Examinations organised to assess train drivers’ competence in accordance with F1regulation 31 of the Regulations or regulation 31 of the NI Regulations, as the case may be, shall meet the following criteria:

1. (a)

   in case of examinations conducted by two or more persons, at least the person who is leading the examination shall be a recognised examiner in accordance with the provisions of this Decision;

2. (b)

   where the examination concerns the practical part of train driving competences, the examiner shall be licensed as train driver and hold a complementary certificate authorising the use of infrastructure and the driving of rolling stock that is subject to the examination, or a similar type of line/rolling stock; when the examiner does not hold a valid certificate for the infrastructure/rolling stock of the examination, a driver holding the certificate for that infrastructure/rolling stock shall be present to the examination in accordance with F2regulation 4(7)(e) and (8) of the Regulations or regulation 4(6)(e) and (7) of the NI Regulations, as the case may be;

3. (c)

   examinations shall be performed in a transparent manner and shall have adequate duration in order to prove with sufficient documented evidence that all the relevant subjects of the F3Schedules 3, 4 and 5 to the Regulations or Schedules 3, 4 and 5 to the NI Regulations, as the case may be are covered;

4. (d)

   in cases where the examiner participating to the examination provided the training on the subject of examination to the train driver or candidate train driver, a second examiner, who was not involved in preparation training, will conduct the examination;

5. (e)

   an examination shall be prepared with particular care in regard to the confidentiality of the questions foreseen during the examination.

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