THE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RAILWAYS n°124 - 27th November 2008

Agreement

First cooperation contract signed between UIC and the European Railway Agency

UIC, recognised as an independent expert, will assist ERA in drawing up the list of approved composite ‘K’ brake blocks, as part of efforts to reduce wagon noise. It will also be in charge of creating and updating the technical specifications for the assessment by ‘Notified Bodies’ of K brake blocks and the wagons fitted with these blocks.

On 21 November in Paris, the European Railway Agency (ERA), represented by Messrs Marcel Verslype, Executive Direc- tor, and Jean-Charles Pichant, Head of the Interoperability Unit, signed an initial contract with the UIC, represented by Mrs Béatrice Dunogué-Gaffié, Provisional Admi- nistrator, and Luc Aliadière, Chief Executive.

Under the terms of this first contract signed with ERA, UIC, recognised as an indepen- dent expert, will be responsible for:

- creating, validating and updating the Signature of the first contract between European Railway Agency (ERA) and UIC. list of fully approved composite ‘K’ brake blocks (brake blocks that will contribute to wagon noise reduction in international traffic), - creating, validating and updating the technical specifications that will allow ‘Notified Bodies’ to assess composite ‘K’ brake blocks for wagons and the wa- gons fitted with these K brake blocks

Above and beyond the contract itself, this is the foundation of a long-term partner- ship that will, inter alia, serve the interests of the railway sector through the results of UIC’s technical work (these results, re- corded in ‘UIC leaflets’, represent a key component of technical work in the Euro- From left to right: Jean-Charles Pichant, Head of Interoperability Unit, ERA, Mrs Béatrice Dunogué-Gaffié, Provisional Administrator, UIC, Marcel Verslype, Executive Director, pean railway sector). ERA, Luc Aliadière, Chief Executive, UIC.

1 Within such a partnership, ‘UIC leaflets’ will be used in particular to complete any points left open in the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI). This partnership will also enable the results of technical work carried out within UIC to be incorporated dynamically into European legislation rela- ting to the railway sector.

Through its expert input vis-à-vis the Eu- ropean Railway Agency, UIC aims to strengthen its contribution to the deve- lopment of a competitive and interopera- ble railway transport system throughout

Europe, which responds to market de- From left to right: Zografia Pyloridou, Legal Advisor, ERA, Jean-Pierre Lehman, Legal mands and to the aims of sustainable de- Director, UIC, Emmanuelle Nedjar, UIC Lawyer, Jean-Charles Pichant, Head of Inter- operability Unit, ERA, Mrs Béatrice Dunogué-Gaffié, Provisional Administrator, UIC, Mar- velopment. cel Verslype, Executive Director, ERA, Luc Aliadière, Chief Executive, UIC.

UIC Asia Region activities

Contact with UIC members and railway establishments in Korea

Arising out of a visit to UIC member Korail (Korea’s National Train Operating Com- pany) to strengthen the training partnership between UIC and the IRaTCA training cen- tre (see complementary article), Mr Gerard Dalton, Director, Infrastructure UIC and Asian Regional Co-ordinator took the op- portunity to meet the General Director of Ko- rail HRDI, Mr. Che-Kwon Lee and Mr Kwang-Mo Kim, Director in charge of IRaTCA, to discuss the range of pro- grammes currently being carried out at the IRaTCA training facilities at Uiwang-Si. They discussed together the planned programme of joint UIC/IRaTCA activities for 2009.

Mr. Dalton also met the President of the Korean National Railroad College, Dr. Yeon-Hye Choi and two of her Department Professors, Mr Chul-Su Kim and Mr Gil Hyun Kang. Mrs. Choi explained the struc- ture of the college curriculum and their ambition to engage in joint railway research projects with other institutions, such as their European counterparts. The Korean National Railroad College was established in 1905 and has 592 students studying courses in seven Departments covering: Transport Management, Information Systems, Train Operation and Mechatronics, Rolling Stock & Mechanical Engineering, Construction and Civil Engineering, Railway Electric Control and Rolling Stock and Electrical Engineering. Scholastic entry requirements are quite

n°124 - 27th November 2008 2 high as the number of applicants seeking to enter the college from around Korea exceeds the number of places available each year. The high profile of the Korean National Railways and Metro systems has attracted a lot of interest from school leavers to study railway engineering.

Mr. Dalton was very impressed with the Korean initiative to concentrate a number of centers of learning and railway institutions in the Uiwang-si area, with the aim of developing an industrial cluster, attracting railway industry research and development and the potential for campus companies in the future.

This partnership of railway interests should encourage the continuation of innovation in the rail indus- try in Korea, the refreshment of knowledge with the attraction of students to study railway engineering and the availability of knowledgeable entrants into the railway market at the end of their college studies.

For further information, please contact Gerard Dalton at [email protected]

International Railway Training Center for UIC Asia (IRaTCA): Railway Policy & Management Training Course was opened

IRaTCA (International Railway Training Center for UIC Asia) in Korail HRDI (Human Resources Development Institute) held the opening-course ceremony for “Railway Policy & Management” training course on November 10, 2008. Eight trainees from seven countries including Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan attended this course, the last one of its 4 courses in 2008.

This course lasted Nov. 6th through 21st (for 16 days) and was designed for the synergic effect through the combination of lectures, technical & field tours and country reports. IRaTCA trainees took the lectures like Railway Investment Policy and Korail Management System, visited Korail facilities like Goyang Rolling Stock Depot, saw Korean construction sites for High Speed line (KTX line), experien- ced the dynamic Korea at industrial sites like Hyundai Rotem, ltd. and shared the current status of their countries through country reports.

Mr. Dalton, UIC Asian Regional Coordinator giving his lecture to IRaTCA trainees. Especially invited Mr. Gerard Dalton, Asian Regional Coordinator and Director of the Infrastructure Department of UIC gave the trainees the up-to-date lectures on the trend of the state-of-the-art technology and the global change of railway policy on 13th and 14th November covering railway environment and influences (Ses- sion 1), legal framework and directives on business (Session 2), the internal rail system (Session 3) and external factors which influence railway management (Session 4).

Along with this, IRaTCA extended its Team Project, the participatory learning method, up to 10 hours because the graduate trainees hailed it as a good practice. The Team Project provided the trainees with the opportunity to address the real-life problems. It allowed them to select the problems facing each country, diagnose the causes and seek out the solutions best suitable to their own country.

n°124 - 27th November 2008 3 General Director Che-Kwon Lee, head of Korail HRDI said, in his welcome speech, that “IRaTCA mis- sion is to lead the co-development in the global railways, centering on Asia and its contribution to trai- ning and collaboration is likely to be a cornerstone to build the network among Korail and other railways.”

Director Kwang-Mo Kim, in charge of IRaTCA, added, “As the first year of IRaTCA, this year is very mea- ningful. Next year, it will continue to play a reputation-worth role as the UIC-approved institute by fur- ther diversifying the training programs and opening up the invitation of foreign lecturers.”

For further information on IRaTCA activities, please visit the website at http://iratca.korail.com or contact its staff at [email protected]

Railway research

UIC setting off for the European Commissions’ 7th Framework Programme 3rd call

UIC represented by the RCG (Research Coordi- nation Group) chairman Dennis Schut welcomed its members to the 12th Research Coordination Group Meeting at the UIC Headquarters in Paris on November 24th, 2008 to define the further steps to be properly prepared for the European Com- missions’ FP 7 3rd call in summer 2009.

Next year the European Commission will again open a call for new research projects proposals under the 7th Framework Programme. After the Commission put a great emphasis on energy sa- ving methods (answered by UNIFE and UIC with From left to right: Denis Schut (UIC), Enno Wiebe (UIC) and Nadia the Railenergy project among others) and new Debachy (UIC). modes of propulsion (e.g. the Hyrail project) within the 6th Framework Programme the main focus with the 3rd call of the 7th Framework Programme will be on rail freight and rail freight related topics.

The European Rail Research Advisory Council (ERRAC) was established to advise the European Commission putting the right overall strategic goals into the calls of the various Framework Pro- grammes in terms of the railway sector. ERRAC comprises all interest groups within the railway sector such as railway undertakings, infrastructure ma- nagers and the rolling stock manufactures among others. As a lot of different interests come together within ERRAC, a strong UIC position is needed on this “platform”. The Research Coordination Group was set up in order to have a strong bearing on ERRAC and to coordinate our members’ research ideas and needs in advance. Jean-Noël Temem (SNCF) pointed out the necessity of a strong participation in the ERRAC bodies. Only this direct and intensive participation can help the UIC members’ to push their research needs through to the European Commission and retrieving them again in the next call for pro- posals.

n°124 - 27th November 2008 4 The 12th Research Coordination Group meeting’s result was a prioritisation of the national research ideas in order to be forwarded to ERRAC now. Besides prioritizing freight related topics it was underli- ned by the RCG members to continue emphasising the need for other railway research topics (like rol- ling stock, infrastructure, signalling …).

After defining the headlines for the most important topics it is now up to the ERRAC members (inclu- ding the RCG members) to specify the topics with detailed project descriptions. To ensure the UIC mem- bers being well prepared for the next call, UIC is about to organise an “EU Projects” workshop in Vienna in April 2009. This workshop will give an overview about the idea behind the EC’s Framework Pro- gramme, the proceedings within FP 7, how to find projects and partners and finally how to finance the individual participation and research.

For more information about FP 7 visit the EC’s homepage http://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html or contact Enno Wiebe in Paris [email protected] or Dennis Schut in Brussels [email protected]

Security

Official partnerships mark UIC’s recognition at global level for its work in security

Alongside the restructuring of the Security Platform and the launch of its working groups (c.f. UIC e-news no. 121), UIC’s work in security has once more been acknowledged at two major international meetings, which served as an opportunity to present the rail security policy issues developed at UIC and to confirm the need for cooperation between UIC and the working groups of these international institutions.

International Working Group on Land Transport Security (IWGLTS) (San Francisco, 12-14 November)

From 12 to 14 November 2008, at the invitation of the US Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration, Jacques Colliard represented the UIC Compe- tence Centre for Security at the 4th Internatio- nal Working Group on Land Transport Security set up under the G8.

He was the only representative from the rail sector amidst the ministerial delegations from 12 countries drawn from across the various conti- nents and a European Commission representative. He stressed the importance of dividing respon- sibilities between international institutions, national administration and rail sector companies in order to further the security of passengers, goods and property, in particular as concerns preventive ac- tion and combating terrorism. He recalled the types of partnership which could be developed and their importance, and presented the Security Platform’s programme of work.

At the end of the session, participants in the 4th IWGLTS upheld the appointment of UIC as the single stakeholder participating in the group’s future work at its twice-yearly meetings (spring 2009 Los Angeles, autumn 2009 Australia, spring 2010 Germany)

n°124 - 27th November 2008 5 United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Inland Transport Committee, Working Party on Rail Transport:

(Geneva, 18 – 19 November)

The Working Party had tasked the UIC Com- petence Centre for Security with organising a workshop dedicated to rail security during its 62nd session, in order to present UIC’s secu- rity activities and the UIC Security Platform to the representatives of Member States and in- ternational specialist organisations.

Following a general introduction by Jacques Colliard, the Security Platform Chairman Tadeusz Kaczmarek (PKP PLK SA) presen- ted the Platform’s organisational structure and areas of work, as well as the Security Congress to take place from 16 - 17 March 2009 in Marrakech.

Representing the UIC Legal Group, Jean Pierre Lehman stressed the need to rethink the roles and responsibilities of the authorities and of rail- way companies, as well as the status of the rail- ways’ specialist staff, in the light of the liberalisation of the European passenger mar- ket from 1 January 2010.

Representing the Norwegian infrastructure ma- nager, Vidar Westrheim presented the “all ha- zards” analysis adopted in Norway, and the cooperative ventures engaged in with neigh- bouring railway administrations.

Volodymyr Ternavskyi (PKP PLK SA) recalled the work conducted since 2004 by the Schengenrail group in liaison with the European Commission and in partnership with the European border security agency FRONTEX. The group will now broaden the scope of its work and working methods to encompass border crossings at non-European borders as part of the Platform’s global reach.

In conclusion the Working Party invited the Competence Centre for Security to join a Task Force that would consider the implementation of relevant recommendations.

For more information please contact Jacques Colliard: [email protected].

n°124 - 27th November 2008 6 High speed rail

Carex and Euro Carex project: Towards the development of freight and express mail services using the Euro- pean high speed network

The Carex (Cargo Rail Express) project consists in promoting and implementing European freight and express mail services using the high speed rail network. One of the objectives is to link together the main European airports which already offer high speed train services for passengers. The Roissy Carex and Euro Carex associations group European airport authorities, mail and express mail companies, airlines (in particular the cargo branch) and railways and railway suppliers which see opportunities to develop news businesses in addition to passenger activities. Roissy Carex and Euro Carex are currently chai- red by Yanick Paternotte, a member of French Parliament.

A press conference was organised on 21st November in Roissy-en-France to review all the progresses reached in the development of this promising project.

Next steps should include a presentation of the Carex Project (by all chairmen of Carex Terminals) to the Transport Commission of the European Parliament in December 2008 and the official launch of the Euro Carex network (Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, Lyon, Liège, Amsterdam, London, Cologne) in De- cember in Brussels.

It is also to note that first proposals for rolling stock have been submitted by Alstom and Siemens com- panies.

For more information please visit website: www.eurocarex.eu

n°124 - 27th November 2008 7 Italy: FS starts commercial operation on Milan-Bologna high speed line on 14th December

Rome and Milan come closer with the new ETR 500 - start of a new era for high speed rail operation in Italy On December 14, with the launch of the commercial operation on the Milan-Bologna high speed line, Italy will enter into a new era of high speed rail operation.

With the “Frecciarossa”, the new ETR 500 of the Ferro- vie dello Stato (FS), the travel time between Rome and Milan will be 3 hrs 30 and less than 4 hrs when stopping in Bologna and Florence. The travel times for Milan-Bo- logna will be 1 hr 05, Milan-Florence 2 hrs 10, and Neaples-Milan 4 hrs 50.

It is the beginning of a revolution that will change the way of travelling for the Italians: the proposed routes, the flexi- bility in prices, the attention to the needs of the traveller prior to the trip, reconfiguration of services specialised At the presentation ceremony, from left to right, Mauro Moretti, CEO, in Regional, Intercity and Eurostar - high speed travel ; and Innocenzo Cipolletta, Chairman of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS). every customer will have his train.

The CEO of FS, Mauro Moretti, defined High Speed as: "a true technological economic and social revolution, so- mething that, as Italians, we must be proud of because all was ‘made in Italy’, from the design to the completion of the infrastructure, from the trains to the technology of excellence used for the safety of trains”.

Mauro Moretti also stressed that "the High Speed will have absolutely competitive prices. It will, with regard to the frequency and is characteristics, become the “fast metropolitan” of Italy that will link the north and south from Turin to Salerno. The demand for mobility will in- crease activating a virtual circuit for the economy, tou- rism, environment and labour market. The train - said Mauro Moretti - will challenge the car and the plane for its affordability, travel times, frequency, comfort and en- vironmental impact. We believe that in a few months we will remove 60% of passengers from the plane".

Tickets can easily and quickly booked on a dedicated page on the website of FS www.ferroviedellostato.it.

FS has registered a record of purchases of rail tickets with an increase of 30%. This corresponds with the launch of the sale of the new high speed offer.

n°124 - 27th November 2008 8 International Cooperation / Freight

Russia / Slovakia Russian Railways sign first European freight terminal: JSC TransContainer signs 15-year Lease on Dobra freight terminal

On 25 November, JSC TransContainer, Russian Railways subsidiary and the country’s biggest operator of rail containers, signed a 15-year lease with Cargo Slovakia (ZSSK Cargo), to take over the Dobra freight terminal located near the town of Koshitsa in Slovakia.

Russian Railways President, Vladimir Yakunin, the Director General of Trans- Container, Petr Baskakov and the Minis- ter of Transport, Post and Telecommunications of the Republic of Slovakia, Lubomir Vazny, attended the si- gning ceremony.

“This first European freight terminal is a major milestone in realizing the huge po- tential of the Trans-Siberian railway that runs West to East via a transcontinental transport corridor,” said Mr. Yakunin. “At the terminal there will be a transshipment of containers from the broad-gauge Eu- Front Row, signing (left to right): Mr. Petr Baskakov, Director General of TransContainer; ropean standard cars to the narrow- Mr. Jan Simco, Member of the Board, Cargo Slovakia; Mr. Matej Augustin, Director Ge- gauge cars of JSC TransContainer.” neral, Cargo Slovakia. Back Row, standing (right to left): Mr. Vladimir Yakunin, President of JSC Russian Rail- ways (RZD); Mr. Lubomir Vazny, Minister of Transport, Post and Telecommunications of The Dobra terminal, situated 10 km the Republic of Slovakia, Mr. Kospjuk, Deputy Director of Ukrainian Railways. from the Ukrainian border, between the Pribenik and Czerna-nad-Tissou railway stations, features four narrow-gauge and four broad- gauge lines. According to Mr. Baskakov, the terminal has good potential for expansion, both wi- thin its own boundaries and on adjacent land.

According to top international experts, Eurasian trade is expected to grow by 5-6% annually to 2010, and thereafter by 3-4% annually until 2015-2020.

Presently, transported cargos that go from Russia on broad-gauge lines are generally fit for containers: black and nonferrous metals, wood processed materials, pulp and paper industry materials, consumer goods, non bulk che- mical cargoes, machinery and the equipment, food and light industry products.

In order to attract additional cargo volumes between Europe and Asian-Pacific, via Russia, Russian Railways toge- ther with several European rail companies is working on a project to extend 1520mm broad gauge track from Rus- sia into Vienna, Austria.

On April 4, 2008, Russian Railways signed a memorandum with rail companies in Austrian, Slovakia and Ukraine to start pre-project research on extending broad gauge track to Central Europe. The investment required for this pro- ject is estimated at approximately $4.3 billion.

n°124 - 27th November 2008 9 ERTMS

Network Rail will actively contribute to the UIC ERTMS Platform Benchmark study 2008

The Cambrian pilot line, ERTMS / ETCS lev. 2, will be the object of a case study in the frame of the UIC ERTMS implementation benchmark study 2008, together with 24 ATW Class 158 train sets.

On 14 November last, Paolo de Cicco (UIC) and Martin Mayer (PMP) met with Network Rail represen- tatives: Mr Michael Pendsay and Mr Chris Binns, on the future Infrastructure and Rolling Stock case stu- dies reported above.

The UIC ERTMS Platform gave mandate to launch the “global data collection“ phase in order to reach a critical mass of information (on ERTMS implementations – on board and track side) to enable a robust benchmark to be car- ried on for the benefit of all the railway sector. Until today, the following case studies have been carried out:

•from the infrastructure side, the following lines: ETCS lev. 2, the Betuwe line (ProRail); ETCS lev.1, the Ettlebruck – Luxembourg line (CFL); ETCS lev.2, the Rome-Naples line (RFI).

From left to right:Martin Mayer (PMP), Michael Pendsay (NR), Chris Binns (NR) •from the on board, the following rolling and Paolo de Cicco (UIC). stock: 20 TRAXX locos (SBB); 22 EMU 2000 (CFL); 27 ETR 500 (Trenitalia).

Information given in the frame of the benchmark study is confidential and cannot be disclosed to third parties. At the end of the collection phase, if an agreement can be reached between participant mem- bers, information will be made available to the whole community, if not the benchmark will be presen- ted in an anonymous way.

One major result achieved by the working group is the agreement on a standard cost model to be used for the benchmark. It is made of the ETCS lev.1 sheet, ETCS lev.2 sheet (infrastructure) and the on board sheet (both levels) and a key performance indicators sheet. This cost model has the ambition to become the reference for ERTMS implementations (on board and track side) to be used for procure- ment purposes in the future.

The UIC ERTMS Platform is firmly convinced that sharing information at European level will give trans- parency to the market, while the creation of a network of experts in ERTMS economic assessments will strengthen the position of the railways vis-à-vis their manufacturer partners. Comparing information on costs will enable the railway community to understand cost drivers and achieve future cost reductions. UIC Platform objective is not to collect and analyse data from the railways in order to identify the “best in class”! Rather, the platform ultimate aim is to draw preliminary conclusions from these comparisons in order to better understand the causes of specific cost situations and discuss future technological and economic improvements.

n°124 - 27th November 2008 10 Project background

The ERTMS benchmark study was launched in March 2008 by the ERTMS Platform, with the objective of providing UIC Members with a me- thodology and a framework for an international economic evaluation and benchmark of ERTMS implementations. Before that, the situation regarding economic evaluations of ERTMS implementations on a common European basis methodology was un- satisfactory and there was no working group in place at UIC level. Hence, there was no com- mon view on the system description of ERTMS implementations and the definition of subsys- tems and system components to be analysed in terms of an economic evaluation. This situation has led to a lack of understanding of cost drivers, on a European level, and prevented attaining the objective of reducing future implementation costs. The working group has laid down the bases for the benchmark structure. It is important to note that the “Cost Model” agreed is used for all case studies. The project has now reached an important milestone and an “information critical mass” is to be achie- ved in order to be in a position to carry out cost comparisons and to draw conclusions from the poten- tial cost differences throughout Europe and develop a complete benchmark study on ERTMS implementations (track side and on-board).

For more information contact, please Paolo de Cicco – UIC ERTMS Platform manager: [email protected]

News from UIC members Korea: Korean bullet train unveiled

The Korea Railroad Corporation Korail has unveiled a domestically developed bullet train. The KTX-II was presented to the public at a ceremony at a Hyundai Rotem plant in Changwon, South Gyeong- sang Province.

Korea joins the group of countries building high speed trains with top speeds of more than 300 kilome- ters per hour.

The KTX-II is equipped with comfortable seats that can rotate 360 degrees. It also provides wireless Inter- net and digital multimedia broadcasting ser- vices. The new trains will go into service in the se- cond half of next year after a six- month trial run.

n°124 - 27th November 2008 11 “Twin stations”: SNCF links Europe's stations in a network

On the occasion of the French Presidency of the European Union, SNCF launched on 26th No- vember “Twin Stations”, a programme of interna- tional cooperation between French and foreign railway stations, initiated on 5 December 2007 du- ring “Next Station” (the international station confe- rence organised by SNCF and UIC in 2007), with the twinning of Paris Est and Frankfurt stations.

The aim with “Twin Stations” is to twin 26 French sta- tions with 26 others spread across 20 European countries, as well as Line D of the RER with a Cer- canias line on the Madrid suburban railway network.

Yesterday, around fifty railway station managers and together with French and European line ma- nagers signed, on the SNCF stand at the “Salon des Maires” exhibition and alongside Guillaume Pepy, SNCF President, approximately twenty co- operation agreements.

The signing ceremony on « Twin Stations » at SNCF stand at the “Salon des Maires” exhibition in Paris..

n°124 - 27th November 2008 12 n°124 - 27th November 2008 13 Forthcoming events

Safety / Human Factors Workshop “Fatigue and its impact on railway alertness” (Paris, 9 December)

The UIC Safety Platform is hosting a workshop for its mem- bers on the subject of “Fatigue and its impact on railway alert- ness” on Tuesday 9 December at UIC headquarters.

The workshop will provide the opportunity for university re- searchers and managers of railway companies, confronted with this matter on a daily basis, to present their work and dis- cuss the different aspects of the subject.

The workshop will be opened by Luc Aliadière, UIC Chief Exe- cutive. The conclusions on the day’s debates will be drawn by Jean–Michel Richard (SNCF), Chairman of the UIC Safety Platform, and will look towards potential actions and deve- lopments in this area (research, studies, trials, sharing of ex- perience, training, projects, etc.).

Meryem Belhaj, manager of the Human Factors Competence Centre at UIC will chair the round table on research into different lines of action in this field, with the participation of Virginie Papillault, UIC Human Factors Senior Advisor.

Human and social sciences have undergone extraordinary developments over recent decades and are today able to offer solutions to problems which were once insurmountable or for which only very costly and restrictive technical solutions existed previously. It is vital that the railways integrate these new re- sources to ensure their development and improve their performance and competitiveness. This is ne- cessary to meet the modern challenges of the opening of the market in Europe, the development of high speed rail transport on other continents and the challenges facing regions where manpower is more ac- cessible than technical sophistication.

For further information, please contact Virginie Papillaut: [email protected]

n°124 - 27th November 2008 14 Next meetings scheduled

November

• 27-28 November 2008: Statistics Plenary Meeting (Paris) • 27 November 2008: Energy Billing Management Board (Paris) • 28 November 2008: Station Managers’ Group (Naples)

A Complete schedule of UIC meetings (as well as statutory meetings, events, conferences) is available through the UIC website: http://www.uic.asso.fr/baseinfo/reunion/ or from the Home page : “Schedule of meetings”.

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