COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 26 November 2014
on the common specifications of the register of railway infrastructure and repealing Implementing Decision 2011/633/EU
(notified under document C(2014) 8784)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/880/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (1), and in particular Article 35(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
On the basis of Article 35 of Directive 2008/57/EC, the Commission adopted Implementing Decision 2011/633/EU (2).
(2)
On the basis of a recommendation of the European Railway Agency (the Agency), complementary common specifications are needed to make data of the registers easily accessible. These registers should be made available for consultation via a computerised common user interface set up and managed by the Agency. Member States, with the help of the Agency, should cooperate to ensure that the registers are operational, contain all the data and are interconnected.
(3)
Implementing Decision 2011/633/EU should therefore be repealed.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established in accordance with Article 29(1) of Directive 2008/57/EC.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The common specifications for the register of railway infrastructure as referred to in Article 35 of Directive 2008/57/EC are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
2. The registers of infrastructure of Member States shall be made available for consultation via a common user interface set up and managed by the Agency.
3. The common user interface referred to in paragraph 2 shall be a web-based application facilitating access to the data contained in the registers of infrastructure. It shall be operational not later than 15 days after the date of application referred to in Article 8.
Article 2
1. Each Member State shall ensure that its register of infrastructure is computerised and fulfils the requirements of the common specifications referred to in Article 1 not later than eight months after the date of application.
2. Member States shall ensure that their registers of infrastructure are interconnected and connected to the common user interface eight months after that interface becomes operational at the latest.
Article 3
The Agency shall publish a guide on the application of the common specifications for the register of infrastructure not later than 15 days after the date of application and shall keep it up to date. This application guide shall provide, if appropriate, a reference to the relevant provisions of the Technical Specifications of Interoperability (TSIs) for each parameter.
Article 4
When progress in the development of TSIs or in the implementation of the registers of infrastructure so requires, the Agency shall recommend updates of the common specifications.
Article 5
1. Member States shall ensure that the necessary data are collected and inserted in their registers of infrastructure in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6. They shall ensure that these data are reliable and up to date.
2. Data relating to infrastructures for freight corridors defined in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) in the version in force on 1 January 2013 shall be collected and inserted in the register of infrastructure not later than 9 months after the date of application.
3. Data relating to infrastructures placed in service after the entry into force of Directive 2008/57/EC and by the date of application of this Decision at the latest, other than the data referred to in paragraph 2, shall be collected and inserted in the national register of infrastructure not later than nine months after this date.
4. Data relating to infrastructures placed in service before the entry into force of Directive 2008/57/EC, other than the data referred to in paragraph 2, shall be collected and inserted in the register of infrastructure in accordance with the national implementation plan referred to in Article 6(1) by 16 March 2017 at the latest.
5. Data relating to private sidings placed in service before the entry into force of Directive 2008/57/EC shall be collected and inserted in the register of infrastructure in accordance with the national implementation plan referred to in Article 6(1) by 16 March 2019 at the latest.
6. Data relating to network not covered by TSIs shall be collected and inserted in the register of infrastructure in accordance with the national implementation plan referred to in Article 6(1) by 16 March 2019 at the latest.
7. Data relating to infrastructures placed in service after the entry into force of this Decision shall be inserted in the register of infrastructure as soon as the infrastructures are placed into service and as soon as the common user interface becomes operational.
Article 6
1. Each Member State shall draft a national plan and a timetable for the implementation of the obligations referred to in Article 5. It shall notify any delays or difficulties to fulfil the provisions of art 5 and the Commission shall grant, where appropriate, an extension to the deadline foreseen. The national implementation plan shall be submitted to the Commission not later than six months after the date of application.
2. Each Member State shall nominate an entity in charge of setting up and maintaining its register of infrastructure and notify the Commission thereof not later than three months after the date of application.
These entities shall send to the Agency three months after the date of their notification and henceforth every four months, a progress report on the implementation of the register of infrastructure.
3. The Agency shall coordinate, monitor and support the implementation of the registers of infrastructure. It shall set up a group composed of representatives of the entities in charge of setting up and maintaining the registers of infrastructure and coordinate its works. The Agency shall regularly report to the Commission on progress in implementing this Decision.
Article 7
Commission implementing Decision 2011/633/EU is repealed with effect from the date of application set out in Article 8.
Article 8
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2015.
Article 9
This Decision is addressed to the Member States and to the European Railway Agency.
Done at Brussels, 26 November 2014.