Membership in Organisations
VÚKV a.s has been involved in activities of many professional associations, advisory and project teams, including but not limited to:
- ACRI (Association of Czech Railway Industry, www.acri.cz),
- UNIFE (Association of the European Rail Industry, www.unife.org),
- SD (Transport Union of the Czech Republic, www.svazdopravy.cz),
- SDP ČR (Association of Transport Providers of the Czech Republic, www.sdp-cr.cz),
- VCKV (Research Centre of Railway Rolling Stock, www.vckv.zcu.cz),
- Legal Entity Interest Group, Railway Infrastructure Interoperability (www.sizi.cz),
- Czech Technological Platform for Mechanical Engineering, o.s. (www.tpsvt.cz),
- IFV BAHNTECHNIK e.V., www.ifv-bahntechnik.de)
Issues of European standardisation in the area of railway applications are settled by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 256, part of the CEN (European Committee for Standardization,www.cen.eu) seated in Brussels, Belgium.
Experts of the VÚKV a.s. contribute to activities of the following working groups:
- CEN/TC 256/WG1 - Fire safety
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CEN/TC 256/WG2 - Structural requirements
- CEN/TC 256/WG6 - Aerodynamics
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CEN/TC 256/WG10 - Vehicle/Track Interaction
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CEN/TC 256/SC 3/WG 25 - Braking; terminology, calculations, homologation processes
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CEN/TC 256/WG32 - Vehicle gauge
Issues of international standardisation in the area of railway applications are settled by the Technical Committee ISO/TC 269, part of the ISO (International Organization for Standardization, www.iso.org) seated in Geneva, Switzerland.
Expert of the VÚKV a.s. contributes to activities of the following working group:
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ISO/TC 269/WG1 - Railway braking
- ASBIO ccoperation (ERA)
The principal task of the representatives of the VÚKV a.s. in these working groups is mainly co-participation in revisions of standards/documents, comment assessment, and discussions about experience in application of the standard/documents requirements in practice.
VÚKV a.s. has also cooperated with the Czech Standardization Agency (ČAS,www.agentura-cas.cz). This cooperation is focused on providing expertise to the ČAS about the railway transport sector and, very importantly, also enquiry of standard proposals and providing of taking-over of European standards to the Czech standardization system.
