11-13 October 2016 European Union Agency for Railways, 120 rue Marc Lefrancq Valenciennes (France)

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1 - Workgroup - day EUROPEAN To the attention of the interested organisations (Sent by ) CC/ER/D 2016/C Valenciennes, 18 JWL Subject: gth Workshop on Risk Management in the context of rail, road and inland waterways Transport of Dangerous Goods Dear Sir/Madam, I am pleased to invite you to the 8th Workshop on Risk Management in the context of rail, road and inland waterways Transport of Dangerous Goods October 2016 European Union Agency for Railways, 120 rue Marc Lefrancq Valenciennes (France) The workshop will start at 09:30 on the first day and will end not later than 12:30 on the last day. The Workshop will be continuing the development of guides forming a future framework for inland TDG risk management. This framework is developed both in plenary sessions and by the following informal workgroups: - Workgroup - Workgroup A, drafting the guide on data management and reporting regimes, B, drafting the guide on risk estimation practices, and C, drafting the guide on decision-making. The sessions of the workshop will be organized as following: October 9:30 17:30 Plenary session dedicated to the progress and review of comments made on the draft guides (limited to 50 participants) day - October 9:30 17:30 (morning) Plenary session continuation of the review of comments made on the draft guides (limited to 50 participants) and (afternoon) Parallel sessions of the workgroups (limited to 20 participants for each workgroup) October 9:30 12:30 Plenary session dedicated to the reporting of the workgroups and concluding discussions (limited to 50 participants) - 3rd day Rue Marc Lefrancq I BP I FR valenciennes cedex 1 / 2 Tel. +33 (0> I era.europa.eu

2 In addition to your participation, you will be invited to share your comments on the draft texts of the guides in due time. Further information on the documents available for comments will be posted on the TDG extranet, beginning of September. Further information on the detailed agenda of the workgroup s sessions will be made available also on the dedicated extranet workspace of the Agency. With the present invitation, you may find the provisional agenda in Annex 1 and travelling & accommodation information in Annex 2. You are kindly requested to confirm your attendance: a) to the plenary sessions, and/or b) to the parallel workgroup sessions by sending your registration form duly completed, before the 9 September 2016, to the TDG functional mailbox: TDG@era.europa.eu. If you need more information, you may also contact the Safety Unit Secretariat at tel: (Ms. Hermione Veopoulou). Please, consider that due to the limited capacity of the meeting rooms, the European Union Agency for Railways may need to allocate the available seats with the objective to achieve a well-balanced representation of each type of organisations or modes of transport. Any document, presentation and comments shall be made available 2 weeks before the workshop and will be made available on the ERA extranet workspace to the registered participants. The workshop will be held in English. There will be no reimbursement of travelling or other expenses for your participation to the workshop plenary sessions or to the workgroups. Yours faithfully, (signed) Christopher CARR Head of SAFETY Unit Enclosures: Provisional agenda, travel and accommodation information 120 Rue Marc Lefrancq I BP I FR Valenciennes Cedex 2 / 2 Tel. +33 (0) I era.europa.eu

3 Annex 1 Provisional Agenda Provisional agenda Day 1-11 October 2016 Plenary session (limited to 50 participants) Welcome of the participants 09:00 Progress review [09:30-11:00] Adoption of the 7th1 workshop minutes Adoption of the workshop agenda Review of actions Coffee break [11:00-11:30] Update, review of comments and discussion on the Guide C [11:30-13:00] Lunch break [13:00-14:00] Update, review of comments and discussion on the Guide B [14:00-15:30] Coffee break [15:30-16:00] Update, review of comments and discussion on the Guide A [16:00-17:30] End of day 17:30 Day 2-12 October 2016 Plenary session (limited to 50 participants) Welcome of the participants 09:00 Update, review of comments and discussion on the Guide B [09:30-11:00] Coffee break [11:00-11:30] Update, review of comments and discussion on the Guide C [11:30-13:00] Lunch break [13:00-14:00] Parallel sessions (limited to 20 participants per workgroups) 15t session of the parallel workgroups (A, B, C) [14:00-15:30] Coffee break [15:30-16:00] 2nd session of the parallel workgroups (A, B, C) [16:00-17:00] Preparation of reporting to the plenary session [17:00-17:30] End of 2 day 17: Rue Marc Lefrancq I BP I FR Valenciennes cedex 1 / 2

4 Annex 1 Provisional Agenda Day 3-13 October 2016 Plenary session (limited to 50 participants) Welcome of the participants 09:00 Reporting from Workgroup A [09:30-10:00] Reporting from Workgroup B [10:00-10:30] Reporting from Workgroup C [10:30-11:00] Coffee break [11:00-11:30] Discussion of workgroup results [11:30-12:30] Conclusions and Closure of the workshop 12:30 Lunch [12:30-13:30] (limited to the Edition team ) Meeting of the Edition team [13:30-15:30] 120 Rue Marc Lefrancq I BP I FR Valenciennes cedex 2 / 2

5 I EUROPEAN Annex 2 European Union Agency for Railways 120 rue Marc Lefrancq Valenciennes, France Tel Fax From Valenciennes railway station, the Agency is within 15 minutes walking distance from Valenciennes railway station - see map with the walking path below. WaI[irici Path ERA Le Phenix de?ti. Rpub4Iqo... - I -...%. j / / v Hue / H- I B O (uu J M H ly 1 -f J Je.r CIII -.. tp I /:_.I V C F? - :. PIdB Q I 4 \ dei/ 4A Pd :::: ::: ;: f5. e.ront -, H C. ctc.,, A BuIjyI- ci d..i. < r QJ. CI4 - ;, t$ P1 :.E I Luu Iu.s f. p de %, - B, - I RUe 120 Rue Marc Lefrancq I BP I FR Valenciennes cedex 1/3

6 Annex 2 By train: From hue Europe railway station, you need first to go to Lille Flandres railway station (5 minutes walking distance). From Lille Flandres railway station you can use regional (TER) trains connecting frequently Lille Flandres with Valenciennes to reach the Agency. For information on timetables for direct trains from Paris to Valenciennes, please consult this website For detailed train timetable from Lille Flandres to Valenciennes please consult the information for the line 16-l6bis here. By Car: From Paris: Motorway Al then A2 Exit 21 Valenciennes Centre At roundabout place du Canada Follow Theatre Le Phenix From Belgium: Motorway A2 Exit 21 Valenciennes Centre At roundabout place du Canada Follow Theatre Le Phenix From Lille: Motorway A23 Exit 8 Valenciennes Nord Follow Valenciennes centre Then follow Theatre Le Phenix 120 Rue Marc Lefrancq I OP I FR Valenciennes Cedex 2/3

7 d EUROPEAN ;; Annex 2 Where to stay overnight in Valenciennes? Many hotels are available in Valenciennes and may be found using internet search engines. The following hotels are located in proximity to the Railway Station and near the European Union Agency for Railways building: Le Grand Hâtel (842 m)* 8 place de Ia Gare Valenciennes Mercure Valenciennes Centre (1,3 km) 5 Rue du Saint Cordon VALENCIENNES mercure-valenciennes-centre/index.shtml Residhome du Théâtre*** (75m) Auberge du Bon Fermier (1,33 km) 90, boulevard Henri Harpignies 64 rue Famars Valenciennes Valenciennes hoteliere-aparthotel-valenciennes-229.html Le Chat Botté (871 m) IBIS Hotel ** (2 km) 25 rue Tholozé 90 Rue Baudouin Valenciennes Valenciennes de/hotel ibis-valenciennes/index.shtml * walking distance from the Agency s meeting rooms. 120 Rue Marc Lefrancq I BP I FR Valenciennes Cedex 3/3 Tel. +33 (0) I era.europa.eu