Acquis and Legislation

Infrastructure

• The Commission organised on 4 April 2008 a Workshop about Performance Schemes which attracted about 55 stakeholders from ministries, regulators, railway infrastructure managers and railway undertakings from different EU Member States. The workshop also dealt with reservation charges and possession charges, all of which constitute possible elements of a track access charging scheme.
  - Conclusions of the Workshop -

  Presentations
  Introduction DG TREN	0.1 MB
  Part I Performance Schemes
  EIM	12.2 MB
  RFI	1.1 MB
  UK ORR	0.1 MB
  VDV	1.5 MB
  DB Netz AG	0.5 MB
  Part II Reservation charges
  ITS	0.6 MB
  UK ORR	0.9 MB
  Hungarian Rail Office	0.3 MB
  Part III Possession charges
  UK ORR	0.9 MB

• More than 60 stakeholders participated in the RAILCALC stakeholder workshop in Brussels on 15 February 2008. Results of the RAILCALC project were presented on the basis of a discussion paper, followed by a series of presentations (see below), among others on the projects GRACE and IMPRINT-NET.

• Presentations RAILCALC Workshop
  CENIT	0.8 MB
  CER	1.3 MB
  EIM	2.8 MB
  ITS	0.2 MB
  ORR	0.5 MB
  Rothengatter	0.2 MB
  TIS.PT	1.7 MB

• Council Directive 2006/103/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of transport policy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, OJ L 363 of 20 December 2006, p. 344 (Amending Directive 91/440/EEC).

• REGULATION (EC) No 881/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 establishing a European Railway Agency (AgencyRegulation), OJ L 164 of 30 April 2004, p. 1. A corrigendum has been published in OJ L220 of 21 June 2004, p. 1. Included in Annex XIII of the EEA Agreement as of 11 June 2005, OJ L 268 of 13 October 2005, p. 13.

• DIRECTIVE 2004/49/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive

  2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive), OJ L 164 of 30 April 2004, p. 44. A corrigendum has been published in OJ L220 of 21 June 2004, p. 16.

• DIRECTIVE 2004/51/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways, OJ L 164 of 30 April 2004, p. 164. A corrigendum has been published in OJ L220 of 21 June 2004, p. 58.

• Commission Recommendation of 7 April 2004 on the use of a common European format for licence documents issued in accordance with Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings, OJ L113 of 20 April 2004, p. 37:                        (size: 50 kb);

• Commission Decision 2002/844 of 23 October 2002 amending Directive 2001/14/EC in respect of the date of changing the working timetable for rail transport, OJ L289, of 26 October 2002, p. 30.

• Inclusion of the Commission Decisions 2002/844 in the EEA Agreement, OJ L137, 5 June 2003, p. 40.

• Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways
• Directive 2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings
• Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification
• Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community's railways
• Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings
• Council Directive 95/19/EC of 19 June 1995 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the charging of infrastructure fees. This directive has been replaced by Directive 2001/14 and is therefore no longer in force.
• Consolidated version of Directives 2001/12/EC and 91/440/EEC
• Consolidated version of Directives 2001/13/EC and 95/18/EC

Comitology

1999/468/EC: Council Decision of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission OJ L 184 of 17 July 1999, p. 23: "Comitology Decision", amended by Council Decision of 17 July 2006 amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (2006/512/EC), OJ L 200 of 22 July 2006, p. 11.

A consolidated version has been published in OJ C 255 of 21 October 2006, p. 4.