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Article 1U.K.Subject matter and scope

1.This Regulation lays down specific provisions, in view of the ending of the transition period referred to in Article 126 of the Withdrawal Agreement, for certain safety authorisations and safety certificates issued under Directive 2004/49/EC and certain licences of railway undertakings issued under Directive 2012/34/EU, referred to in paragraph 2.

2.This Regulation shall apply to the following authorisations, certificates and licences, which are valid on 31 December 2020:

(a)safety authorisations issued under Article 11 of Directive 2004/49/EC to infrastructure managers for the management and operation of cross-border infrastructure linking the Union and the United Kingdom through the Channel Fixed Link;

(b)safety certificates issued under Article 10 of Directive 2004/49/EC to railway undertakings established in the United Kingdom and using the cross-border infrastructure linking the Union and the United Kingdom through the Channel Fixed Link;

(c)licences issued under Chapter III of Directive 2012/34/EU to railway undertakings established in the United Kingdom and using the cross-border infrastructure linking the Union and the United Kingdom through the Channel Fixed Link.