navigation search this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message unife type industry trade group industry rail supply industry founded 1991 headquarters brussels belgium key people philippe citro n director general number of employees 23 website www.unife.org unife french union des industries ferroviaires europ ennes or the association of the european rail industry 1 is an association of europe s rail supply companies active in the design manufacture maintenance and refurbishment of rail transport systems subsystems and related equipment . unife also brings together 15 national rail industry associations of european countries . unife members have jointly an 84 % market share in europe and supply 46 % of the worldwide production of rail equipment and services . unife advocates its members interests at both the european and international level promoting eu rail equipment and standards within europe and abroad . unife and its members also work on the setting of interoperability standards and coordinate eu funded research projects that aim at the technical harmonisation of railway systems . the association has developed iris international rail industry standard a sets of standards in rail transport which defines requirements in content procedures and evaluation of audits as well as a requirement profile for the certification bodies and auditors . unife is also the author of ertms . citation needed unife is also the administrator jointly with cer of the european railway award which honours outstanding political and technical achievements in the development of economically and environmentally sustainable rail transport . references edit gross s. ; klemmer l. 2014 . introduction to tourism transport . cabi tourism texts . cabi . pp. 121 . isbn 978 1 78064 214 7 . retrieved june 21 2016 . subscription required external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title union des industries ferroviaires europ ennes & oldid 727951202 categories european trade associationsrail industrytransport industry associationsinternational organisations based in belgiumhidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentarticles needing additional references from june 2016all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing french language textall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 05 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view