The agreement signed deals in particular with issues such as safety authorisation for infrastructure managers, single safety certificates for operations to border stations of the relevant second state, authorisations for rolling stock operating to border stations of the other state, marking of vehicles, authorisations for rolling stock operating in both states beyond the cross-border lines.
On the UTK side, the agreement was signed by Ignacy Góra, President of the Office of Rail Transport, and on the Czech side by Jiří Kolář, Director of Drážní úřad.
The signing of the agreement stems from the technical pillar of the 4th railway package. According to it, cooperation and coordination in the supervision of railway undertakings and infrastructure managers operating across borders must be the subject of a written agreement. In addition, the rules on the validity on cross-border lines of single safety certificates and permits for placing railway vehicles on the market may also be the subject of such an agreement.
The agreement covers the following cross-border railway lines: Chałupki - Bohumín, Cieszyn - Český Těšín, Głuchołazy - Jindřichov ve Slezsku, Głuchołazy - Mikulovice, Kamienna Góra - Královec, Międzylesie - Lichkov, Mieroszów - Meziměstí, Szklarska Poręba Górna - Harrachov Zawidów - Višňová , Zebrzydowice - Český Těšín, Zebrzydowice - Petrovice u Karviné, Hrádek nad Nisou - Zittau - Varnsdorf - Hrádek nad Nisou (for the part of the line within Poland).