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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-757/annex-I/division-4/division-4.7/division-4.7.2/division-4.7.2.2/division-4.7.2.2.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-757/annex-I/division-4/division-4.7/division-4.7.2/division-4.7.2.2/division-4.7.2.2.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2012/757",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 14 November 2012 concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘operation and traffic management’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and amending Decision 2007/756/EC (notified under document C(2012) 8075) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/757/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-757",
  "path": "annex/I/division/4/division/4.7/division/4.7.2/division/4.7.2.2/division/4.7.2.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.7.2.2.1",
  "heading": "Frequency of periodic medical examinations",
  "text": "At least one systematic medical examination must be performed:\nevery 5 years for staff aged up to 40,\nevery 3 years for staff aged between 41 and 62,\nevery year for staff aged over 62.\nIncreased frequency of examination must be set by the medical doctor if the state of health of the member of the staff requires so.\nWithout prejudice to point 4.7.2.2.3 concerning additional medical examinations and/or psychological assessments, where here a periodic medical examination should have been completed between 1 March 2020 and 31 August 2020 , the period within which it must be completed is extended by 6 months. The extension shall not apply when the medical doctor has set an increased frequency of examination, unless the Member State decides otherwise. The railway undertaking and the infrastructure manager shall have in place procedures to control the risk that staff attend for work unfit for work.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/995 of 8 June 2015 amending Decision 2012/757/EU concerning the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘operation and traffic management’ subsystem of the rail system in the European Union (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/783 of 12 June 2020 amending Decision 2012/757/EU as regards measures to adapt the frequency of periodic medical examination of railway staff undertaking safety-critical tasks other than train drivers due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/757/annex/I/division/4/division/4.7/division/4.7.2/division/4.7.2.2/division/4.7.2.2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:15.033136+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}