AnnualReport

2016Belgorail

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P3 Contents

P4 Foreword by the Chairman of the Board of Directors

P5 Introduction by the Managing Director

P6 Team

P7 Organisation Chart

P8 History

P10 Belgorail Spain

P12 Corporate information

P14 Figures

P16 Main contracts

P18 Outlook and new partnerships

P19 Customers in 2016

P20 Contact information

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Belgorail a reference

in the railway sector.

Belgorail is able to offer its clients a global service, fully integrated and multi-

country.

The company became a reference in the railway sector, confirming its reputation

of rigorousness and its strong technical know-how and experience.

As announced last year, to strengthen the position of Belgorail and taking into

account the evolutions in the sector of inspection and certification bodies, the

board of directors and the shareholders started up a brainstorming concerning

the future of the company and the strategy to adopt.

Following the con clusions of this study, Vinçotte, Transurb and Agoria are

looking for a reliable partner, familiar with the activities of Belgorail and

capable of assisting Belgorail in its future developments.

This will probably result in significant changes in 2017.

Good reading

Daniel Derochette, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Composition of the Board

of Directors in 2016

F O R E W O R D B Y T H E C H A I R M A N O F T H E B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

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Daniel Derochette, Chairman

Yves Carels, Vice-Chairman

Peter Van Gaelen, Director

Jan Renneboog, Director

Marc Van Overmeire, Director

Marco Croon, Director

Jacky Bocquet, Secretary

Stabilisation of our activities in 2016.

Belgorail moves to new offices in Brussels. The company has stabilized its development in 2016.Belgorail started up the first activities in the

framework of the ERTMS implementation in Belgium for Siemens and Infrabel. The signature of the M7

contract (new trains manufactured by Alstom and Bombardier for the Belgian Railways) is also very

promising!

On the operational level we have left our old offices to move to new, modern and spacious offices in

the “Sablon Tower”, still in the center of Brussels.

The installation of a subsidiary in Madrid (Spain) is continued in 2016. The market reacts positively and

a number of important contracts have already been signed. From a financial point of view Belgorail

obtained a balance between income and costs, which is worth mentioning.

Belgorail’s goal is to be a benchmark certification, inspection and testing body in the field of guided

transport.

This result can only be achieved by always factoring in our key quality objectives which are :

• Ensure rigour and impartiality in our methods;

• Avoid any conflict of interest;

• Guarantee confidentiality of information provided to us;

• Ensure that our activities are recognised by European and national bodies by anticipating as much as

possible and strictly respecting the criteria that are applicable to our activity domain;

• Having the resources necessary to assure our missions.

In a complex international context, the company focusses its activities to the European market. This

does not exclude, if the opportunity arrives, the realisation of international missions provided that the

risks associated to this type of project is limited.

We hope that you will find this fifth annual report useful and informative.

Jean-Marc Dupas, Managing Director

I N T R O D U C T I O N B Y T H E M A N A G I N G D I R E C T O R

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T E A M

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GEOFFREY ANDRE Signaling Engineer

Infrastructure & Rolling Stock Assessment

RIA SPIESSENSAdministration & ICT Manager

BENOIT MAENHOUTSenior Safety Engineer

Infrastructure & Rolling Stock Assessment

CHRISTIAN SERE Head of Testing Department &Rolling Stock Project Manager

PHILIPPE GYSELSSignaling Engineer

Infrastructure & Rolling Stock

Assessment

MARIE-LAURENCE JEANDRAINSales & Management Assistant

CAROLINA SOTOProject Manager RST

& ECM in Spain

PHILIPPE GILLETProject Manager ECM

& System audits

GLENN VAN HOORDETest Coordinator

Testing Department

SERGE DELVALSenior Auditor

LAURENCE PERRENOUDAccountant

MARTA CARVAJALBranch Director in Spain

VINCENT STRYCKMANS Technical Manager

Infrastructure Assessment

BENOIT GUIOSTSignaling Project Coordinator

Infrastructure & Rolling Stock Assessment

BART TIELSEngineer Infrastructure

& Rolling Stock Assessment

AZZEDINE BEN KHAYATProject Manager

Safety Assessment & Senior auditor

ANDREA MARCHIProject Manager

Rolling Stock Assessment

FRANCIS PARMENTIERQuality Manager

Technical Manager ECM & Safety Assessment

BENOIT MASSONTechnical Manager

Rolling Stock Assessment

FRANCOISE COLLARTProject Assistant

GIULIO ZAMBORLINIProject Manager

Rolling Stock Assessment

ARNAUD ROYERSignaling Project Manager

Infrastructure & Rolling Stock Assessment

O R G A N I S A T I O N C H A R T

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Workshops

Quality

Manager

Quality

Assistant

Project Managers (10)

ECM Certification

and WorkshopsTests

Inspection Safety

Assessment

Technical Experts (150)

Technical Managers (4)

Rolling

StockSignaling

Energy Infra-

structureTests ISA

Quality Management System Auditors

Administration

& ICTQuality

Head of

AdministrationAccounts

Project

Assistant

Sales & Management

Assistant

Certification Committee

Managing Director

Board of Directors

Advisory Committee

Branch

in Spain

ECM CSM-RA

Certification

and Technical Audit

Organisation Chart

PROJECT DIABOLO, ZAVENTEM

© Johan Dehon - INFRABEL

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H I S T O R Y

History of Belgorail The European directives on the

interoperability of rail transport foresaw

already in the early 2000’s provided

for the introduction of independent

bodies with responsibility for inspecting

and certifying that rolling stock and

infrastructure installations meet the

technical specifications for interoperability

and the standards adopted by the European

Commission.

It was in this context that BELGORAIL was

established by three partners, namely

VINCOTTE, AGORIA and TRANSURB, and has

become a key player in the railway sector.

Since it was founded in June 2004,

BELGORAIL has undergone rapid growth.

In January 2005 it obtained by the

ministerial decree the status of Notified

Body to assess the compliance of

interoperability constituents and appraise

the EC verification procedure of the parts

of the trans-European conventional rail

system (directive 2001/16/EC), as well

as the status of Designated Body for the

verification of the correct application

of national technical requirements in

Belgium, for both conventional and high-

speed rail. In addition, in May 2007, it was

granted, also by ministerial decree, Notified

Body status to assess the compliance of

interoperability constituents and appraise

the EC verification procedure of the parts of

the trans-European high-speed rail system

(directive 96/48/EC).

In December 2010 Belgorail was awarded

the status of Notified Body in the framework

of Railway Interoperability Directive

2008/57/EC repealing and replacing the

previous Interoperability Directives 96/48/

EC on high-speed systems and 2001/16/EC

on conventional rail systems.

Also in 2010, SPF Mobilité et Transports

confirmed the prolongation of Belgorail’s

status as a Designated Body under Art. 22 of

the law of 26 January 2010 on Rail System

Interoperability.

In March 2011, Belgorail became officially

recognised at Belgian and European level as

a certification body for Entities in Charge

of Maintenance (ECM) in accordance with

the Memorandum of 14/05/2009, the Royal

Decree of 21 December 2010 relative to

Entities in Charge of Maintenance and the

European Regulation 445/2011/EU.

In 2011, the company subsequently

obtained the status of Designated Body in

Luxembourg for verification of compliance

with the National Notified Technical Rules in

the absence of Technical Specifications for

Interoperability or in case of derogations,

and is thereby authorised to assess

conformity of structural subsystems of

the conventional and high speed railway

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system in accordance with the applicable National

Technical Rules.

The corresponding provisions were the subject of a

Ministerial Decree dated 22 August 2011 approving

Belgorail as a Competent Body in the Grand Duchy

of Luxembourg.

On 17 July 2012, EPSF (French Public Railway Safety

Authority) approved Belgorail as a Qualified Body

to assess the design and production of new or

substantially modified rail systems and subsystems

in accordance with the provisions of the Decree of 21

December 2007. The approval relates to the following

subsystems: control-command and signalling, rolling

stock, infrastructure and energy.

The company has also been recognised since

September 2013 as a Competent Body in India for

performing Independent Safety Assessment (ISA)

missions in the field of Rail Transport and Signaling

Systems by the Indian Ministry of Transport (RDSO).

In Algeria, Belgorail obtained in January 2014

the quality of Approved Qualified Body for the

assessment of the safety for the guided transport

of people according to the provisions of Executive

Decree No. 11-359 of 19 October, 2011 laying down

the safety requirements for the guided transport of

people.

On 25 September, 2014, the Directorate General

of Railways of the Ministry of Transport and Public

Works in Spain recognised Belgorail as certification

body in charge of conformity assessment of rolling

stock relative to the Technical Homologation

Specifications (ETH).

Spain also recognised Belgorail as Designated Body

to perform the verification according to applicable

national rules when there are no technical

specifications for interoperability or in case of

deviations and this in the framework of conformity

assessment of structural railway subsystems for

conventional and high speed railway systems.

Thanks to this recognition by the General Railway

Direction of the transport Ministry, the company

is able to offer all certification activities required

in connection with the commissioning of railway

subsystems (infrastructure, energy, signaling and

rolling stock) in Spain and this according to the

TSI (EC verification) and the national regulations

complimentary to the TSI.

To structure the development of the activities in

Spain, the Board of Directors decided to create

a subsidiary in Madrid. This subsidiary named

“Belgorail SA Sucursal en España” was officially

established on 30 July 2015.

From its creation Belgorail has sought to meet the

requirements imposed on railway certification and

inspection bodies at both national and international

level. These requirements are those applicable to

notified bodies, approved bodies operating in a

national framework and inspection and product

certification bodies.

Belgorail has an accreditation* for the certification

of products since 11 December 2007. The scope of

this accreditation has been expanded over the years

to support the current recognitions of Belgorail as

Notified Body, as ECM certification body and their

equivalent at OTIF level.

The company has also an accreditation** since 17

June, 2014 confirming the company’s competence

in the areas of the assessment of risk management

processes (CSM-RA according to regulation

402/2013/EU on the adoption of a common safety

method) and ISA inspection activities (Independent

Safety Assessor).

H I S T O R I Q U E

*Registration 335-PROD with BELAC (ISO 17065)

** Registration 335-INSP with BELAC (ISO 17020)

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Belgorail continues its development

in Spain.

Since the creation of the branch office

in Spain in July 2015, the activities

show an important increase in 2016.

Belgorail is nowadays considered as

a competent certification body on the

Spanish market.

Carolina Soto, Project Manager Rolling

stock, reinforced our Spanish team. We also

moved to new and more spacious offices,

still located in the business area of Madrid.

Due to the recognition by the Spanish

Government as Designated Body for the

verification of the applicable national rules

in those cases where Technical Specifications

for Interoperability are not available or in

case of derogations, Belgorail can assure

the complete certification of subsystems on

basis of both the TSI (EC verification) and

the national technical rules. Belgorail can

act as NoBo and DeBo in Spain.

Similarly our accreditation and recognition

as ISA (Independent Safety Assessor

according to the CENELEC standards) and

IA (Independent Assessor according to the

CSM-RA regulation 402/2013/EU) allowed

us to develop these activities in the field

of signalling as well as rolling stock and

infrastructure.

In the field of certification of entities in

charge of maintenance (ECM), Belgorail

is the only accredited company for that

type of activities in Spain. This allowed us

to consolidate our position on this market

and anticipate the period where ECM

certification will be applied on all rolling

stock on the network.

Due to our level of experience, the

competence of our experts as well as

their know-how and professional attitude,

our clients rely on us and confides us new

certification and inspection missions.

B E L G O R A I L I N S P A I N

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BCN RAIL IN BARCELONA

BUILDING CUZCO IV, IN THE ECONOMIC

AND FINANCIAL HEART OF MADRID

Various contracts were signed during 2016 :

• Rolling stock :

o Certification of Flytoget trains (CAF) ;

o Certification of DMUs type GTW 2/6 in double arrangement

for Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) ;

o Certification of herbicide trains manufactured by Ferrovial ;

• Voluntary evaluation :

o Certification of components according to the standard EN

45545 for Premium ;

o VPI pre-evaluation VPI of workshops of Talleres Alegría and

Invatra ;

o Evaluation of the homologation process of components of

FGC;

o Certification of components of Logytel according the

specifications of ADIF;

• Certification of entities in charge of maintenance :

o Medway (Portugal) ;

o Talleres Alegría ;

o Invatra ;

o Ferrovias Astur ;

o Transervi ;

• Certification of interoperability constituents :

o CAF ;

• Evaluation of safety management systems :

o Medway ;

• Follow-up Audits :

o Takargo (Portugal) ;

o GMF.

In 2016, we participated, together with Cedex, Multitel, RFI, ADIF, Renfe,

Cetren, Rina and INECO in the VITE project within the Shift2Rail network,

which was established in the framework of Research and Innovation of

the EU-Horizon 2020.

This project has two goals : reduction of the costs of testing of the

ERTMS system (optimisation of the lab tests) in the framework of the

implementation procedures and to propose a standard testing program,

including the specifications of the interface between the actual

equipment and the lab equipment as well as the communication between

the differents labs for remote testing.

2016 certainly is a milestone on the Spanish market for Belgorail.

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The European rail transport directives

provide for the use of independent

bodies entrusted with inspecting

and certifying that the rolling stock

and infrastructure installations

meet the technical specifications

for interoperability and the

standards adopted by the European

Commission. In the area of safety,

new risk management provisions

also apply. This is to a large extent

Belgorail’s business.

ETCSP SYSTEM PROJECT ETCS, L36N,

BRUSSELS-LEUVEN, 2012

© Julien De Wilde - INFRABEL

DIABOLO PROJECT, ZAVENTEM 2011

© Johan Dehon - INFRABEL

ETCS TESTS DRIVING COACH M6

• a notified body in accordance with

European directive 2008/57/EC;

• an officially recognised body for the

verification of national technical rules

in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Spain

and Algeria;

• an entity with responsibility for

coordinating and carrying out

rolling stock tests in Belgium and

Luxembourg;

• a certification body for Entities

in Charge of Maintenance (ECM

certification) and Maintenance

Workshops;

• an Independent Safety Assessment

body (ISA);

• a Risk Management Methods

Assessment body in the framework of

Common Safety Methods ;

• a Voluntary Verification body for

all cases where an entity wishes to

ascertain the quality of a product,

item of equipment or a service

and compliance with the relevant

standards;

• an inspection body in the railway

sector.

C O R P O R A T E I N F O R M A T I O N

Belgorail, a public limited company, is an inspection and certification body in the rail sector. It

was established in June 2004 by Vinçotte (inspection and certification body), Transurb (a rai-

lway engineering company) and Agoria, the Belgian Federation for the Technological Industry.

Since it was founded, the company has gradually expanded its activities to become:

Moreover, the company has concluded various cooperation agreements and partnerships which

provide it with access to additional resources (experts) and specialised laboratories in connection

with the organisation of tests.

The company is able to offer integrated services for cross-border projects between Belgium and its

main neighbours, covering principally:

• Organisation of tests;

• Notified Body and Designated Body

missions;

• Risk Management Methods Assessment

missions (CSM-RA);

• Certification of Maintenance Activities.

Belgorail participates actively in the coordination work of notified bodies at European

level (NB-RAIL) and in other coordination groups set up by the European Union Agency for

Railways (ERA).

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F IGURE S

RE V ENUE S GENER ATED A BR OA D € 4 .0 7 1.7 2 0

The company’s turnover in 2016

reaches € 5.730.282.

72 companies used Belgorail’s services,

which represents a total of 146 projects

started or completed in 2016.

National turnover

€ 1.658.562Foreign turnover

€ 4.071.720Total turnover

€ 5.730.282

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France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

Spain

India

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

Spain

India

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

Spain

India

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

France

Italy Luxemburg

Austria Morocco Germany

Switzerland USA

The Netherlands

Poland

Portugal Belgium

Turkey

Notified body

Designated body

Safety studies

Tests

ECM certification

Other

60,9%

15,8 %

9,5%

8,1%

2,8%

2,9%

Breakdown of

main activities

2016

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TURNOV ER GR OW TH IN €

I 05 I 06 I 07 I 08 I 09 I 10 I 11 I 12 I 13 I 14 I 15 I 16 I

365.256

1.080.219

2.006.9262.230.045

2.822.3113.174.325

4.983.7195.286.527

5.883.384

6.446.7036.664.406

5.730.282

a. The conformity studies of new rolling

stock :

• Velaro D high speed trains Siemens;

• New versions of TRAXX locomotives

(Bombardier);

• Eurodual locomotive of Stadler;

• New versions of railcar Regio 2N;

• New catenary autorail manufactured by

Geismar;

• On track machines.

b. Conformity studies of rolling stock due

to modifications :

• Pilot railcar I11 of the Belgian Railways due

to the installation of ETCS;

• Installation of ETCS on in-service trains of

CFL;

• Installation of TBL1 +, GSM-R or ETCS on

different types of vehicles of different

manufacturers;

• Modification of EURO 400 Stadler

locomotives;

• Modernisation of railcars serie AM-2 and

AM-4 of the Belgian Railways;

• A number of different modernized vehicles

(wagons, worktrains,…).

c. Testing of rolling stock in Belgium and

Luxemburg :

• Velaro Eurostar HST;

• Velaro D HST of Siemens ;

• Testing of ETCS systems of different trains for

different manufacturers (Alstom, Siemens,

Bombardier, ….) ;

• Catenary autorail manufactured by Geismar.

d. Conformity studies of infrastructure

projects e.g. :

• Watermael – Schuman- Josaphat connection

(Including the construction of a railway tunnel

of 1250 m length in urban center);

• Extension to four tracks for a number of rail

connections with starting point in Brussels;

• Completion of the Diabolo project.

e. Certification of interoperability

constituents mainly in the ETCS domain

(RBC, EVC, JRU, …) and GSM-R (radios)

but also for other constituent types (track

switches on concrete, information system

for travelers,…).

60 companies were serviced by Belgorail,

representing a total of 134 projects

initiated or finalised in 2016.

M AIN CO N TR AC T S O F BELGOR AIL HQ IN BRUS SEL S

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THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRACTS ARE :

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f. Independent safety assessments (ISA)

in the framework of the concentration

of signaling boxes in Belgium managed

by Tuc Rail, axle counting systems or the

implementation of an automatic protection

system for workers during wharfs.

g. Diverse missions as independent assessor

of risk management processes for the

implementation of the train starting

procedure in Belgium, implementation of

ETCS or modifications to the rolling stock.

h. Certification of entities in charge of

maintenance (ECM) or maintenance

workshops for companies in Belgium,

Luxemburg, France, the Netherlands,

Germany, Spain and Portugal.

i. Technical audits during the construction

of the HSL between Tanger and Kenitra

in Morocco or track capacity extensions

of the conventional lines of ONCF (Office

National des Chemins de Fer).

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© LOCOMOTIVE GE TRANSPORTATION

PH 37ACAI – PORT OF ANTWERP;

© L161A ABOVE METRO STATION SCHUMAN,

© BOURREUSE PLASSER & THEURER UNIMAT

08-475/4S

Belgorail has today a large portfolio of running

projects and requests for quotation.

The company has won major contracts in Belgium, mainly in the context of the

deployment of ERTMS on the Infrabel network.

In the field of rolling stock, the project of M7 two level coaches should start in 2017

as well.

Since it was established, the company has concluded various cooperation agreements

and partnerships which provide it with access to additional resources (experts) and

specialised laboratories for the organisation of tests.

Today, cooperation agreements have been

established between Belgorail and the following

companies: Cetest, Cetim, Concept Risk,

DB-Systemtechnik, Eurailtest, Transurb,

Vinçotte, TUV Austria, VPI and Certifer.

The company also foresees to be able to partner with other certification bodies in the

context of the awarding of tenders for major resource-intensive projects.

OUT LOOK A ND NE W PA RT NER SHIP S

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Allemagne

DB - Systemtechnik

France et Maroc

© REGIO 2N-BOMBARDIER

AGC Glass Europe

Alstom

Ateliers de Provence

Ateliers d’Occitanie

Atir-rail

Bombardier

CAF

Cetim

CFL Technics

CMI Traction

CML

DB Systemtechnik

Deuta-Werke

Ets Claude

Eurotunnel

Ferrovial Agromar

FKF (Kaminski-France)

Frauscher

Funkwerk

Gefco

Geismar/Donelli

HHPI

IFB

Infrabel

Infraserv Wiesbaden Technik

Kemp

Locon

Logytel

Lormafer

Matisa Matériel Industriel

Medway

Nacco

OSR

Plasser & Theurer

Premium

Rail4Rent

RailRelease

Rina

Rolanfer

RSN

Siemens

SNCB

SNCF

Sogeefer

Speno International sa

Sperry

Stabeg

Stadler Rail Valencia

Talleres Alegria

Tatravagonka

Televic

THI Factory

Touax

Transervi

Transurb

TRW

TUC RAIL

UIRR

Vias y Construcciones

Voestalpine Railpro

Vossloh Locomotives GmbH

Waterwegen en Zeekanaal

Werfring

Xpedys

New customers

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C US TOMER S IN 2 016

Belgorail SA

Belgium

Rue Joseph Stevens 7

1000 Brussels

Jean-Marc Dupas

Managing Director

Tel : +32 2 548 37 63

Fax : +32 2 548 53 31

e-mail : info@belgorail.be

Belgorail SA

Branch Spain

Paseo de la Castellana 141 –planta 5

28046 Madrid Spain

Marta Carvajal

Branch Director

Tel : +34 609 16 29 86

e-mail : marta.carvajal@belgorail.es

www.belgorail.eu

The annual report is available in

PDF format on Belgorail’s website

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