Article 1 Amendment to Decision 2006/920/EC

Decision 2006/920/EC is amended as follows:

1. (a)

   the following Articles 1a and 1b are inserted:

   ‘Management of technical codes

   Article 1a

   1.

   The European Railway Agency (ERA) shall publish on its website the lists of technical codes referred in Annexes P.9, P.10, P.11, P.12 and P.13.

   2.

   The ERA shall keep the lists of codes referred to in paragraph 1 up to date and inform the Commission of their evolution. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the evolution of these technical codes through the Committee established under Article 29 of Directive 2008/57/EC.

   Article 1b

   Until 31 December 2013, if a vehicle is sold or rented for a continuous period exceeding 6 months and if all technical characteristics under which the vehicle has been authorised to be placed in service remain unchanged, its European Vehicle Number (EVN) may be changed through a new registration of the vehicle and withdrawal of the first registration.

   If this new registration concerns a Member State which is different from that of the first registration, the registering entity competent for the new registration may require a copy of the documentation related to the former registration.

   Such change of EVN is without prejudice to the application of Articles 21 to 26 of Directive 2008/57/EC as far as the authorisation procedures are concerned.

   The administrative costs incurred to change the EVN shall be covered by the applicant requesting the change of EVN.’;

2. (b)

   the Annexes are amended as set out in Annex I.