The detailed objectives are: a) to relate with the railway relevant professional organizations and associations like UNIFE, CER, UIC, CEN, CENELEC and others as well as with official bodies like the European Rail Agency ERA, the European Commission – here also with other General Directorates than DG Move – the European parliament and the Council and their representatives and make the work of the NB-Rail Coordination Group visible to those organizations, associations and stakeholders; b) to establish the Association as a representative body with these organizations, associations and agencies, as Article 30 of Directive 2016/797/EU does not provide for establishing the NB-Rail Coordination Group as a stakeholder; c) to support the coordination of the notified bodies to harmonize the procedures of the notified bodies d) to defend the interest of the 3rd Party COnformity Assessment Body in Railway & Guided Transport Fields