Joint Coordinating Group of Experts (JCGE)
The Joint Coordinating Group of Experts (JCGE) is an ad-hoc working group whose aim is to contribute to ensuring that legislative developments in RID and general railway law (railway legislation concerning interoperability and safety) are consistent and that conflicting requirements are avoided for vehicles and operations in the carriage of dangerous goods by rail.
The JCGE was set up following the conclusions of the RID-ATMF Working Group and it has been endorsed by:
· OTIF’s RID Committee of Experts ·OTIF’s Committee of Technical Experts
· The EU’s Committee on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
· The EU’s Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee.
Its tasks are to:
· Identify items that require coordination between dangerous goods and general railway law
· Examine and propose solutions to reconcile RID and general railway law
· Issue advice to the relevant committees within OTIF (RID Committee of Experts and Committee of Technical Experts) and DGMOVE in respect of the items defined and concerning appropriate interfaces between RID and general railway law.
The JCGE brings together experts in the transport of dangerous goods and railway experts from the Member States, as well as representatives from the relevant industry sectors.
