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The Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) Regulations 2014

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

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These Regulations amend the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”) in order to implement Commission Directive 2014/38/EU of 10th March 2014 (“the 2014 Directive”) amending Annex III to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as far as noise pollution is concerned (O.J. No. L 70, 11.3.2014, p20).

The 2011 Regulations implemented Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17th June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast) (O.J. No. L 191, 18.7.2008, p1) (the “Interoperability Directive”). Annex III of the Interoperability Directive sets out “essential requirements” to be met by parts of the rail system authorised to be placed into service and by interoperability constituents placed on the market. Among other things Annex III provided that the operation of the rail system must respect existing regulations on noise pollution but did not specify the regulations it referred to. The 2014 Directive therefore replaces the existing paragraph 1.4.4 of Annex III (relating to noise pollution) with a new paragraph which is intended to address this issue.

Regulation 2(2) amends the definition of “the Directive” in regulation 2(1) of the 2011 Regulations. The term “the Directive” in the 2011 Regulations (as amended by S.I. 2013/3023) was defined as meaning Directive 2008/57/EC as amended by Directive 2009/131/EC (O.J. No. L 273, 17.10.2009, p12), Directive 2011/18/EU (O.J. No. L 57, 2.3.2011, p21) and Directive 2013/9/EU (O.J. No. L68, 12.3.2013, p55). This amendment now includes in the definition of the Directive a reference to the 2014 Directive.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the costs of business, the public sector, third sector organisations, regulators or consumers is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the website www.legislation.gov.uk

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