Amendment to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 20112

1

The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 20112 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

a

in the definition of “the Directive”—

i

at the end of (c) omit “and”; and

ii

at the end of (d) insert—

and

e

Commission Directive 2014/106/EU of 5 December 2014 amending Annexes V and VI to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community3;

b

for the definition of “safety assessment report” substitute the following definition—

  • “safety assessment report” means a report provided in accordance with Article 15 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment4;

3

In regulation 12 (list of projects for the renewal or upgrading of subsystems), in paragraph (2), after “upgrading of” insert “a”.

4

In regulation 35 (register of infrastructure), in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

b

“the infrastructure specifications”, means the specifications set out in the Annex to the specifications Decision; and

c

“the specifications Decision” means the Commission Implementing Decision 2014/880/EU of 26 November 2014 on the common specifications of the register of railway infrastructure and repealing Implementing Decision 2011/633/EU5.