 1 January 2015.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.