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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1614/annex-I",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1614",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1614 of 25 October 2018 laying down specifications for the vehicle registers referred to in Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending and repealing Commission Decision 2007/756/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1614",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Annex to Decision 2007/756/EC is amended as follows:\n(1)point 3.2.1 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.2.1.\nApplication for registration\nThe form in Appendix 4 shall be used for the application for registration.\nThe entity applying for vehicle registration shall tick the ‘New registration’ box. It shall fill in the form and forward it to the:\nRE of the Member State where registration is sought, filling in all fields,\nRE 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.’;\n(2)in point 3.2.3, the following paragraph is added:\n‘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.’;\n(3)point 3.2.5 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.2.5.\nAuthorisation in several Member States\n1.\nVehicles 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, 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).\n2.\nVehicles 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.\n3.\nVehicles 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.\n4.\nFor 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.\nThis provision is without prejudice to Articles 3 and 5.’;\n(4)in Section 3.2, the following point 3.2.6 is added:\n‘3.2.6.\nTransfer of registration and change of EVN\n1.\nThe 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 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.\n2.\nThe 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.’;\n(5)Section 3.3 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.3.\nAccess rights\nThe access rights to data of an NVR from a given Member State ‘XX’ are listed in the table below:\nDirective (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).\nDirective 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).\nThe Agency shall, in cooperation with the NSAs, define the procedure for recognising legitimate users.\nEntity\nRead rights\nUpdate rights\nRE of Member State ‘XX’\nAll data\nAll data in vehicle register of MS ‘XX’\nNSA\nAll data\nNone\nAgency\nAll data\nNone\nKeeper\nAll data on vehicles of which it is keeper\nNone\nECM\nAll data, except owner's references, of vehicles for which it is ECM\nNone\nOwner\nAll data on vehicles of which it is owner\nNone\nRailway undertaking\nAll data, except owner's references, based on one or more vehicle numbers\nNone\nInfrastructure manager\nAll data, except owner's references, based on one or more vehicle numbers\nNone\nInvestigating body referred to in Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and regulatory body referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council\nAll data on vehicles being checked or audited\nNone\nEC declaration of verification issuing body (the applicant)\nAll data on vehicles of which it is EC declaration of verification issuing body (the applicant), except owner's references\nNone\nOther legitimate user recognised by NSA or the Agency\nTo be defined as appropriate, duration possibly limited, except owner's references\nNone\nThe 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.’\n(6)Appendices 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:\n‘APPENDIX 1\nRESTRICTION CODING\n1.\nPRINCIPLES\nThe 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.\n2.\nSTRUCTURE\nEach code is a combination of:\ncategory of restriction,\ntype of restriction,\nvalue or specification,\nwhich are joined by a dot (.):\n[Category].[Type].[Value or specification].\n3.\nRESTRICTION CODES\n1.\nHarmonised restriction codes shall be applicable in all the Member States.\nThe 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.\nIf 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.\nThe 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.\n2.\nThe 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.\nFor 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.\n3.\nThe restriction code for multinational safety authorities shall be treated as national restriction code.\n4.\nThe 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.\nThe 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.\n5.\nWhere 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.\nAPPENDIX 2\nSTRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EUROPEAN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER\nThe 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.\n;’;\n(7)point 1 of Part 1 of Appendix 6 is replaced by the following:\n‘1.\nDefinition of the Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM)\nA Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM) is an alphabetic code, consisting of 2 to 5 letters. 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.\nA 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.’\n(8)Part 4 of Appendix 6 is replaced by the following:\n‘PART 4 — CODING OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE VEHICLES ARE REGISTERED (DIGITS 3-4 AND ABBREVIATION)\nThe Information relating to third countries is given for information purposes only.\nCountries\nAlphabetical country code (1)\nNumerical country code\nCountries\nAlphabetical country code (1)\nNumerical country code\nAlbania\nAL\n41\nLithuania\nLT\n24\nAlgeria\nDZ\n92\nLuxembourg\nL\n82\nArmenia\nAM\n58\nFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\nMK\n65\nAustria\nA\n81\nMalta\nM\nAzerbaijan\nAZ\n57\nMoldova\nMD (1)\n23\nBelarus\nBY\n21\nMonaco\nMC\nBelgium\nB\n88\nMongolia\nMGL\n31\nBosnia-Herzegovina\nBIH\n50 and 44 (2)\nMontenegro\nMNE\n62\nBulgaria\nBG\n52\nMorocco\nMA\n93\nChina\nRC\n33\nNetherlands\nNL\n84\nCroatia\nHR\n78\nNorth Korea\nPRK (1)\n30\nCuba\nCU (1)\n40\nNorway\nN\n76\nCyprus\nCY\nPoland\nPL\n51\nCzech Republic\nCZ\n54\nPortugal\nP\n94\nDenmark\nDK\n86\nRomania\nRO\n53\nEgypt\nET\n90\nRussia\nRUS\n20\nEstonia\nEST\n26\nSerbia\nSRB\n72\nFinland\nFIN\n10\nSlovakia\nSK\n56\nFrance\nF\n87\nSlovenia\nSLO\n79\nGeorgia\nGE\n28\nSouth Korea\nROK\n61\nGermany\nD\n80\nSpain\nE\n71\nGreece\nGR\n73\nSweden\nS\n74\nHungary\nH\n55\nSwitzerland\nCH\n85\nIran\nIR\n96\nSyria\nSYR\n97\nIraq\nIRQ (1)\n99\nTajikistan\nTJ\n66\nIreland\nIRL\n60\nTunisia\nTN\n91\nIsrael\nIL\n95\nTurkey\nTR\n75\nItaly\nI\n83\nTurkmenistan\nTM\n67\nJapan\nJ\n42\nUkraine\nUA\n22\nKazakhstan\nKZ\n27\nUnited Kingdom\nGB\n70\nKyrgyzstan\nKS\n59\nUzbekistan\nUZ\n29\nLatvia\nLV\n25\nVietnam\nVN (1)\n32\nLebanon\nRL\n98\n(1)\nAccording to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic.\n(2)\nBosnia-Herzegovina uses 2 specific railway codes. A numerical country code 49 is reserved.\n’",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44)’;"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (OJ L 191, 18.7.2008, p. 1).’;"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The Agency shall, in cooperation with the NSAs, define the procedure for recognising legitimate users."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "For NMBS/SNCB, the use of an encircled single letter B can be continued.’"
    }
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