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AustraliaProposed measure, open for comments

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof

Official title

Draft National European Train Control System Mandatory Standard

Australia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 9 October 2026. Comments are open until 8 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

European Train Control System (ETCS) and associated Command-Control and Signalling (CCS) equipment for railway applications, including ETCS Onboard equipment and subsystems fitted to rolling stock; ETCS Trackside equipment and subsystems; Radio Block Centres (RBCs); Eurobalises and associated equipm

HS codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 853010 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways or tramways (excl. mechanical or electromechanical equipment of heading 8608)
    • 853090 Parts of electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment, n.e.s.
  • 86 · Railway, tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds
    • 8608 Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways…
Notifying member
Australia
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Cost saving and productivity enhancement
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/AUS/203

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 8 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 8 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/AUS/203 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Australia.

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What the notification says

This is a new measure to standardise specifications for the use of European Train Control System digital train control signalling so that they can be interoperable between rail networks. The standard includes both trackside and on-board requirements. Australian ministers have agreed to a European Train Control System pathway for Australia's National Network for Interoperability.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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