Annex I

The Annex to Decision 2007/756/EC is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   point 3.2.1 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.2.1.

   Application for registration

   The form in Appendix 4 shall be used for the application for registration.

   The entity applying for vehicle registration shall tick the ‘New registration’ box. It shall fill in the form and forward it to the:

   • RE of the Member State where registration is sought, filling in all fields,

   • RE of the first Member State where it intends to operate, for a vehicle coming from a third country (see point 3.2.5(2)). In that case the form shall contain at least the information on the identification of the owner of the vehicle and the keeper, the restrictions on how the vehicle may be used, the entity in charge of maintenance.’;

2. (2)

   in point 3.2.3, the following paragraph is added:

   ‘The RE shall register the changes in the NVR within 20 working days from the receipt of a complete application file. The RE shall, within this deadline, either register the vehicle or request correction/clarification.’;

3. (3)

   point 3.2.5 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.2.5.

   Authorisation in several Member States

   1.

   Vehicles shall be registered only in the NVR of the Member State where they are first authorised for placing in service or, for vehicles to which an authorisation for placing on the market has been issued in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1, only in a Member State in the area of use of the authorisation for placing on the market, without prejudice to the transfer of registration to a different NVR in accordance with point 3.2.6(2).

   2.

   Vehicles entering the Union rail system from third countries and registered in a vehicle register not in line with this specification or not connected to EC VVR shall be registered only in the NVR of the first Member State where the vehicle is intended to be operated on the Union rail system.

   3.

   Vehicles entering the Union rail system from third countries and registered in a vehicle register in line with this specification and connected to the EC VVR, when an international agreement to which the European Union is party provides for that, shall not be registered in any NVR.

   4.

   For any vehicle, the NVR where it is registered shall contain the data relating to items 2, 6, 12 and 13 for each of the Member States where an authorisation for placing in service has been granted to this vehicle.

   This provision is without prejudice to Articles 3 and 5.’;

4. (4)

   in Section 3.2, the following point 3.2.6 is added:

   ‘3.2.6.

   Transfer of registration and change of EVN

   1.

   The EVN shall be changed when it does not reflect the interoperability capability or technical characteristics in accordance with Appendix 6 due to technical modifications of the vehicle. Such technical modifications may require a new authorisation for placing in service in accordance with Articles 21 to 26 of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2 or a new authorisation for placing on the market and, where appropriate, a new vehicle type authorisation, in accordance with Articles 21 and 24 of Directive (EU) 2016/797. The keeper shall inform the RE of the Member State where the vehicle is registered of those changes and, if applicable, of the new authorisation for placing in service or of a new authorisation for placing on the market. That RE shall assign to the vehicle a new EVN.

   2.

   The EVN may be changed at the request of the keeper through a new registration of the vehicle in the NVR of a different Member State connected to EC VVR and subsequent withdrawal of the old registration.’;

5. (5)

   Section 3.3 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.3.

   Access rights

   The access rights to data of an NVR from a given Member State ‘XX’ are listed in the table below:

   Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 102).
   Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32).
   The Agency shall, in cooperation with the NSAs, define the procedure for recognising legitimate users.
   Entity	Read rights	Update rights
   RE of Member State ‘XX’	All data	All data in vehicle register of MS ‘XX’
   NSA	All data	None
   Agency	All data	None
   Keeper	All data on vehicles of which it is keeper	None
   ECM	All data, except owner's references, of vehicles for which it is ECM	None
   Owner	All data on vehicles of which it is owner	None
   Railway undertaking	All data, except owner's references, based on one or more vehicle numbers	None
   Infrastructure manager	All data, except owner's references, based on one or more vehicle numbers	None
   Investigating body referred to in Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf3 and regulatory body referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Councilf4	All data on vehicles being checked or audited	None
   EC declaration of verification issuing body (the applicant)	All data on vehicles of which it is EC declaration of verification issuing body (the applicant), except owner's references	None
   Other legitimate user recognised by NSA or the Agencyf5	To be defined as appropriate, duration possibly limited, except owner's references	None

   The access rights to data of NVRs may be extended to relevant third country entities or intergovernmental organisation when an international agreement to which the European Union is party provides for that.’

6. (6)

   Appendices 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

   ‘APPENDIX 1

   RESTRICTION CODING

   1.

   PRINCIPLES

   The restrictions referred to in the authorisation for placing in service in accordance with Articles 21 to 26 of Directive 2008/57/EC or in the authorisation for placing on the market and, where appropriate, a new vehicle type authorisation, in accordance with Articles 21 and 24 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 shall be assigned a harmonised code or a national code.

   2.

   STRUCTURE

   Each code is a combination of:

   • category of restriction,

   • type of restriction,

   • value or specification,

   which are joined by a dot (.):

   [Category].[Type].[Value or specification].

   3.

   RESTRICTION CODES

   1.

   Harmonised restriction codes shall be applicable in all the Member States.

   The Agency shall keep up-to-date and publish on its web site the list of harmonised restriction codes for the whole of the Union rail system.

   If a national safety authority considers that a new code needs to be added to the list of harmonised restriction codes, it shall request the Agency to evaluate the inclusion of this new code.

   The Agency shall evaluate the request, in consultation with other national safety authorities, where appropriate. When appropriate, the Agency shall include a new restriction code in the list.

   2.

   The Agency shall keep up-to-date the list of national restriction codes. The use of national restriction codes shall be limited to those restrictions that reflect particular characteristics of the existing rail system of a Member State and are unlikely to be applied with the same meaning in other Member States.

   For types of restrictions not indicated in the list referred to in point 1, the national safety authority shall request the Agency the inclusion of a new code in the list of national restriction codes. The Agency shall evaluate the request, where appropriate in consultation with other national safety authorities. If appropriate, the Agency shall include a new restriction code in the list.

   3.

   The restriction code for multinational safety authorities shall be treated as national restriction code.

   4.

   The use of non-coded restrictions shall be limited to those restrictions that due to their particular character are unlikely to be applied to several types of vehicle.

   The Agency shall keep a unique list of restriction codes for the EVR, the European register of authorised types of vehicles referred to in Article 48 of Directive (EU) 2016/797, the one-stop shop and the European Railway Agency Database of Interoperability and Safety.

   5.

   Where relevant, the Agency may coordinate the process of harmonisation of restriction codes with relevant intergovernmental organisation when an international agreement to which the European Union is party provides for that.

   APPENDIX 2

   STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EUROPEAN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

   The Agency shall set out the structure and content of the European Identification Number (EIN), including the codification of the types of documents concerned, in a technical document and shall publish this technical document on its web site.

   ;’;

7. (7)

   point 1 of Part 1 of Appendix 6 is replaced by the following:

   ‘1.

   Definition of the Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM)

   A Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM) is an alphabetic code, consisting of 2 to 5 letters^f6. A VKM is inscribed on each rail vehicle, near the European Vehicle Number. The VKM identifies the Vehicle Keeper as registered in a National Vehicle Register.

   A VKM is unique and valid in all Member States and all countries that enter into an agreement that involves the application of the system of vehicle numbering and VKM as set out in this Decision.’

8. (8)

   Part 4 of Appendix 6 is replaced by the following:

   ‘PART 4 — CODING OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE VEHICLES ARE REGISTERED (DIGITS 3-4 AND ABBREVIATION)

   The Information relating to third countries is given for information purposes only.

   Countries	Alphabetical country code (1)	Numerical country code		Countries	Alphabetical country code (1)	Numerical country code
   Albania	AL	41		Lithuania	LT	24
   Algeria	DZ	92		Luxembourg	L	82
   Armenia	AM	58		Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	MK	65
   Austria	A	81		Malta	M
   Azerbaijan	AZ	57		Moldova	MD (1)	23
   Belarus	BY	21		Monaco	MC
   Belgium	B	88		Mongolia	MGL	31
   Bosnia-Herzegovina	BIH	50 and 44 (2)		Montenegro	MNE	62
   Bulgaria	BG	52		Morocco	MA	93
   China	RC	33		Netherlands	NL	84
   Croatia	HR	78		North Korea	PRK (1)	30
   Cuba	CU (1)	40		Norway	N	76
   Cyprus	CY			Poland	PL	51
   Czech Republic	CZ	54		Portugal	P	94
   Denmark	DK	86		Romania	RO	53
   Egypt	ET	90		Russia	RUS	20
   Estonia	EST	26		Serbia	SRB	72
   Finland	FIN	10		Slovakia	SK	56
   France	F	87		Slovenia	SLO	79
   Georgia	GE	28		South Korea	ROK	61
   Germany	D	80		Spain	E	71
   Greece	GR	73		Sweden	S	74
   Hungary	H	55		Switzerland	CH	85
   Iran	IR	96		Syria	SYR	97
   Iraq	IRQ (1)	99		Tajikistan	TJ	66
   Ireland	IRL	60		Tunisia	TN	91
   Israel	IL	95		Turkey	TR	75
   Italy	I	83		Turkmenistan	TM	67
   Japan	J	42		Ukraine	UA	22
   Kazakhstan	KZ	27		United Kingdom	GB	70
   Kyrgyzstan	KS	59		Uzbekistan	UZ	29
   Latvia	LV	25		Vietnam	VN (1)	32
   Lebanon	RL	98		(1) According to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic. (2) Bosnia-Herzegovina uses 2 specific railway codes. A numerical country code 49 is reserved.

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