Commission Directive 2013/9/EU of 11 March 2013 amending Annex III to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-03-11

num: Article 1
paragraphs: Annex III to Directive 2008/57/EC, which sets out Essential Requirements, is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
the following paragraphs shall be added to Section 1:
‘1.6. Accessibility
1.6.1.
The “infrastructure” and “rolling stock” subsystems must be accessible to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in order to ensure access on an equal basis with others by way of the prevention or removal of barriers, and by way of other appropriate measures. This shall include the design, construction, renewal, upgrade, maintenance and operation of the relevant parts of the subsystems to which the public has access.
1.6.2.
The “operations” and “telematics applications for passengers” subsystems must provide for the necessary functionality required to facilitate access to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility on an equal basis with others by way of the prevention or removal of barriers, and by way of other appropriate measures.’;
(2)
the following paragraph shall be added to subparagraph 1 of Section 2:
‘2.1.2. Accessibility
2.1.2.1.
Infrastructure subsystems to which the public has access must be accessible to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in accordance with 1.6.’;
(3)
the following paragraph shall be added to subparagraph 4 of Section 2:
‘2.4.5. Accessibility
2.4.5.1.
Rolling stock subsystems to which the public has access must be accessible to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in accordance with 1.6.’;
(4)
the following paragraph shall be added to subparagraph 6 of Section 2:
‘2.6.4. Accessibility
2.6.4.1.
Appropriate steps must be taken to ensure that operating rules provide for the necessary functionality required to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.’;
(5)
the following paragraph shall be added to subparagraph 7 of Section 2:
‘2.7.5. Accessibility
2.7.5.1.
Appropriate steps must be taken to ensure that telematics applications for passengers subsystems provide for the necessary functionality required to ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.’
num: Article 2
paragraphs: 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 1 January 2014 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
3. The obligations for transposition and implementation of this Directive shall not apply to the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Malta for as long as no railway system is established within their territories.
num: Article 3
paragraphs: This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.