Rail safety and interoperability within Eurotunnel in the context of Brexit

03-09-2020 - 11:18
Security fencing at entrance to cross channel tunnel preventing illegal immigration
Rail safety and interoperability within Eurotunnel in the context of Brexit © Image used under the license from Adobe Stock

The aim of these two proposals is twofold: empowering France to negotiate a new international agreement with the UK, supplementing the previous one (Treaty of Canterbury), and maintaining the Intergovernmental Commission as the single national safety authority for the Eurotunnel, even after the UK has the status of a third country.

To ensure safe and efficient operation in the tunnel and avoid legal loopholes, it is best to continue to have a single safety authority applying the same rules over the whole tunnel. If nothing is agreed, as from 1 January 2021 national safety authorities in the UK and France would have authority over each tunnel half and EU regulations would no longer apply to the part of the tunnel that is under the jurisdiction of the UK.
The presentation took take place on Wednesday afternoon, 2 September 2020 in room ANTALL 2Q2 from where it was webstreamed.