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EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT
XV
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
RESOLUTIONS
LISBON, 29/30th JUNE, 1965
PARIS, 26th NOVEMBER, 1965
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF TRANSPORT
XV
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
RESOLUTIONS
LISBON, 29/30th JUNE, 1965
PARIS, 26th NOVEMBER, 1965
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
RESOLUTIONS
Railways Transport :
Resolution n° 14 concerning the standardization of Railway rolling stock(cid:9) 7
General Problems :
Resolution n° 15 concerning urban transport problems(cid:9) 31
Resolution n° 16 (General Transport Policy) concerning the regulations governing international transport by
road and the liberalisation of certain types of transport in this category(cid:9) 83
Part II
REPORTS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
WITHOUT GIVING RISE TO A RESOLUTION
Report on traffic investment and developments in 1964(cid:9) 87
Report on forecasts of the numbers of private cars until 1975(cid:9) 141
Report on the study of recent trends in road accident casualties(cid:9) 147
Report on standard definition of « Fatal casualties » in international road traffic accident statistics. 163
Report on the organisation and working of school patrols(cid:9) 167
Report on measures to reduce noise caused by surface transport on action taken to introduce the ISO
method of measurement and the fixing of standard maximum noise levels(cid:9) 179
Annexes
I. List of officers of the ECMT. (cid:9) 183
II. List of Delegates at the Lisbon and Paris Conferences(cid:9) 185
PART I
Section I
RAIL TRANSPORT PROBLEMS
Resolution n° 14 concerning
THE STANDARDIZATION OF RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK
The Council of Ministers of Transport, further standardization of rolling stock at inter¬
national level;
Meeting in Lisbon on 29th and 30th June,
1965 : Instructs the Committee of Deputies, in co¬
Having regard to the Reports by the Com¬ operation with the UIC, to keep under review :
mittee of Deputies on the Standardization of
in respect of wagons : the progress made
Railway Rolling Stock [CM(64)7(final) : Wagons]1
towards further standardization and, es¬
and [CM(65)3 : Locomotives; below];
pecially, unification of modern types and
Noting with satisfaction the progress made their future inclusion in the EUROP pool;
with the standardization of wagons during the in respect of locomotives : developments
period 1957/1963; in regard to standardization,
Noting further the present situation with and to present a further general report on the
regard to locomotives; results achieved between 1957 and 1966 for
Referring to its earlier Resolutions; wagons and between 1964 and 1966 for locomo¬
Reaffirms the importance it attaches to tives.
1. See volume XIV of the ECMT Resolutions (1964).
REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES
ON THE STANDARDIZATION OF RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK (LOCOMOTIVES)
[CM(65)3]
I. INTRODUCTION 4. The report consists essentially of a chapter
on diesel locomotives, followed by a chapter on
electric locomotives. A short chapter on steam
locomotives, indicating the date on which steam
1. The report CM(64)7(Final) of 23rd July,
traction is likely to be abandoned, completes the
1964, submitted at the meeting of the Council
picture as regards locomotives. A summary is
of Ministers in Bordeaux in May 1964, dealt
given in Chapter V and a few conclusions in the
only with the standardization of goods wagons,
final chapter.
the report on the standardization of locomotives
being postponed for a year. The difficulty was
that on 1st January, 1964, the Office for Research
and Experiments (ORE) of the UIC introduced a II. DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES
new classification for diesel locomotives taking
into account technical advances and future A. Definition of st.andard locomotives
prospects. Rather than prepare a report based on
the old classification, it seemed better to wait 1. Under the new rules a type of diesel loco¬
until the difficulties of changing over from one motive is stated to be ORE standard when it
system to another were overcome. The report meets the conditions specified in paragraph 2
could then include the study of other problems below and when :
concerning diesel and electric locomotives raised a) at least two railway administrations
at the meeting of the Council of Ministers in members of the ORE have adopted the
November 1963. type in question, and are each having a
series built, the total number of loco¬
22. The decision to divide the report on the motives built amounting to at least one
standardization of railway rolling stock into hundred (in the present report fulfil¬
two parts, one dealing with goods wagons and ment of this condition is not taken
the other with locomotives, gives rise to no dif¬ into account);
ficulties as the respective problems are very
b) it can be built in several countries;
different. The building of locomotives generally
c) it can be equipped with various types of
concerns only the railways and the manufactu¬
diesel motor.
rers, whereas in the case of goods wagons
users requirements are among the primary con¬ 2. A standard locomotive must :
siderations.
a) Come under one of the sub-classes
specified according to the needs of the
3. While only a very limited proportion of
administrations (Annex 1);
the total number of locomotives in the various
countries cross the frontier and thus have to be b) be officially approved by the ORE under
adapted to conform with specifications in the this sub-class, following a clearly-defi¬
neighbouring country, almost all goods wagons ned procedure, and be equipped with a
with the Technical Unity clearance gauge can diesel engine officially approved by the
be moved freely about Europe, as users ask ORE;
onlyto be supplied with wagons having the same c) conform to the unified specifications for
dimensions and the same maximum load capa¬ the building of a locomotive and its
city irrespective of whether they are French, traction gear, agreed upon by the rail¬
German or Italian. way administrations;
