Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “Concession” and “Concessionaires” have the meaning given in article 1 of the Treaty;

• “Directives” means—

  1. (a)

     Council Directive 91/440/EEC dated 29th July 1991 on the development of the Community’s railways^f1, as amended by Directive 2001/12/EC dated 26th February 2001^f2 F1, Directive 2004/51/EC dated 29th April 2004 and Directive 2007/58/EC dated 23rd October 2007, each of the European Parliament and of the Council;

  2. (b)

     Council Directive 95/18/EC dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings^f3, as amended by Directive 2001/13/EC dated 26th February 2001^f4 of the European Parliament and of the Council; and

  3. (c)

     Directive 2001/14/EC dated 26th February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification^f5 F2as amended by Directive 2007/58/EC dated 23rd October 2007, both of the European Parliament and of the Council;

• “Fixed Link” and “Channel fixed link” means the Channel fixed link as defined in Article 1(2) of the Treaty;

• “infrastructure manager”, “international grouping” and “railway undertaking” have the same meanings as in Council Directive 91/440/EEC dated 29th July 1991 on the development of the Community’s railways, as amended by Directive 2001/12/EC dated 26th February 2001 F3, Directive 2004/51/EC dated 29th April 2004 and Directive 2007/58/EC dated 23rd October 2007, each of the European Parliament and of the Council;

• “Intergovernmental Commission” means the Commission established pursuant to Article 10 of the Treaty;

• “international articles” means the provisions set out in the Schedule;

• F4“F5Office of Rail and Road” means the body established under section 15 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003;

• “Principals” means the Secretary of State for Transport in the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or such other person as may from time to time be designated by such Government to assume his functions under or pursuant to the Concession, and the French Republic represented by the Minister responsible for Transport or any other authority designated for that purpose; and

• “Treaty” means the Treaty between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the French Republic concerning the construction and operation by private concessionaires of a Channel fixed link signed at Canterbury on 12th February 1986^f6.