Regulation 35 Modifications to the 2005 Regulations

Regulation 2(1) (interpretation) has effect as if the following definitions were inserted at the appropriate places—

• ““the 1995 Directive” means Council Directive 95/18/EC dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings, as amended by Directive 2001/13/EC dated 26th February 2001 and Directive 2004/49/EC dated 29th April 2004, both of the European Parliament and of the Council;”;

• ““the 2012 Directive” means Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast);”;

• ““European licence” means a licence that is—

  1. (a)

     valid throughout the territory of any EEA state,

  2. (b)

     granted to a railway undertaking by which the capacity of the railway undertaking as such is recognised and which authorises the undertaking to provide in and between EEA states such train services as may be specified in the licence, and

  3. (c)

     granted pursuant to any action taken by an EEA state for the purpose of implementing the 1995 Directive or the 2012 Directive;”.