COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/778

of 16 May 2019

amending Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 as regards Change Control Management

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (1), and in particular Article 5(11) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) requires the European Union Agency for Railways (‘the Agency’) to address recommendations to the Commission on the technical specifications for interoperability (‘TSIs’) and their revision, in accordance with Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2016/797, and to ensure that TSIs are adapted to technical progress, market trends and social requirements.

(2) Article 13 of Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/1474 (3) requires the Section 7.2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 (4) (TAF TSI) to be amended for specifying the modified change control procedure for the TAF TSI.

(3) According to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796, a working party has been established for making a proposal for a recommendation as regards the changes of the section 7.2 of the TAF TSI.

(4) On 20 April 2018, the Agency addressed a recommendation to the Commission on the revision of section 7.2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014.

(5) Section 7.2 of of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 related to TAF TSI should be amended accordingly.

(6) The list of the relevant technical documents referenced in TAF TSI should be updated.

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established in accordance with Article 51(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/797,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 Section 7.2 of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2 Appendix I of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 May 2019. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 1).

(3) Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/1474 supplementing Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to specific objectives for the drafting, adoption and review of technical specifications for interoperability (OJ L 210, 15.8.2017, p. 5).

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1305/2014 of 11 December 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the telematics applications for freight subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and repealing the Regulation (EC) No 62/2006 (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 438).